OCP is a 2013 video artwork by Mitch Stratten. The performance taking place inside an elaborate three tonne moving set allowed a puppeteer to synchronise the space with the unpredictable movement of the three characters contained from one button. Engineering, construction and testing took place in a North London warehouse over three months preceding the film shoot completed in two days. The score was composed by Mitch Stratten (also known as Nodern) [1] and mastered by Denis Blackham in the Isle of Skye. The ambitious project had a modest budget of GBP 24,000 based on its IMDb entry.[2]
OCP was first released on the Sedition distribution platform curated online.[3] The reception to OCP was positive and polarised with critical reviews from “an imaginative feat” to “brave beyond definition” and “genius”.[4] [5] [6] OCP has been shown by art institutions globally including Museo Nacional de Colombia, Wexner Center for the Arts Ohio and EYE film-museum Amsterdam. [7] [8] [9] The work integrates ideas on language and folklore. OCP is the abbreviation for orifice conditioning plate, a piece of equipment used in the mining industry that turns the asymmetrical flow of liquid in pipes symmetrical to monitor performance.[10]