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25/9/2002

Remote Wiewer

Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, London

Graham Gussin works with ideas that explore human perception and comprehension, complicating our grasp of reality through suggestions of the unknown.

In the Image: Remote Wiewer 2002.

In September 2001, Gussin undertook a journey to a place called Askja, in what is known as the 'lunar desert' of Iceland. As he was travelling through this remote and featureless landscape, a remote viewer ­ an individual with paranormal abilities who has been trained to see over great distances ­ was asked to track his movements and pinpoint his location.

A filmic record of these simultaneous events forms the basis of this stunning two-screen video installation commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, staged in the cavernous space of the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station.

Much of the science of remote viewing was developed by the CIA during the Cold War who used remote viewers as spies. More recently, organisations such as the FBI have used them to trace kidnap victims.

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Remote Viewer was commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in association with Ikon Gallery. Supported by the National Touring Programme of the Arts Council of England and the Henry Moore Foundation.

Graham Gussin is also currently showing work in the group show 'En Route' at the Serpentine Gallery, and in 'Geographies 2' at Chantal Crousel Gallery, Paris. Gussin is one of the selectors for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2002 and is currently working on a new commission for Henry Moore Contemporary
Projects at the Venice Biennale 2003.

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Thursday 26 September 6.30 - 9pm until 13 November 2002.

THE WAPPING PROJECT
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
Wapping Wall
London E1W 3ST
T 020 7680 2080

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