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.

1993 Lloyd Gibson, Crash Subjectivity

Installation of a marmoreal hermaphrodite figure.

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Crash Subjectivity

1993 Paul Wong, Feng Shui

A performance installation in which artists installed objects and carried out rituals associated with the ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui.

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Feng Shui

1993 Pat Naldi & Wendy Kirkup, Search

A project that highlighted the capabilities of the new CCTV systems and their impact on our personal freedom.

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Search

1993 Louise K. Wilson, The Museum of Accidents

A performance installation which recreated a 1920's tea dance in the Great Hall of the Museum of Science and Engineering. As an Orchestra played, ballroom dancers swept past a screen which showed a continuous projection of the virtual flight and accident of a simulated plane.

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The Museum of Accidents