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Article: Jane & Louise Wilson: Unfolding the Aryan Papers.
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- Art Monthly
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- April 1, 2009
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Unfolding the Aryan Papers
BFI Gallery London
February 13 to April 26
One of the most famous tracking shots in cinema history is the tricycle scene in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, 1980, in which a very low camera follows little Danny on his tricycle ride around the empty hallways of the Overlook hotel. This view represents the disembodied eye of the ghost, which is simultaneously distant and observational but also uncomfortably close and menacing. Literally pushing the tracking shot onto a new level, the film installations of Jane & Louise Wilson physically evoke what Anthony Vidler has called the 'architectural uncanny'.
Contrary ...