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Suki Chan
Sleep Walk Sleep Talk (2009)
We are delighted to be featuring Suki Chan's 2009 FVU-commissioned work Sleep Walk Sleep Talk on FVU Watch this month!
A London of fast-blinking lights and speeding commuters, where cars and trains leave luminous comet-trails marking their passage through the night, and where individuals reflect on freedom in the urban metropolis, or seek escape from the repetitive habits and conditions it enforces. Inspired by ideas of freedom of expression in contemporary society, Suki Chan’s Sleep Walk Sleep Talk is an impressionistic study of London’s diverse population. Chan contrasts the movements of people on their way to and from work with their individual efforts to enjoy free time – exploring how we create our own personal and psychological space outside the architectural restrictions and behavioural patterns imposed by life in the city.
You can also read a newly commissioned text to accompany Sleep Walk Sleep Talk by Steven Bode, reflecting on the work as a haunting portrait of London at night, blending visuals and voices to explore urban life, alienation, and inner consciousness.
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