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The Lintons, Barking, East London stands proud overlooking the city. The physical fabric of the estate is unpicked and goes on it's final journey through processing plants whilst the invisable social history frames the process, revealing the seductive shadows of occupation and the voyeuristic brutality of demolition.
Verity-Jane Keefe worked with previous residents of the estate’s history to carefully construct a narrative soundtrack of the estate and Barking in general. The film (18 minutes) has been shot on high definition, including a three month timelapse, punctuated with various stages of the demolition process on the ground and within the derelict interior, following the materials down to the riverside recycling plant where it will be separated and sent out again for re-use in new developments.
The demolition process is used to frame the real social narratives of the site and Barking as a wider area on the cusp of change: a new generation of regeneration, the estate itself being born from post-war redevelopment.