This exhibition comprised of two themed bodies of work by Edinburgh based photographer Susanne Ramsenthaler. 'History', in gallery 2, was a new installation in three parts consisting of black and white photographs, colour prints, and a single screen video work. The work broadly addressed issues of transition from a largely industrial and manual past, to that of a high technology future. The monochrome panels in 'Amnesia' consisted of bent and twisted broad nails, like those used in the building trade for centuries for such tasks as joining wood, laying floorboards etc. Formed as a large grid on one wall, it first appears as if we are looking at some arcane alphabet for which we do not have the ability to decipher. 'Small Measures' runs along the entire length of an adjacent wall like a colour frieze, and depict small pieces of left over soap, greatly enlarged so that they take on a sculptural aspect. 'Tomorrow' the final piece in this series is a one minute computer animation with sound, a futuristic probe exploring space and mutating into a myriad of shapes.



In gallery 1, the artist had used a pinhole camera to stretch the photographic moment in a series of travelogues titled 'Timelines'. Speculating on the experience of seeing, the images are taken from a moving vehicle and cover distances from a quarter of a mile onwards. 'The human eye's perception exists within these images as layers of palimpsests to be merged and covered by a continuous stream of visual information, eventually forming one entity - one photograph. Even the best of eye games do not come close.'

A specially printed brochure was produced containing a commissioned article by Roberta McGrath which profiles 'History'.

A slideshow showing examples of the 'Small Measures' series, 'Timelines' and the exhibition in situ: