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In his first one-man London show, the New York-based artist reads between the timelines of three pioneering but little-known historical figures.

False Future is a powerful account of Louis Le Prince - probably the first person to project moving images - who mysteriously disappeared in 1890.

Buckingham re-stages one of Le Prince's films, of Leeds Bridge, with a narrative describing the exact movement of street traffic in the surviving one-second clip.

Speculation on what might have been in early cinema is imbued with the purposeful aimlessness of the film extras.

Buckingham explores the work of 18th-century feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in The Spirit And The Letter.

In the projection, an actress in period costume walks on the ceiling of a Georgian room, reading out Wollstonecraft's work.

Using a mirror, Buckingham choreographs the visitor - step in front of the mirror and it's as though you're in the room with her.

A third film choreographs the eyes, forcing us to glance back and forth between a screen showing an aeroplane interior and another with words from the autobiography of Charlotte Wolff.

Pinpointing the moment the Jewish writer returned to Berlin after her exile in 1933, Buckingham separates her memories from their context.

Until Jul 1, Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road NW3, Tue to Sun 10am to 6pm (Wed to 9pm), free. Tel: 020 7472 5500. Tube: Finchley Road

Matthew Buckingham
Camden Arts Centre
Arkwright Road, NW3 6DG