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Hattie Lee |
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'The Grozvenor Steakhouse' C-type mounted on aluminium 76 x 102 cm |
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Camberwell Nights is a body of work of nocturnal photographs and video work set in and around Camberwell, London. The video 'Night Shift' was filmed from a car driving around South London at night. The view is shot straight onto the side of the street. Every time the car stops a passer by may walk in and out of the frame like actors in a film. There is a slightly voyeuristic feel to the video as in the film Taxi Driver, the soundtrack of which the piece shares. Alongside this video are a series of four photographs of local shop fronts lit up on the inside at night. The Grosvenor Steakhouse, The Barber Shop, The Sewing Machine Shop, and Launderette have all since closed down as businesses have been replaced by others. Like Atget who photographed a changing Paris at the turn of the last century, Lee is interested in documenting spaces around Camberwell before they change and are redeveloped. There are no people in any of these photos which creates a sense of absence for the viewer to fill, like the empty places with neatly folded napkins on the tables in The Grosvenor Steakhouse or the empty washing machines in Launderette. Finally 'Camberwell Nights' sets the scene for this series of works . This view was taken over South London from the back of the artist's flat at dusk as day turns to night. |
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Lee has been living and making work from the area for the past ten years since completing an MA at Chelsea College of Art. Recent exhibitions and projects include: 'Picture House' Greenwich Cinema, London 2008; 'Camberwell Nights' House Gallery 2007; 'Art and idea' Vancouver, Canada 2006; 'Flux', London Bridge Tunnels, London curated by Illuminate projects, 2005; 'Friday Night Saturday Told' Gallery Skuggi Reykjavik, Iceland, 2003 |
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