http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Imagined Architecture Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:26:40 +0100 a-n rss generator a-n The Artists Information Company and contributors edit@a-n.co.uk technical@a-n.co.uk http://sites.a-n.co.uk/img/logo.gif http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 After a very brief trip to New York last week, and a return visit to Women's Studio Workshop where I completed a book arts residency last autumn, I have finally been able to look at the book, Unfolding Architecture, that I made there. I think the intense nature of the residency (six weeks chopping up wood and frantically gluing boxes/ printing pages etc) had taken it's toll and I had thought I never wanted to see the book again.  Upon my return last Monday, I unpacked them from their temporary home in a box at the back of my wardrobe and began writing the second instalment of impossible architecture. ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I have spent the last week struggling with layouts.  The planning and quality control elements of making a book or multiple do not come easily to me: what, you mean they all have to be exactly the same?! Instead of trying to work out which page sits on the back of which in my head (too much information to hold at once) I am now surrounded by small hill formations of paper, all with squares and scrawls standing in for the content. It makes my brain hurt, but I am thankful I don't have to work everything out in inches like I did with my last book, although there is something slightly romantic about 16ths and 64ths. I'm sure there must be some procrastinating I can get on with instead. I know, I'll add to my blog on a-n... ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I wonder about using text in my work. I am not a writer. Or perhaps I should say that I write but not spectacularly.  The first time I wrote a story I had a hundred people read it and give me feedback, but in fact, this made me defensive and insecure about using it in a piece of work. Now I just write. I am better about spending time editing and I try to see the texts as works in progress. I love the possibility inherent in fiction for the reader to visualise places and actions and that's something I don't think I can do with images alone. My latest obsession with artists' books means that I can happily mix text and images. The form of the book is important too - the casing or binding is an integral part of the concept and should communicate as much as the content. Thanks to my friend Cherry who I met during my MA,  I was introduced to Moos. A Moo for those who don't know (I didn't) is a text-based on-line world that can be accessed by multiple users at any one time.  Working with my soon to be husband (four weeks!) who is a games programmer, we are making a moo as part of a conceptual website. The moo will map out my internal environment, complete with clutter and the various buildings I see myself as occupying; part caravan, part castle, part semi.  The website will also use Dan's fancy code to make it interactive/reactive as well as using it as a site to publish visual essays and images of books and other works.  ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 The Joys of Letterpressing:Today has mainly seen me make a mess in my flat as I clean up my three letterpresses, all Adana 3 x 5s, so quite small ones. They remind me a bit of those three blokes in Last of the Summer Wine (random I know) as they have different characters and a couple are not all there. I have also amassed a load of type, with some really beautiful fonts. Anyway, I have finally printed some text; nothing very usable, but at least I know where I am headed.  Letterpress Alive? is an amazing list of resources for letterpressers, including places to get ink, plates made (from computer files - very useful for printing graphics!) paper, spare parts and perhaps most usefully for some - classes! British Letterpress is also a really interesting site and has a lot of info about Letterpressing /forums / resources.Any fellow letterpress geeks who would like to chat more about it please e mail me: emilyspeed@hotmail.com ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 All week I have been in my studio as much as the temperature allows. I have some work in an exhibition this Friday and am working in-situ in the gallery space downstairs. I wonder if all artists struggle with practice-management as much as I do? I have just about got used to the idea that I really enjoy the pressure of a deadline and the majority of my work is made later rather than sooner. I suppose there is also something to be said for taking time off and spending a sustained amount of time on one thing too; I find making work breeds more ideas and work all by itself.The piece I'm making for Wolstenholme Projects is called 'no one home'. The abandoned and derelict frame of a building stands in for absence and the stairs and ladders in the work don't quite make it to civilisation.  www.wolstenholmeprojects.org'... