How are culture, identity and sense of place being formed and informed through the global economic exchange of resources, goods and services? My research project explores these economic inter-relationships located within an Irish co-operative creamery operating in the chain of global food industries. My practice incorporates ethnographic research methods with modes of collaborative and documentary process. I am interested in the subjective nature of documentary making and through this research exploring the artist as ‘witness’ and 'presence' in the work.