Small Talk
Two screen video installation with stereo sound, 8 mins, 2010.
The footage on one screen is of the petrol station shot in 2001, on the other screen are the same views re-shot nine years later. The subtitles on each screen appear to be having a sardonic conversation with each other about fonts, the weather, the passing of time, music and silence, why an artist would want to re-make a video work nine years after making it, personal and artistic regret, and failure. Thanks to St Chads College, Durham University; Durham Cathedral Chapter; University of Sunderland’s Faculty of Arts, Design, Media and Culture; and James Lowther. Commissioned by Durham Art Gallery with funds from Arts Council England.
Purchased in 2015 by The Arts Council Collection.
Natasha Lamb (Natasha Lamb blog). 28/11/2012 article referencing the work.
Andy Johnson (Art in Liverpool website). 9/11/2012 review of the work.
Laura Davis (Metro). 12/10/2012 review of the work.
Mark Sheerin (Culture24 website). 19/10/2010 review of the work.
Bellevue Holiday at Exeter Spacex (ArtsCulture website). 2/10/2010 article referencing the work.