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One Bar Electric Memoir - 5

Harland Miller is an artist whose wordplay and dexterous brushwork has won him acclaim. He recalls how past decades have informed his work - it's back to New York and good fortune.

Harland Miller is an artist whose wordplay and dexterous brushwork have won him acclaim. He recalls how past decades have informed his work:

The mid 1990s and Harland is back in New York, staying at the Chelsea Hotel. There has been some success with a show called YOU DIG THE TUNNEL - I'LL HIDE THE SOIL. But old anxieties over money and accommodation linger on. And heart-break over a woman called Celeste. And then a mysterious encounter happens to change everything..

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Fri 7 Jun 2019 22:45

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