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'Trooper' is a short video work designed for display in a
gallery, where a news report taken from a CNN webcast is both
repeated and sped up systematically. In doing so, the authority
of the seemingly factual and neutral newscast is eroded, de-constructed
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In March 2004, Sarah Kent
said, "Most compelling is Thomson & Craighead's 'Trooper.'
A snatch of American television news shows a traffic cop drag
a woman from a car at gunpoint, shove her to the ground and
handcuff her. 'The woman sustained bruises and scratches and
pleaded guilty to speeding', says the commentator. With each
repeat, the clip is speeded up until the voices squeak like
Donald Duck; reality strays into the territory of cartoons
and cowboy films."
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