Search 1993

Overview

Pat Naldi and Wendy Kirkup’s project SEARCH consists of silent video documenting a synchronised walk undertaken by the artists in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre in 1993, recorded on the then-brand-new 16 camera surveillance system run by Northumbria Police (Newcastle upon Tyne was the first city centre in the UK to install a Closed Circuit Television network). The resultant footage was given to the artists who edited it into twenty 10 second sequences which were then transmitted completely unan