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1 CHRIS SHAW – LIFE AS A NIGHT PORTER, 19922002 1. “Norman as the night porter” 2. Exit 3. Selfportrait – “Keep arms at length” 4. “Night porter who needs a shave…” 5. “The night porter and his higher power on their way home from work” 6. “The devils chauffeur” 7. “Sky at night” 8. “The girl who did not powder her nose” 9. “The night porter dreams about stripes and zebras” 1011. “The staff are always … the worst” 12. Woman laying on bed & dangling chains 13. Radiator 14. “Party” 15. “Never made it to his room” 16. “Corridor of dreams” 17. “Room full of toilet” 18. “Keys like bats” 19. “Girl at the hotel, 1995” 20. “Playing with my tips” 21. Chandelier – “Looking for a way out” 22. The Kills – “Take 2 + 3 J+A” 23. Taps 24. Man laying on top of the stairs 25. Man cleaning the kitchen 26. “Locked Out” _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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CHRIS  SHAW  –  LIFE  AS  A  NIGHT  PORTER,  1992-­‐2002  

 

1.    “Norman  as  the  night  porter”  

2.      Exit  

3.      Self-­‐portrait  –  “Keep  arms  at  length”  

4.    “Night  porter  who  needs  a  shave…”  

5.    “The  night  porter  and  his  higher  power  on  their  way  home  from  work”  

6.    “The  devils  chauffeur”  

7.      “Sky  at  night”  

8.      “The  girl  who  did  not  powder  her  nose”  

9.      “The  night  porter  dreams  about  stripes  and  zebras”  

10-­‐11.    “The  staff  are  always  …  the  worst”  

12.    Woman  laying  on  bed  &  dangling  chains  

13.    Radiator  

14.    “Party”  

15.    “Never  made  it  to  his  room”  

16.    “Corridor  of  dreams”  

17.    “Room  full  of  toilet”  

18.    “Keys  like  bats”  

19.    “Girl  at  the  hotel,  1995”  

20.    “Playing  with  my  tips”  

21.    Chandelier  –  “Looking  for  a  way  out”  

22.    The  Kills  –  “Take  2  +  3  J+A”  

23.    Taps  

24.    Man  laying  on  top  of  the  stairs  

25.  Man  cleaning  the  kitchen  

26.  “Locked  Out”  

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     1.  “Norman  as  the  night  porter”  

 

 

     2.  Exit          

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     3.  Self  Portrait  –  “Keep  at  arms  length”  

 

     4.  “Night  porter  who  needs  a  shave…”  

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                                   5.  “The  night  porter  and  his  higher  power  on  their  way  home  from  work”  

 

 

   6.  “The  devils  chauffeur”  

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     7.  “Sky  at  night”  

 

 

   8.  “The  girl  who  did  not  powder  her  nose”  

 

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9.  “The  night  porter  dreams  about  stripes  and  zebras”  

 

 

10-­‐11.  “The  staff  are  always  …  the  worst”  

 

 

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     12.  Woman  laying  on  bed  &  dangling  chains  

 

     13.  Radiator  

 

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     14.  “Party”  

 

     15.  “Never  made  it  to  his  room”  

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   16.  “Corridor  of  dreams”  

 

   17.  “Room  full  of  toilets”  

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     18.  “Keys  like  bats…like  keys…like  bats”  

 

   19.  “Girl  at  the  hotel,  1995”  

 

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   20.  “Playing  with  my  tips”  

 

     21.  “Looking  for  a  way  out”  

 

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     22.    The  Kills  –  “Take  2  +  3  J+A”  

 

       23.  Taps  

 

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   24.  Man  laying  on  top  of  the  stairs  

 

   25.  Man  cleaning  the  kitchen  

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26.  “Locked  Out…