Bruce Barber

The Bertrand Russell Reading Room: Russell NYC Trace (2018)

2 min 14 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Silent

A time lapse video of New York City, overlaid with quotes from Bertrand Russell on the nature of capitalism, exploitation, and happiness.

One of three videos exhibited in the Bruce Barber installation The Bertrand Russell Reading Room, McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario, Canada, September-December 2018.

    Other works in this series

    Shadows from a jail cells bars on a concrete ground.
    Bruce Barber

    Bertrand Russell Reading Room Jail Door (2018)

    Bertrand Russell Reading Room Jail Door

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    No-One Works Alone

    Interview
    By Mark Williams · March 29, 2020

    With a dozen video works from 1973-2019 now on CIRCUIT, renowned New Zealand/Canadian artist Bruce Barber sat down with Mark Williams to discuss a career spent working inside and outside the art world.

    No-one works alone: an interview with Bruce Barber

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