Just one rediscovered video provided the launching pad for poet Ross Sutherland to examine subjects ranging from death and loss to depression.

The contents of the old VHS provided the constantly looping backdrop and soundtrack for a series of very personal poems, intercut with tales from Sutherland’s life and his relationship with his late grandfather who once owned the video.

With the audience filing in to the classic sync-up of The Wizard Of Oz to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon, Sutherland made a big point about coincidence, and how human brains are designed to see patterns even when none exist.

And so the images on the videos linked closely with the contents of his poetry – sometimes in an obvious way, helped along by Sutherland’s emphasis, and sometimes in a more natural way filled in by the audience.

The results varied.

A eulogy to his grandfather synced to the repeated opening credits of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air went on a little too long, but when Sutherland remembered the four worst years of his life to a looping Natwest advert the constant repetition added to the grinding frustration of a hated job.

It was a highly original approach to what could have been pretty heavy subject matter.