Brexit Lexicon, The British Library

An edition of The Brexit Lexicon has been acquired by The British Library for their Contemporary British Published Collections.

The lexicon is a companion piece to my two-screen video installation of the same name. The work explores the store of metaphors and verbiage that become the stock in trade of politicians and journalists during Britain’s exit from the Europe Union. Creating a compendium of the most common terms that coloured the way Britain and the EU described the discussions associated with Brexit, the lexicon is read out by a news presenter who appears at a desk in an anonymous news television studio against a green-screen.

The publication is in a limited edition of 9 copies.

The British Library is the national library of the UK. Its remit is to build, curate and preserve the UK’s national collection of published, written and digital content. Included here are books, magazines, manuscripts, maps, music scores, newspapers, patents, databases, prints and drawings and sound recordings. It  also holds an oral history collections covering a cross-section of those involved in visual arts and includes Oral History of British Photography, which is an ongoing project charting the development of photography in Britain. A great reservoir for those interested in the history of British photography.