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Well, the exhibition is up, and what a massive kick up the behind that was! I struggled with this one: possibly because I'm trying to organise my wedding alongside life (less than two weeks now!) but I really don't like to use those things as reasons, so perhaps it's because the work wasn't (shock horror) ready? I made all the pieces upstairs in my bright, white attic space and then plodded down to the much darker ground floor, and was surprised when half the work basically disappeared into the walls. Don't get me wrong - the basis of the work is to be quiet and give some pleasure of discovery to the viewer, but half of it was too close to the door and got trodden all over, and the other half is only visible at night when lit by miniature bulbs and torchlight (there is just enough light in the day to render all my mini-electrics invisible). Pah. One drawing was noticed only by my mum (I may have pointed it out) and a super alert visitor, but was actually intended to be the point to which the eye was eventually led. Alas. So, a valuable lesson all in all... to make more time for installation and a contingency budget of extra minutes for rethinking the whole thing if it disappears into the walls. I'm not so unhappy with it that I would rather not show it; there are successful elements. But overall, not my best work to date. Then again, I'm pretty sure I say the same thing every time my work is outside my studio! I have never exhibited much in the past; preferring to err on the side of residencies and project-based work, perhaps this is just part of getting used to the scrutiny?  The show was a strong mix though, well done Brychan! I really enjoyed the critique that took place in the gallery on Saturday after the opening too, although I did learn from that not to stand up and slag your own work off in front of all attendees. Ah, where for art thou confidence? The show runs from Thursday - Sun 12 - 6 this weekend at:  www.wolstenholmeprojects.org ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I have a book factory going on the flat at the moment - I will despair later when I have to clean up the mounds of paper building up around me, but it is a good feeling to be producing at the moment. I will screen-print the boxes that will house the book later today(I guess it's a build-your-own kit really, pictures soon) and then the assembly can begin. I am also working on a glossary of my practice at the moment. A hefty A-Z description of my practice, which will probably never be finished! This is something I started on my MA and keep adding to. Now I am formalising it slightly and making it into a bookwork. I would like the finished product to include extra sheets and space for people to add their own vocabulary into the glossary.  ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I am also finding shadows to alter, another thing that has been popping up in my practice for the last couple of years. I want to say something about the history or potential of objects and this seems to be a tool I keep returning to. ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Marriage. It feels no different, except I am relieved that it (the fabulous day of dancing and fizzy stuff) is done and now a new chapter can begin, i.e. making work instead of invitations/decorations etc. I have been approached by the Bridewell Studios to put some work in a show, The Liar, the Witch and the Wardrobe, opening at the start of June.www.bridewellstudios.co.uk'I love the work of the other artists who are showing (I believe Birgit Deubner also has a blog on here) and I love the building -  so it's good. But I worry, well I always worry about showing work, it just seems very soon. But the sun is shining, so the studio is like a sauna now, rather than the chiller it was until about a week ago. I shouldn't complain that it's too hot.. I am also furkeling about making short films, although I now need to borrow a camera after the last one had to be given back. I hate this dependency on borrowing equipment, but there is certainly no budget for electronic goods at the moment. I may just have to use my super8 camera for now and project. Plans for a group show 'Facade' in Berlin this July are also under way and I'm very excited about it. Again, worried by it, but more excited.  ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 It's July!! I can't really explain what happened in June - just a mix of frantically making work, working at the Tate and spending so much time writing applications that I couldn't face blogging. I've also had my elbow popped back into place by a kind doctor. Apparently it had been out of place for a while - about two months in fact, which explains the sharp pains and inability to  saw wood or wash my hair with that arm. For goodness sake Emily. The Liar, The Witch and the Wardrobe is being packed up today. It was a lovely exhibition full of whirring noise, pockets of light  and inventive displays. However, my dodgy knowledge of electrics let me down again when the circuit I made kept blowing the tiny bulbs. Another lesson! Images to follow this afternoon when it is documented properly. I also met some interesting artists working in Liverpool, and had my suspicions confirmed about a small place it is. Now it is all eyes on Berlin. Whilst standing in the gallery (Tate Liverpool) I have been formulating plans on the back of the rota each day and am desperate to get there and make. As there are five of us going from the studio: www.wolstenholmeprojects.org it will also be a great opportunity to spend some time together, to hopefully bury some niggling hatchets and have a really good chat about future projects and aspirations. We have a week to set up and the gallery owner has given us an apartment to stay in - what more could we ask for? Bier perhaps.  I am also making a piece for Pontoon, an exhibition on the River Thames in Oxford in August. After promising myself no more unpaid work, here I am again.  But I have been hankering to make something colossal for a while now, and this seemed like a good deadline to work to. But another project that will cost me up to £200 to make is not something I can really afford at the moment. But I'll think about that tomorrow... ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I also need to mention an amazing event that I witnessed last Saturday night: Sketchybeast and Nila music at the Bluecoat performance space in Liverpool. It was like being inside an anthology of slight screwed up fairy/folk tales.Elizabeth Willow, one of the artists I did the residency at the community college with, was the set designer, and had just about killed herself making objects and functional pieces for the evening. Entitled 'Under the Bandstand' Nila Music and the gorgeous, stupidly talented singer Hannah Peel had written songs based on the drawings of Sketchybeast, an illustrator. So each song told a little story about, for example, mechanical bears in the forest, a storm at sea, Tom Thumb's daily trials and hidden staircases.  It was too good. I could hardly sit still in my seat and at one point I even had a little cry. I should mention that I don't do crying in public. It was really, really good. Further to my defence; lots of people cried. It was tantalisingly short at an hour and at the end I desperately wanted to win the music box in the raffle, but I didn't. The tickets themselves however, were quite lovely, so I shall put them to good use in the future, especially as my husband bought me about 20! He wanted me to win too, but was probably quite glad I didn't bring more clutter back to our flat. So, clutching my CD covered with a beautiful print of the magical dump under the bandstand I came home, listened a bit more and started putting a bookwork idea together. Everything seems to be leaving my head in book-form at the moment. http://www.nilamusic.com/ http://www.hannahpeel.co.ukhttp://curvegallery.co.uk/HTML/ElizabethWillow.htmhttp://www.sketchybeast.comhttp://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 The exhibition is down, and so the next one begins for real.. Birgit, who I met during this last show at the Bridewell is very kindly translating some text into German for the Facade exhibition coming up in Berlin.  I am making a small edition artist's book to accompany the sculpture that I'll put in the show and I think it's important to have it in both languages. I am invigilating at our studios this afternoon; useful time when I am trapped in one place and must make good use of it! Six hours of drawing accompanied by cups of tea and Jaffa cakes sound like heaven at the moment and I am looking forward to getting stuck in.  To the drawings as well as the biscuits.   ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Invigilating on Friday was surprisingly good, I met some interesting visitors and had a few hours to draw as well as chance to discuss an exhibition-in-progress with fellow studio member Sue Massey. We are putting together a number of group shows to take part over the Biennial and each will include invited artists along with studio members. We have our eyes on some really interesting artists and wanted to get out ideas laid out before approaching anyone. The basic premise is artists who work transform objects in some way. That is putting it very blandly considering the excited discussion we had on Friday.  Today I am working on the book that will be part of the 'Facade' exhibition in Berlin and also getting hold of some wood to start building the framework for my sculpture going into 'Pontoon' in Oxford in August. I am almost panicking and avoiding looking in  my diary as time runs out. Some drawings here; each accompanies a thought about Facades and more generally the ideas surrounding inside/outside that informs most of my work. ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 BERLIN....I've been, the exhibition is up and I'm back, alas. The gallery owner Christa was incredible, so generous putting six artists from Liverpool up for 9 days in her very bijou apartment on Monbijouplatz, just round the corner from Hackescher Markt and August Strasse. She also seemed to buy us lots of beer and generally ran around fixing all the little problems. A fantastic week in all and a good chance to get to know studio members better, or see them in a different light perhaps. None of us know each other properly except through the group (apart from the odd coupling) so I think we definitely needed some bonding time. A good night out on Friday at the Bang Bang Club provided this chance and I learned that John's dancing is all kinds of awesome among other things, which I shan't go into right now.  I didn't entirely approve of how some people conducted themselves;  I really can't be bothered with selfish diva-like behaviour! But to be fair, it was stonkingly hot and time was precious (and pressured) so annoyances were bound to flare up I suppose. For once, I was quite pleased with my show; the planning paid off and producing a small edition book to go alongside the installation gave me a real sense of achievement (a tangible result!). After three days bent over a desk gluing tiny balsa wood joints together I was very glad to get out of the gallery, get on with the opening and explore Berlin. Hopefully this is the start of a good relationship with the gallery , Christa and her husband David, who are bringing a few of their own artists to do a show at Wolstenholme Projects in the winter. I just hope we can return the hospitality as well... ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Bloody hell. After Berlin being so enchanting and easy it was inevitable that Oxford wouldn't go as well. I had been approached to put some work in an exhibition called Pontoon (it opened last night but sadly (?) I really couldn't afford to go all the way back there for the opening).I decided that this would be a great chance to make something big. My inner carpenter has been demanding a chance from me for a while, and this was to be it. However, I didn't factor in the huge cost involved in this kind of project. There was no support for artists so when adding up travel, accommodation, materials and feeding, I reckon I probably spent close to £200.When I got there, it rained.  