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LISTEN TO BRITAIN (Burgin)
A Canterbury Tale
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7m 12s
In 2001, the English artist Victor Burgin made a video piece, LISTEN TO BRITAIN, inspired by Humphrey Jennings's classic World War II documentary of the same name and Powell & Pressburger’s A CANTERBURY TALE. The seven-minute work was originally presented as a gallery installation and is designed to run as a continuous loop in a dark room. We are please to presented it here, courtesy of the artist.
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