KEITH & No. 94 (2021) is comprised of a 15 minute film and photobook. The work re-visits the life of Keith Eldred and how he purchased 94 Maintenance Unit (94MU), RAF Barnham, Suffolk, a large area of land with many purpose-built structures. Now known as Gorse Industrial estate, the land was originally purchased from the Ministry of Defence. The primary use of 94MU was to house Britain's first nuclear weapons. All shot on the land concerned, the photographs and film reference episodes from Keith’s life prior to his acquisition of the estate.
The work uses the land as an adhoc film set, reimagining it as the many different locations that played host to events from Keith’s life. From a goalkeeper in Mill Hill, a town planner in Hong Kong, to growing mushrooms on the estate. The work weaves between these episodes with the land oscillating between background and foreground, both character and archive in itself.
KEITH (15 minute, colour + b&w, sound) - trailer here
No. 94 (special edition book)
- 80 pages, Hand-inserted
- Signed, special - photo-album - edition.
- Download link to 15min film - trailer here.
- Album styles and sequence will vary from that depicted (Approx size 30 x 16cm)
KEITH & No. 94 (2021) is comprised of a 15 minute film and photobook. The work re-visits the life of Keith Eldred and how he purchased 94 Maintenance Unit (94MU), RAF Barnham, Suffolk, a large area of land with many purpose-built structures. Now known as Gorse Industrial estate, the land was originally purchased from the Ministry of Defence. The primary use of 94MU was to house Britain's first nuclear weapons. All shot on the land concerned, the photographs and film reference episodes from Keith’s life prior to his acquisition of the estate.
The work uses the land as an adhoc film set, reimagining it as the many different locations that played host to events from Keith’s life. From a goalkeeper in Mill Hill, a town planner in Hong Kong, to growing mushrooms on the estate. The work weaves between these episodes with the land oscillating between background and foreground, both character and archive in itself.
KEITH (15 minute, colour + b&w, sound) - trailer here
No. 94 (special edition book)
- 80 pages, Hand-inserted
- Signed, special - photo-album - edition.
- Download link to 15min film - trailer here.
- Album styles and sequence will vary from that depicted (Approx size 30 x 16cm)