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The films that come out of the process are to some extent disconcertingly detached and yet at the same time extremely intimate takes on the musical originals, covering the whole gamut of visual approaches from animation through video sampling to media art. The exhibition thus provides insight into a range of musical styles behind a public veneer of both sentimentality and a touch of irony.
A Secret Understanding features works by Graham Dolphin, Nick Jordan, Clare Langan, Torsten Lauschman, Erik van Lieshout and Jane and Louise Wilson, amongst others. The works are presented as a looped programme rolling itself through the space of the gallery, some single screen and others diptychs. The programme was originally curated and produced by Forma in 2007 for an event in Trafalgar Square in London in league with the ICA.