Projects by Organisation: Locus+
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.
Permit yourself..., 2011 Cerith Wyn Evans
Read more
Tornado, 2010 Fiona Banner
Tornado by Fiona Banner was a co-commission by Locus+ and Great North Run Culture forming part of the Cultural Olympiad's Open Weekend.
Read more
The Magpie Index, 2010 Richard Grayson
The Magpie Index is a single-screen high-definition video art-work by artist Richard Grayson, focusing on legendary singer-songwriter Roy Harper.
Read more
Coil To Met, 2009 Alastair MacLennan
A two-day durational performance in an old disused warehouse as part of Wunderba Live Art Festival.
Read more
Hotel Monument, 2008 Tatzu Nishi
Read more
For You Only You, 2008 Sonia Boyce
Read more
Asymmetric Snowflake, 2007 Toby Paterson
Asymmetric Snowflake was a commissioned work for the Locus+ 2007 Christmas card.
Read more
Memorial to Thomas Bewick, 2007 Mark Dion
A semi-permanent sculptural memorial to Thomas Bewick sited in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Read more
Deadstar, 2007 Janice Kerbel
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.
Read more
