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If you wait long enough something always happens

2006 5 TV/DVD UNITS ON COFFEE TABLES, SOFA DIMENSIONS VARIABLE   Five participants were asked to come to a screening of the 1970 film, Five Easy Pieces. Later that day, each individual was asked to recount, on camera in an empty studio, as much of the film as they could remember. Each participant sat in...

2006
INSTALLATION, VIDEO

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I could do that (as I’m already up)

2006 SILENT DOUBLE VIDEO INSTALLATION 70 MINUTES DIMENSIONS VARIABLE   Couples were filmed individually attempting to follow along to a previously-unseen instructional dance video, Urban Beat III. The resulting footage is played back without sound, with the image of one member of the couple mirrored. As the footage is synchronised and projected onto opposite walls,...

2006
VIDEO

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It’s always good to use first person in the narrative (Variations…)

VINYL LETTERING DIMENSIONS VARIABLE     On each of five architectural columns, a column of vinyl lettering text contains all the words needed to construct a popular love song. When presented in this manner, the emotions and sentiments lose their impact, and the over-riding message is one of banality. The words and repetitions become formulaic,...

2006
INSTALLATION, TEXT

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The longer I sit, the less inclined I am to stand up

2006 – 2007 16 MONITOR VIDEO INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS VARIABLE The longer I sit, the less inclined I am to stand up is a video installation exploring our constant quest for self improvement and the celebrity cult of the chef. Participants are filmed cooking in real-time to the instruction provided by an episode of 30 Minute...

2006
INSTALLATION, VIDEO