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.
Mona Hatoum Look No Body!, 1981
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Cornelia Hesse-Honegger Nach Chernobyl, 1996
In 1986 Hesse-Honegger began to document the effects of the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine, making studies of insects affected by the radiation plume that spread across Europe.
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Charlie Hooker Mainbeam, 1983
Mainbeam - a ballet for vehicles - was a performance carried out at night in the Trinity Square Multi-storey car park in Gateshead.
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Charlie Hooker Percussion Walk, 1979
Choreographed percussion performance and installation.
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Stepanka Stein & Salim Issa Ordinary Living, 2005
Artist residency and collaboration with IPRN University of Sunderland
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Janice Kerbel Deadstar, 2007
Deadstar is the plan for a "new" ghost town. Taking the form of a town plan, it uses the conventions of urban planning and the history of abandoned settlements, the orientation of extinct celestial formations and the habits of the supernatural to envisage a timeless settlement for ghosts.
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Janice Kerbel Underwood (Christmas letter), 2004
A letter composed by Janice Kerbel using a typeface based on that of a typewriter manipulated by the artist.
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John Kippin The Strawberry Portraits, 1986
A series of portraits of artists photographed by John Kippin upstairs at The Strawberry pub in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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John Kippin The Elsdon Mystery, 1983
A "thriller" movie which asks questions about the communicative possibilities of visual information.
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