Snyder

The first solo exhibition in a British institution by this leading artist. One of the most important proponents of the research-based practice that has emerged in the last decade, and is fascinated by the ongoing life of documentary information and images, from War to War.

One video installations uses as its starting point a film that celebrates the work of a village museum. A second installation uses footage shot during the occupation, including an awkward sequence of occupying troops joining in a celebratory dance. Both these works reveal interest in exploring and subverting the narratives of propaganda.

A third installation looks at the operation of journalistic conventions, and the role of corporations and consumerism, in the ongoing conflicts. Combining footage and stills from amateur, government and media sources, this powerful work explores the ethics of reportage, the staging and manipulation of images, and the changing role of photojournalists in the era of consumer digital imaging.

The exhibition takes its title from a significant new project that makes its debut. Last year began the process of digitising the archives that he has amassed while making his works, so that the resultant data could be put online. The new work charts the creation of this digital resource - a process which, in the destruction of his physical archive, has brought interest in the flux of information and images to its natural conclusion.