Resonance CD-ROM Resonance uses visually poetic metaphors combined with testimonial narratives to create a statement linking migrant settlers in Britain with the colonian and industrial legacy that brought them there, and with contemporary experience or creative developments. The work interactively focuses on understanding the migrant experience within the framework of global economy and centralisation of wealth, and draws ont he daily lives and personal struggles of the respective communities.

biography in brief - Video and Digital Media Artist -
Kooj originally worked as a musician and community music worker and also completed a postgraduate dissertation on 'Popular Music, Technology and the Community'. Born in Punjab, India, he has lived in Britain most of his life and is particularly interested in fusion culture rooted in an Asian consciousness. He is always politically active particularly with race issues; he co-founded the Black Arts Alliance and also chaired the organising committee for a national anti-racist campaign and demonstration.

Kooj moved into video work through a number of community-based productions and a variety of formal training. For ten years he was the creator and manager of the innovative BICA project (Black Issues in Community Arts), which undertook a range of community-based issue-led black arts and media projects. He has also regularly freelanced in a variety of settings plus his own projects, including a recent Arts Council Award for his short film 'Raag, Glitter and Chips' which has been screened at festivals in Manchester, Bradford and London. Under his direction various BICA productions have been screened at international festivals, shown on Channel 4 television, or won national awards.

Having gained a range of production skills Kooj now specialises in directing and writing. More recently he devised, scripted and managed, and also produced the video and soundtrack material, for BICA's interactive art CD-ROM "Nach-ural Struggle" which has widely toured mainstream art and community venues. He has since undertaken training in various multimedia and website design/production. Having left BICA he is now a freelance artist in film/video and digital multimedia. Recent and current work includes the acclaimed "Resonance" digital multimedia/video installations; a digital multimedia art installation around mental health at the Royal Bolton Hospital; a website about the history of Irish music in Manchester; and a digital video project around cultural diversity and football in Old Trafford.