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University of Newcastle   2005/2006

Ben Jones

I have taken footage from trashy TV, such as the American reality programme Worlds Wildest Police Chases, which shows real-life situations through police security cameras. The work is an overload of imagery, text and audio resulting in the viewer being unsure what to watch, read or listen to. Simple animation, or doodles are used to disrupt the footage through interacting with cars, humans or other objects in the films. The footage is slowed down by one second and then extended to give the impression that the animation can only be seen between frames like a subliminal message or as if another world or reality is trying to break into our world (or the world of media) and gain information.