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Mic Drop

When Obama dropped the microphone, he knew what he was doing: this gesture remains a powerful way of underlining some final words. Derived from the

Resonating Surfaces

Screams of death open Resonating Surfaces on a whitened and scratched film. It is upon that bearer of images where no image is to be

Valencia

It was March in Valencia. We took the car down to the beach. With the dog. We lost the dog. Later I made a two

THIS IS A PROJECTION

THIS IS A PROJECTION This is a projection This is a projector This is a slide projector This is a slide This is a series

DOG ATE DOG

A companion piece to Andrew and eden Kötting’s FORGOTTEN THE QUEEN except this time we are sailing into a male storm, a place of make

When you fall into a Trance

When you fall into a Trance is part of a series of Wardill’s films that share a common interest in the complexities of communication and

The Extra’s Ever-Moving Lips

Two forensic lip-readers attempt to transcribe the words an extra’s speaks in the background of an Australian soap opera. The question at the heart of

How To Make Money Religiously [Exhibition Version]

In ‘How to Make Money Religiously’ (2014) two slightly altered versions of the same piece play sequentially in a loop, creating a moment of deja-vu.

Just Me And You

In Just Me And You, the audience are the silent partner in a love affair which is funny and painful, and invariably too close for

You Are The Only One

Prouvost draws on the strange, daily, deictic assault of contemporary language in the same way, savouring the unasked-for intimacy of a faux-personal spam message or

I Wish This Video Was Deeper

Wantee [Exhibition version]

Grandma’s Dream

‘Grandma’s Dream’ was created as a companion piece to ‘Wantee’, Laure Prouvost’s Turner Prize winning film exhibition. Prouvost explores the sorrows and dreams of her

The Wanderer

The Wanderer (The Storage) by Laure Prouvost , a newly commissioned film sequence and installation forming part of her ambitious feature-length film project The Wanderer.

The Wanderer (Bunker)

The Wanderer (Bunker) takes place in an underground bunker, reminiscent of the cold war era, where the characters and their surrounding environment are literally turned

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