No Body
Single channel digital video, colour and sound
9:58 mins
2015

Entirely composed from appropriated computer-generated imagery, No Body is a macabre creation myth for the digital age. In the video disparate found imagery is composed with apparent continuity, suggesting a single form which is under the perpetual threat of modification and punishment by its unseen creator. Conceived as a never-ending loop, the work depicts the cruel life cycle of a virtual entity who is infinitely bound to its domain, unable to die or delete itself.

Excerpt

Selected stills

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 7

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 19

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Production Still 1

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 8

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 3

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 17

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 9

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 16

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) Video Still 14

Installation views

Duncan Poulton - No Body (2015) installation view, Rockelmann &, Berlin 2017
Installation view at Rockelmann &, Berlin, as part of Transmediale, 2017
Duncan Poulton 'No Body' (2015) Installation view, Eastside Projects, Birmingham August 2016
Installation view at Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2017

Duncan Poulton 'No Body' (2015) Installation view #2, Eastside Projects, Birmingham August 2016

Duncan Poulton 'No Body' (2015) Installation View  Eastside Projects, Birmingham August 2016