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Drug Den 2005
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Above: Drug Den - Installation shots at 'Wonderings', Curators Space, London 2005
Video projection for darkened space. Looped, 5 min. DVD. Dimensions variable.
Text from the Press Release for Wonderings:
'From the viewpoint of a video camera attached to a remote controlled car, we explore the undergrowth of a woodland floor.
In a clearing in his local park, Sean Dower remotely surveys a woody hollow for evidence of previous visitations. At ground
level, we encounter a myriad of signifiers, including canisters of lighter fluid, glue bags and wraps of silver foil - the flotsam
and remnants of abuse. In Lunar exploration terminology, a Remote Characterization System (RCS) addresses hazardous
operational problems by using unmanned vehicles and remotely controlled instruments in site surveys. Dower directed his
own 'RCS' whilst listening to a low-end electronic soundtrack, included in the final installation. The innocuous litter becomes
a hazardous terrain of toxic-wastedness. The repeated, childlike process of encircling and returning to the contents of Drug Den
invokes a feeling of natural inquisitiveness until, eventually, the survey is complete and we are left wondering ‘where next?’
Wonderings, curated by Irene Bradbury featured work by Sean Dower, Judith Goddard, Peter Macdonald and Ged Quinn.