Dis-assembly
2006
Dis-assembly was a four-year project with the staff and students of North Westminster Community School (NWCS), one of Britain’s largest inner-city secondary schools. The project explored the legacy of this progressive flagship school, established during the 1960s, on the lead up to its closure in summer 2006 and its transition into Paddington Academy and Westminster Academy.
The Serpentine Gallery commissioned artists Christian Boltanski, Runa Islam, Faisal Abdu’Allah, and architect Yona Friedman to work with the 2,000 students to create photographic and film work, as well as a spectacular large-scale architectural project which culminated in July 2006 with an exhibition and launch event on the eve of the school’s closure.
Runa Islam’s commissioned film, Conditional Probability (25 October – 5 November 2006), was exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery.
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with assistance from
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Sponsored help in kind
Runa Islam
Conditional Probability 2006
Four-part 16mm film
Photograph © 2006 Declan O’Neill
Yona Friedman
Superstructure and Urban Wallpaper 2006
Installation
Photographs © 2006 Louise Coysh
Christian Boltanski
Children of North Westminster Community School 1992
Colour photographs mounted on board, 30 x 20 cm each
Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery, London
© 1992 Christian Boltanski
Faisal Abdu’Allah and students
Dis-assembly 2006
Photographic montages
© 2006 Faisal Abdu’Allah
