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Drug Den - video with soundtrack by Sonofapup 2001. 5.30 mins. Installation dimensions variable. click on images for slideshow of installation at Curators Space, London 2005 Text by Irene Bradbury for Wonderings at the Curators Space '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?’ Drug Den - video with soundtrack by Sonofapup 2001, 5.30 mins. |
