Stan Douglas: Birth of a Nation and The Enemy of All Mankind features in Frieze’s What to See Across the UK This Autumn

'‘Stay away or I’ll jump!’ Flora threatens from the precipice of an on-screen cliff. This is as much a warning to the viewer as it is to the soldier – now out of frame – who has chased her to this point in his attempts to convince her to marry him. The admonishment aimed at the viewer, however, is a call to keep their distance from questioning the narrative unfolding before them and the influence of the medium through which it is being communicated.' — Salena Barry

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