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MARK HARRIS | Work
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Sound Installation
Streets of London, 2003 (made with
Peter Lloyd Lewis).
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Buskers in London and musicians in Richmond, Virginia, are filmed as they
audition a version of Ralph McTell's celebrated busking song from
the 1960s, "Streets of London." The video loops of twenty-one
musicians are shown on four monitors in London during the exhibition.
Documenting a series of events in London and in Richmond, Virginia, an
exhibition at London gallery 1 000 000 mph incorporates live music, a
video sculpture and photographs of the previous weeks' performances/happenings.
The Invitation: To see what happens when a number of musicians and buskers
are invited to make use of a gallery as they wish. They are initially asked
to play a song of their choice which they associate with London and to
perform an interpretation of Ralph McTell's classic recording "Streets
of London," recorded in 1969.
The Response: Twenty-one musicians and groups take part. Two of the four
video loops show musicians playing versions of McTell's song; a third shows
London musicians playing their own music; the fourth shows Richmond musicians
playing versions of the Clash's "London Calling."
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