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- 2008 (Accumulation)
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Video
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Chris Oakley's new film ‘Half-life' looks at the histories of Harwell, birthplace of the UK nuclear industry, and the development of fusion energy technology at the Culham facility in Oxfordshire. The film examines nuclear science research through a historical and cultural filter. Drawing on archive footage of the sites, alongside contemporary materials, the work draws structural clues from nuclear physics, exploring the heritage of nuclear energy from the roots of the technology that drove the industrial revolution. The relationship between nature, and our reliance on mineral energy resources, and the portrayal of the often-mundane realities of nuclear research seek to ‘normalise' the subject. With the recent widespread acceptance of the reality of climate change driven by carbon dioxide emissions, the work explores the realities and myths surrounding the nuclear sciences.
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Press: No; Catalogue: No; Itinerancies: No; Online archive: No; Television: No
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English
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Llengua: Inglés. Països: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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The video is a high-definition project, and is available on a variety of formats, including Blu-ray, HDV and miniDV/DVCAM standard definition formats.
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- Chris Oakley (Accumulator)
- Chris Oakley (Subject)
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