Projects by Artist
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.
Alastair MacLennan The Touring Exhibitionists, 1984
The Touring Exhibitionists was the first project travelling solely under the Projects UK banner. A select group of performance artists toured the country in a coach playing a various venues.
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Alastair MacLennan Twenty Four Hours, 1981
A performance in which the artist walked from midnight to midnight continuously in a circle through a square divided in two halves, one half black paint, the other white flour.
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Alastair MacLennan Coil To Met, 2009
A two-day durational performance in an old disused warehouse as part of Wunderba Live Art Festival.
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Daniel J. Martinez How To Con A Capitalist, 1995
Street performance, interrogating assumptions of public space and cultural hierarchy.
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Bruce McLean Breaks on the Bridge, 1983
A performance featuring the Whickam Synchronettes - a local group of synchronised swimmers in the Elswick Swimming pool.
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Bruce McLean Action at a Distance, 1980
A performance at the Basement, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Bruce McLean Good Violence and Physical Manners Pt.I and Pt.II, 1986
A two-day performance at the Laing Art Gallery employing telephones, radios and CB radios dealing with notions of interference and interruption.
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Jonathan Monk A Small Glass Christmas Tree Ornament Placed Inside a Padded Envelope & Stamped on by Jonathan Monk, 2014
A Small Glass Christmas Tree Ornament Placed Inside a Padded Envelope & Stamped on by Jonathan Monk was a commissioned work for the Locus+ 2014 Christmas card.
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