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Don’t Look At Me Like That

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Interview and performance made when Artist-in-Residence at Newcastle Polytechnic in 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

Artist / Author Neil Bartlett
Reference D1987
Digital Ref eD1987
Date 2012
Type Digital File

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