Neighbours in a Victorian terrace are creating an art exhibition on their rooftops.

Residents in Compton Road, Brighton, will project still and moving images on to six huge fabric screens that will blow in the wind above their houses.

The 16ft high by 32ft wide Compton Skyline Project will be twice as high as the roads chimneys and will be visible from the other side of the city.

It is one of five projects selected in the Brighton and Hove Arts Commission competition.

Built for railway employees in 1895, Compton Road has a set of "butterfly roofs" featuring pitched roofs with flat roofs in the middle.

Sculptor Steve Geliot, 45, came up with the idea for the exhibition while admiring views of Brighton from his own rooftop.

He said: "This whole project has grown purely out of our unusual roof construction.

"This exhibition will use the Victorian terrace as a vehicle for artistic expression and show how we live with each other. It's quite beautiful and quite special.

"The artwork will draw some links back to the history of the railway workers. The linear format of the Victorian terrace is all part of the Industrial Revolution. There is a lot to think about that in terms of how we live."

Six projectors controlled through a central video mixing unit will project images on to the screens from six houses on the opposite side of the road.

A public viewing platform on the roofs will give visitors a close-up view.

Mr Geliot is the lead artist for the project. He is working with students at Varndean College, toddlers at Playstation Nursery and Compton Road residents to make a film with references to the railways and images of objects in people's houses.

Digital animator Dan Mellor, also of Compton Road, is working with Dorothy Stringer School students to create an animation, while Brighton visual artist Miriam King is filming dance movements from different generations of the street's residents.

Other artists involved with the project include Ros Barber, who is working alongside Dorothy Stringer students and Preston Park bowls club to write haikus, and Brian McClave who is producing a time-lapse film of residents making their own sculptures.

Eleanor Williams, from Cornwall, lived in residents' houses for a week and has created a series of drawings inspired by getting to know her hosts.

Project coordinator Dawn Daniel, 45, said: "This project has really brought our street together. People have got to know each other."

Beginning with a street party for residents, the installation will last for one week from September 16 to 23.

Screenings will take place after dusk.