Ed Atkins Material Witness OR A Liquid Cop (2012)

A computergenerated figure sits in a television studio and invokes ahistories and immaterial indices; thick, warm surfaces and dramatic lighting states; a neural network and those eternal celestial bodies; a final broadcast and some overt tattoos; a map of its being and the space where the crime occurred Material Witness OR A Liquid Cop was the pilot for a series of interviews with a witness to a crime, conducted as they, along with the crime, materialise and take shape. THE JERWOOD, FILM AND VIDEO UMBRELLA AWARDS