10 Days and Nights - 10 suspended perspex lenses with back-projected video
The Mediums Glasses I & II - Photographs printed onto old pairs of glasses using traditional darkroom techniques
I was inspired to produce a series of works based on nineteenth century occult and pseudo-scientific documentary photography. During the nineteenth century it was believed that camera technology could capture the spirit world and photographs appearing to show ghosts and a range of occult phenomena were often used as "evidence" for a world that lay beyond what we could see.
Laura Marker
Laura Marker - artist
Save The Women's Library Tribute. The Women's Library. November 2012 outdoor projection
Save the Women's Library Campaign (2012) still. Duration 3 minutes 31 looped
"On Thursday 29th November, Save the Women's Library organised a Tribute Event to demonstrate to the London School of Economics how vital it is to keep the Women's Library collections in their home in Old Castle St".
The commission was to produce an outdoor projection that both drew attension the the historic importance of the archive, and celebrated the hard work put into the campaign. The projection formed a focal point and backdrop for two choirs, and various speakers at this event.
Save the Women's Library Campaign (2012) still.
