Faster, Higher (paper)

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Lok, S. 2012. Faster, Higher (paper). Mega Events & Culture: Artists engagement in event-based Regeneration, Resistance and Research. Timber Lodge, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London 17 Jun 2014 pp. 90-99
TypeConference paper
TitleFaster, Higher (paper)
AuthorsLok, S.
Abstract

This paper was based on a 5-screen moving image installation work called 'Faster, Higher' originally commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and BFI Southbank, for a solo exhibition at BFI Southbank Gallery in 2008. It also referred to a visual essay of the same name, published in Hillary Powell & Isaac Marrero eds. The Art of Dissent. London: Marshgate Press, 2012.

Keywordsmega events, Olympics, regeneration, resistance
ConferenceMega Events & Culture: Artists engagement in event-based Regeneration, Resistance and Research
Page range90-99
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Print2012
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Deposited27 May 2015
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