Sleep Walk Sleep Talk: Film Still no 0022

Suki Chan’s 'Film Still no 0022' reveals London's ever changing topography. A panoramic view across the Thames looking towards Canary Wharf and the East End, it was taken from New London Bridge House, a seventies tower block now demolished to make way for the redevelopment of London Bridge Station and the Shard complex. The eerily illuminated Tower Bridge can be seen at the top left.

The image is a still from Chan's 2009 film 'Sleep Walk, Sleep Talk', a two screen video installation which examined the nocturnal city through dreamlike images and reflective voiceovers from security guards, tube drivers and other nightworkers.

This lightbox was one of the components of Chan's 'Sleep Walk Sleep Talk' installation displayed in the Museum of London's foyer from 7 December 2011 - 10 June 2012. The installation was commissioned to coincide with the 'Dickens and London' exhibition and took Dickens’s idea of the night walk as its starting point. It featured five lightboxes of the nocturnal city, together with a string of neon lights.