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 Installation view of large poster, 2010 - at Paradise Lost, hosted by Floor Ten Gallery, London

'Çiçak' is a film made in collaboration with Michael Whitby. A narrtion describes the story of a detective sent to a foreign country, over shots taken in Kuala Lumpur and Chicago, and shots featuring the artists themselves in a derelict house in London.

"After the airport, all glass and plastic plants; foyers seemingly without end, I got in a cab that took me to the hotel, in an old part of town. After the plastic-wrapped journey I’d had, the flaking paint and gently rotting wood of the beat-up reception came as something of a relief. I expected geckos on the wall above the bracket-mounted television; I wasn’t disappointed – two nestled close to the ceiling, wrapped around each other, although it’s hard to project amorous feelings onto creatures so jittery and un-blinking."

In its installation for Praradise Lost, hosted by Floor Ten gallery, the film was accompanied by a large poster and a take away DVD, which contained a slide show of black and white photographs taken on a trip to Kulala Lumpur in 2006.

Stills from Çiçak

Take away DVDs and one of the images they contain

All material © Richard and Michael Whitby