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01. 102 Grove Park. c. 10.20 am. The Central point
These texts are extracts from Works and Texts, 1992 and Jake Auerbach's 20 Sites n Years film, 2016. Additional notes are by Lucy Shortis
20 Sites was devised in this house my family home from 1964 until 1983. Although a quiet side street, or perhaps because of that, it seems to get dug up more frequently than any other. Changes in the post-operative tar show where the latest incision has been made. Like some desert flower, it explodes into blossom only once when, in 1977, it is the headquarters of the Jubilee Street Party which Jill Phillips organised. A small red tile appears in 1978 to mark a fateful trip to India.
The house in 1985 is declared a nuclear free zone and becomes a no-go area for me also. In 1986 and again in 1987 it is for sale. In 1988 it is sold and new people move in. They make no major alterations, and only the odd new burglar alarm appears. In 2011 the house is scaffolded. The tree that acts as a marker on the left grows thick and arthritic.