Davenport's photography-based work explores themes including globalisation, labour, truth and fiction. This work was commissioned for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial and is part of her evolving series ‘Workers’ which commenced in 2004 and transforms for each new exhibition. It was created at the Jaguar car plant, Halewood, Merseyside. The central part, a single-screen projection, concerns arriving at and leaving the factory. The second element, on six monitors, features the workers’ tea break. It is an animated hybrid of video and photography, key to Davenport’s practice.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Workers (Leaving the Factory), 2008
Date supported
2012
Medium and material
Multi-channel video installation, with single channel projection and six monitors
Dimensions
Four minutes
Grant
8617
Total cost
15023

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