“Some of these ideas are drawn out in their purest form by the Sentences series, 1988-93, in various languages and formats. The hints of linguistic philosophy, its word-games and literalness, which permeate the earlier works, are here centred on screen. The sentences in the cycle are self-referential tautologies, near-complete propositions which encompass all their elements – including graphic signs such as full stops. The digital play of letters is complements by a pop-mix soundtrack, so that the austerity of the printed word enters a more demotic or popular sound-space, taking up the post-Fluxus word-play format of artists like Paul Sharits and Michael Snow, but here stripped down to bare statements rather than expanded by word association, the Sentences ramify out in later pieces. “- Stephen Partridge, cat, Univ of Dundee, 1998, MONITORING PARTRIDGE, Al Rees, ISBN 1 899837 29 9

Made In Scotland 2 – Compilation of images and written work of artists in Scotland producing video and television based work. All work featured was produced at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. Includes information on the work Sentences 1, 2 & 3, 1988.pdf here

Video Shot List for Stephen Partridges ‘Sentences’ piece shot in Cava Studios January 1990.pdf here

Text from ‘Sentences’ by Stephen Partridge. Containing the English version with a Spanish, French and German translation.pdf here

Dialogue sheet from ‘Sentences’ by Stephen Partridge.pdf here

Three page fax to Stephen Partridge from Jane Rigby, containing information on the production of ‘Sentences’ including and equipment list, schedule, and the crew involved.pdf here

Schedule for the production and shooting of ‘Sentences’ by Stephen Partridge, running from December 7th 1989-March 1990.pdf here

Casting sheet showing a list of names of possible actors for the Stephen Partridge piece ‘Sentences’ and script for the audio.pdf here