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Directed by Ben Rivers | 21 mins | 2011
Founded in 1931 to provide employment for disabled ex-serviceman, Servex was a metal electroplating factory that sat on the outskirts of London. In 2010, after years of financial difficulty, the business went into liquidation. Rivers captures its final month, with particular attention given to the crystalline chemical patina that has come to thicken the antiquated machinery, suggestive of the otherworldly.
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