Chodzko spells it out

Original Brit-artist Adam Chodzko takes abstract or imagined propositions and makes them real. In 'The God Look-alike Contest' he showed images received in response to an ad looking for people who thought they looked like God. In 'A Place For The End' he filmed parts of Birmingham suggested by residents as the ideal location for the ending of an imaginary film.

His latest work, 'Plan For A Spell', showing in Brighton's Fabrica Gallery, is a surround-sound video installation designed to create magic. Thirteen short filmed scenes including wind turbines, a demolition derby, burning foot-and-mouth pyres and more upbeat folk or community events are combined in a continuously random sequence with an equally random combination of sounds and narrative-like subtitles. The piece can run for weeks without repeating the same combination but at some point 'a spell for clarity' is programmed to appear.

'In any series of images or sounds there will be sequences that will trigger memories and emotions,' says Chodzko. 'But this is about trying to figure out whether you can create a contemporary magic spell that isn't configured through traditional magic. It's about creating a space beyond the city which suggests a different kind of reality.'

Plan For A Spell, from Sat 27 Apr, Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton, East Sussex (01273 778 646).