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.
A Bathymetric Atlas of The English Lake District, 2014 Christian Barnes
A Bathymetric Atlas of The English Lake District, is a unique hand-made book measuring 120 x 120 cm. Conceived and devised by Christian Barnes and commissioned by Locus+, it reveals the hidden contours of the principal lakes in the English Lake District at a scale of 1:41250
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A copy of Richard Hamilton, Whitley Bay, 1965, 2015 Jonathan Monk
A year-long project involving the reproduction of Richard Hamilton's famous Whitley Bay, 1965 postcard, mailed each month from the postbox in Whitley Bay.
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A Critical Fine Art Practice, 2017 Monica Ross
An extensive exhibition from the archives of British artist Monica Ross (1950-2013)
Read moreAction at a Distance, 1980 Bruce McLean
A performance at the Basement, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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A Deliberate Case of Particulars, 1983 Silvia Ziranek
A performance in the Pizzaland restaurant Newcastle upon Tyne
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Alive and Well, 1990 Mona Hatoum
An installation at the very end of the Victoria Tunnel, behind the barred gate. The piece was created from the heating elements of an electric fire which glowed in the dark.
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An Indian Shooting the Indian Act, 1997 Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton
A performance ritual enacted at the National Rifle Association Range, Bisley and on a private estate, Healey, Northumberland in which First-Nation-Canadian Yuxwelupton shot copies of the Indian Act.
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A Real Work of Art, 1994 Mark Wallinger
An edition of 50 die-cast equestrian statuettes, sold to fund the purchase, stabling and training of a race horse named A Real Work of Art, which ran in the 1994 flat season.
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A Small Glass Christmas Tree Ornament Placed Inside a Padded Envelope & Stamped on by Jonathan Monk, 2014 Jonathan Monk
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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