| microfilm reader, one hundred and one stoppages (2005) | |
| A single column from the newspaper The South London Press in 1887 is filmed as it is spooled through a Microfilm reader on fast forward and randomly stopped on a short segment of text every few seconds. At each stoppage a short section of the text is read out by the vocalist Sara Williams. | |
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08.12 | DVD loop | microfilm reader, one hundred and one stoppages
| single screeen projection | 2005 |
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| microfilm reader was produced during a 6 month residency at The Lambeth Archives. It was first exhibited at a solo exhibition at the 198 gallery in Brixton, South London and then as part of a presentation at the Hayward Gallery. | |
| further notes on the residency can be found at Lambeth Archives website: | |
| Lambeth Archives Website | |
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