A fixed camera shot, a white cube, two drably dressed figures motionless on office chairs: one immediately recognizes the crucial elements prefacing action in the work of John Wood and Paul Harrison. There is the sound of a vehicle: Luton is the name of both a minivan and an airport outside London. The two artists, with the unblinking gaze of puppets, begin to slowly roll back and forth within the space. Constructed in the back of a van this time, the white cube is the stage for docile office workers, tossed right and left like merchandise being transported by and to an imaginary Luton.
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Luton
2001 / 02:55
