Night Shifts
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Night Shifts, a project with a sprawling network of artists, researchers, scientists, night-shift workers, and union representatives initiated and led by Martin Kohout. Taking night work as the central premise for discussion, the project explored what a night shift labour model can effect on both personal and infrastructural levels, tracing relationships —and those related technologies that enable private communication— alongside an exploration of the city as a warped space for 24/7 production.
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Exploring the effects that this pattern of work can have on the lives of a growing population of shift workers across the UK, Night Shifts is a project of work particularly concerned with the social impact of staying connected to friends and loved ones who exist at opposite ends of the day. Outcomes of the project include a film work (Slides), a collection of new fiction writing (Night Shifter, the book edited by Kohout and Dan Meththananda), a roundtable discussion with Southern and Eastern Trade Union Congress (SERTUC), an interview series with night-shift workers (Working Nights) and research development with leading voices in the fields of sleep and neuroscience (in collaboration with SCNi laboratory in Oxford).
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Produced by AQNB and Caroline Heron in collaboration with the Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute in Oxford. Supported by the Wellcome Trust in 2017.
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The output of the project includes three films, one publication, and a series of events in collaboration with several trade unions in London and around.
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Films:
Slides
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About Night Shifts
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Working Nights
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Book:
Night Shifter
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