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 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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Coil To Met

Alastair MacLennan Lie To Lay, 1986

A performance for part of New Work Newcastle '86

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Lie To Lay

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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The Touring Exhibitionists

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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Twenty Four Hours