Mark Lewis investigates the camera’s role in the construction, language, and effects of the cinematic image, particularly in relation to representations of modernity. Many of his early films are silent and limited to four minutes—the standard length of a roll of 35mm film stock. Lewis typically employs a single take, in which the camera slowly and methodically examines its subject, often linking cinematic technique to the specificities of a given location.

Isosceles, one of a series of films shot in London, U.K., where the artist lives, examines a defunct triangular public restroom stranded at the junction of several streets in the (re)burgeoning area of Smithfield Market, which dates back to the 10th century. The site was once home to London’s livestock market and, in earlier periods, served as a location for jousting and public executions. The camera’s enveloping movement presents a portrait of this vestige of London’s early industrial era, set in stark contrast to the surrounding modern buildings.