Anthony McCall, Swell, 2006. Photo: Reg Vardy Gallery. Courtesy of AV Festival 06.
On Kawara, One Million Years, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Hamish Fulton, Slowalk, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Jonathan Schipper, Slow Motion Car Crash, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Chris Watson, Teesside Sound Walk, 2012. Photo: Chris Watson. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
John Gerrard, Cuban School (Community 5th October) 2010, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Susan Stenger and Attila Csihar, Full Circle Live, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
A Certain Distance, Endless Light: A Project by Felix Gonzalez-Torres and William Mckeown, 2010. Photo: Stephen Turner.
Kenneth Anger in Person, 2010. Photo: Ben Jeans Houghton. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
Charlemagne Palestine, Carillon Bells, 2010. Photo: Louise Hepworth. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
James Benning, Milwaukee/Duisburg, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Kenneth Goldsmith, The 1703 Weather Diary of Thomas Appletree, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Alan Moore, English Journey Revisited, 2010. Photo: Louise Hepworth. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
Various Artists, Wishful Thinking: In Rememberance of Peter Christopherson, 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
Attila Csihar, A Scrying: First and Second Action (NCL), 2012. Photo: Colin Davison. Courtesy of AV Festival 12.
all art is, is rhythm, Felix Hess installation view at Hatton Gallery, 2010. Photo: Peter Merrington. Courtesy of AV Festival 10
Craig Baldwin, Recycled Film Symposium, 2010. Photo: Louise Hepworth. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
Laure Prouvost, Recycled Film Symposium, 2010. Photo: Louise Hepworth. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
Various Artists, Variations VII, 2008. Photo: Louise Hepworth. Courtesy of AV Festival 08.
Felix Kubin, Nothing is New, Everything is Permitted, 2010. Photo: Peter Knight. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
Kanta Horio, 2010. Photo: Adam Kasar. Courtesy of AV Festival 10.
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