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transience;
Nude in an Interior

the garden is a wilderness reminiscent of sweet smelling fruits and flowers
inside were vast, empty, fin de siècle rooms, echoing
windows stretching to the ceiling
architectural details drably adapted to the demands of modern living
thick dust, thick spider webs clinging to disuse
a vast regal stairwell
numbered doors in the upper rooms
light streaming in and penetrating the dark warren interior
distinct servant quarters listening behind doors
breathlessly up three floors to the roof
an audible voice, listening



1998
16mm colour and black and white film transferred to single channel video with stereo sound
Camera: Jesse Chambers
Location: 35 Beulah Hill, London
Duration: 10 days
Resident for 10 days in the empty Victorian house at the Spa not far from the site of the Crystal Palace.


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