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Trace Elements 1999

Simon Robertshaw

In this multimedia installation, artist Simon Robertshaw worked with video technology as well as found objects and documents to explore issues of mental illness and hospitalisation.

Trace Elements

'Trace Elements' consisted of six metal-framed beds arranged in a row. At the end of each bed was a miniature video monitor playing footage of (real-life) inmates of mental asylums. Both the beds and the video footage had been unearthed by Robertshaw at some of the last remaining Victorian county asylums. 'Trace Elements' further explored the artist's interest in the history of medicine and psychiatry as well as his integration of video as a sculptural object into his work.

Cartwright Hall, 29-Sep-01 to 04-Nov-01
Lister Park Bradford BD9 4NS

Open Eye Gallery, 16-Nov-00 to 22-Dec-00
28-32 Wood Street Liverpool L1 4AQ

Arnolfini, 06-Apr-01 to 14-Apr-01
16 Narrow Quay Bristol BS1 4QA

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