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NOCTURNES [2013]

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35mm slide projection, 2 carousels, and text-loop on dot-matrix screen. 
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__NOCTURNES__ is the culmination of a two month residency in Finsbury Park, commissioned by AIR at Central Saint Martins. The research was structured as a series of night shifts, and the resulting work was formed through a number of exchanges with night shift workers in the area, including taxi drivers and bowling alley attendants. __NOCTURNES__ was presented on 16 December 2013, between sunset at 15:51 and midnight, and comprised two 'channels': a series of 35mm colour photographs transferred to 35mm slide, and installed as a double-projection in a dis-used taxi rank on Berriman Road; and a short text work, 'published' as a loop on a dot-matrix screen at Rowans Tenpin Bowl on Stroud Green Road. __NOCTURNES__ drew upon the social as much as mythical dimensions of the night, and pivoted around an embodied investigation into communal experiences of time, within the phenomenon of 24/7.

//For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.//

[Shakespeare, 'Hamlet', c.1602, Act III, Scene II]


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Images: Frances Scott, 'NOCTURNES' [2013], 35mm still images. Commissioned as part of [[http://www.amillionminutes.org/projects/frances-scott/|'A Million Minutes']], an Islington Council project supported by Arts Council England and produced by AIR at Central Saint Martins. With many thanks to: Abdul, Heysam and Hadi at Safari Mini Cabs; Terry, Dave and Sam at Rowans Tenpin Bowl; Ali at N7 Cars; and to all those working the night in Finsbury Park, who through conversation and generous exchange, have contributed to this research. Project Assistant: Harrison Moore. 
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