The Locus+ Archive (incorporating material from the Basement Group and Projects UK) hosted at the University of Sunderland currently has two PhD posts affiliated to it and is the largest archive of time-based work in Europe. It forms a comprehensive historical overview of contemporary art practice from the early '70s to the present, covering artists' projects from a variety of British and international contexts. Here is a snapshot of the projects that have been digitized to date.

Sonia Boyce For You Only You, 2008

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For You Only You

Ian Breakwell Hidden Cities, 1995

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Hidden Cities

Ian Breakwell Christmas Carol, 1991

A performance in which four synchronised figures dressed in Santa Claus costumes performed in Newcastle's Northumberland Street.

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Christmas Carol

Chris Burden Ghost Ship, 2005

Ghost Ship involved the construction and development of a crewless, self-navigating sailing boat, which undertook its maiden voyage between Fair Isle, Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne. Audiences were able to track the boats progress via a live, daily updated website.

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Ghost Ship

Chris Burden The Sailing Destroyer, 1990

The Sailing Destroyer was an attempt by the artist to radically modify an existing, but obsolete warship into a sailing vessel.

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The Sailing Destroyer

Chris Burden Print Portfolio, 2012

A Limited Edition print portfolio available in 2013

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Print Portfolio

Nathan Coley Show Home, 2003

Show Home is a temporary public art work that addresses the aspirations of home buying and associated lifestyle packages.

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Show Home

Jo Coupe Fruitbody, 2001

For the work Fruitbody, Coupe turned a warehouse into an incubating environment to reproduce graffiti tags (signatures) found in the city, from mould.

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Fruitbody

Shane Cullen Fragmens sur les Institutions Republicaines IV, 1996

The work consists of ninety-six large tablet like panels onto which the artist has transcribed meticulously in paint the contents of numerous 'Comms'; the written communications smuggled in and out of H-Blocks during the hunger strikes.

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Fragmens sur les Institutions Republicaines IV

Layla Curtis NewcastleGateshead, 2005

NewcastleGateshead is a collaged map compiled from regional namesakes taken from city maps worldwide. In the form of a generic folded map, the collage mimics the existing, familiar structure of NewcastleGateshead.

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NewcastleGateshead