Tacita Dean

* 1965 in Canterbury, GBR

8. Berlin Biennale

10 to the 21, 2014

10 to the 21: Nanospoke
16mm film, 2′
b/w, mute, endless loop

10 to the 21: One thousandth of a millionth of a millionth of a second
Photogravure
22,6 x 32,5cm (framed)

10 to the 21: Target Area Petawatt
16mm film, 4′30″
b/w, optical sound, endless loop

10 to the 21: Relativistic Electron Beams driven by Laser-induced Transparency in Solids
Photogravure diptych
83 x 103.5 cm (framed)

Camera: Jamie Cairney
Camera assistant: Chris Connatty
Central Laser Facilitator: Martin Tolley
Electro-Magnetic Actuators: Rob Heathcote
Sound editor: James Harrison
Neg Cut: Steve Farman
Printed by DeJonghe Film Postproduction
Originated on Kodak Motion Picture Film

Commissioned by Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

With the support of Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK;
Frith Street Gallery, London; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris

Access to the Central Laser Facility by kind permission of John Collier

Thanks to Central Laser Facility: David Carroll, Rob Clarke, Chris Spindloe; The University of Strathclyde: Ross Gray, Haydn Powell, Paul McKenna

Additional thanks to Simon Challenor, MCS; Kenneth Graham, KS Objectiv, Amanda Saville, Antigone Dean, Tony Leonard, Anita Tscherne, Cleo Walker, Chris Frey, Len Thornton; no.w.here, London, Mathew & Rufus Hale

Installation Kenneth Graham, KS Objectiv

Courtesy Tacita Dean; Frith Street Gallery, London; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris

4. Berlin Biennale

Presentation Sisters, 2005
16mm color film installation, 60′
Anamorphic with optical sound