'A zig-zag of church pews processes with chaotic angularity down the gallery. A video showing simultaneously on three monitors begins with a white horse, archetypal symbol of the free spirit, rolling in the dust then galloping languorously, its coat gleaming in the sunlight. Seen in slow motion, the image dwells unashamedly on its own beauty. But on the soundtrack the submergence of Faure's Requiem in insistent traffic noise alerts one to the likely disruption of this romantic idyll. The camera pulls back to reveal that the horse, worried by a snapping black dog, is running freely but circling on a patch of concrete beneath the Westway. A woman's voice complains of appalling conditions in sites such as the Westway intersection, remembers when travellers were free to roam, accuses Thatcher of wanting to round up and gas all gypsies and insists they will fight for their lifestyles since 'if they put us in a house they might as well put us in prison'. A subsidary theme to the loss of freedom is the inability to be heard - a performance by deaf and mute theatre company is followed by a drum marathon in aid of the homeless.

Sarah Kent
Time Out