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Silicon Fen
With texts by Iain Sinclair, Simon Willmoth, Steven Bode, Sean Cubitt and Tom Williamson
Silicon Fen
ISBN  978-1-904270-27-0
PRICE  £12.00

A record of a long-running visual arts project that took place at venues across the east of England between 2004 and 2007, Silicon Fen considers how landscape in general (and the East Anglian landscape in particular) has been both affected and reflected by technology. Immersing themselves in the distinctive history and topography of the region, whose remote, almost desolate vistas belie the complex nature of its substantially man-made environment, the participating artists (Suky Best, Susan Collins, Dalziel + Scullion, Annabel Howland, Stephen Hughes and TNWK) contribute works that capture the unique character of the Fenland landscape and whose facility with digital forms of image-making brings their subject into sharper focus.
     
Smith/Stewart
Tom McCarthy
Smith/Stewart
ISBN  1 841660 74 4
PRICE  £12.00

This distinctive large-format publication acts as a visual record of a unique three-part exhibition by the acclaimed Glasgow-based artists Smith/Stewart. Their recent project 'A Black Thread', consisted of a trio of related installations, combining video and sound with stark and physically imposing sculptural elements. Capturing the taut, tense and enigmatic atmosphere of the works themselves, the book features a series of fractured images from each manifestation of the project, which began at Chisenhale Gallery in the winter of 2002 before travelling to Art Sheffield (April 2003) and Milton Keynes Gallery (January-March 2004).


     
Smith/Stewart - Minigraph 4
Francis McKee and Michéle Thériault
Smith/Stewart - Minigraph 4
ISBN  1 84166 074 4
PRICE  £12.00

Stephanie Smith and Edward Stewart explore the themes of identity, intimacy and interdependence in video works of extraordinary rigour and intensity. Whether distilled into a taut single-screen micro-drama, or developed across a more theatrical installation setting, Smith / Stewart's pieces pack a graphic, provocative power that imprints itself viscerally and continues to reverberate in the mind.

Minigraphs is a series of publications developed by Film and Video Umbrella devoted to contemporary artists working with film and video. Fully illustrated, and with specially commissioned essays and an extensive lists of works, this series provides an attractive and indispensable introduction to some of Britain's most exciting contemporary artists.