Then it rained a lot. As my piece was on a pontoon in the river, I got very wet indeed. Also, being alone, it was extremely difficult trying to get two 2m high sections of framework to stay still while I secured them with some cross pieces. The whole point of the work was that stairs led down into the water...but as I got to the end of my time there, I realised there was no way of fastening the last few steps on without some help from a holder. Having left my phone behind at home and being generally dismal and soggy, I couldn't face any more and decided I would have to leave it be. Disappointing to say the least; to have spent (invested?) so much and then not to be happy with the result was pretty depressing. For the few days afterwards I nursed a very sore throat (such a lightweight when it comes to my tonsils) and took plenty of hot baths. I haven't heard from the organisers since I left Oxford on Tuesday evening, and to be honest,  I dread any kind of reaction about the big wooden beast I left in my wake.  I'm sure the next time I see it, it won't look so bad and I'll wonder why I was so upset, if it's still standing that is...Also, my camera batteries decided to fail me upon finishing, so I hope I can document it when I take it apart and bring the wood back to Liverpool for its next reincarnation. Beside this are some in progress shots.... notice the grey skies. Luckily I nipped down to London on Tuesday night/Wednesday (unbelievably, it was cheaper to do this than go back to Liverpool from Oxford) and managed to see Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery and have a little row on the roof - terrace boating lake in the sunshine. The whole exhibition was incredible and gave me new hope!  A valuable lesson learned. Now to address the next batch of concerns...Biennial shows. A much nicer prospect? ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Met Birgit this morning for tea and cake and translation. She has very kindly worked away on my text for my next artists' book - translating it into German. I hope I can repay the favour one day. Just for starters why don't you have a look at her blog - http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/si... or her profile on axis - http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=13139. She's really very good. It was nice meet up generally and hearing what she's up to (rolling in dung of course), and there was the added bonus of a lie down on the softest of carpets whilst watching Pipilotti Rist's soothing and trippy films at FACT. Watching her swim wearing a spangly bikini was quite something and would have had me jumping into the nearest river - except that that would be the Mersey.  As I need to see my efforts manifesting themselves I have decided to make things today. I need to have objects and be able to count them. Making progress in my head is not enough at the moment. Although I do really need a good clear out and a think before I charge head first into the biennial work, it would make me panic today not to see things being produced. I have managed to learn enough about myself over the last few years that I now know to1) Not worry that I am leaving everything until the week (day) before. It is always that way.2) Not worry that I have taken on too much - If I am thinking that is a possibility then it's true so I may as well get cracking.3) Not worry that I have no ideas - they come quick and fast once a move is made to DO something!4) Make things sometimes - even if it is egg/tea cosies - for a sense of acheivement rather than getting in a state about how unproductive/lazy/evil/doomed I am. ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Oxford is down; after a full-on day of driving there, dismantling, loading, unloading and three flights of stairs at the studio, it is done! As I predicted, it wasn't the end of the world when I saw it again, and Emily & Phil had been very kind and added some last minute additions/put a light in/weighed it down etc. I still wasn't happy with it though. There was another piece of work there that I fell in love with and really wanted to steal away with me, a huge metal sheet of paper with an ansty note scribbled on, but I was good and I left it there. I have been waiting to get all the wood back to the studio to start building the next form of it - for an exhibition at curve gallery, opening at the start of the Biennial here in Liverpool.  ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I am mainly looking up circuitry on the internet today. This time I will get my wiring right! Actually, I really have to as I am away for  most of the time the exhibition is on, and I won't be able to pop down the road and fix it. Work is dying off now so I am fairly concerned about income (when does that change though?) but I am so desperate to get into the studio I will be happy to live on beans for a few weeks. It seems so impossible to get the balance right between having some money and making time to work. Not just a few hours here and there either, but the sort of concentrated time when really good stuff happens and that effort shows in your work.  Attached to this post are some images of the piece in the Pontoon exhibition in Oxford during August.  ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 I am having a day of cataloguing today.This is a contract I have with www.intute.ac.uk and Oxford University. Basically I find good art resources online and add them into the database.Although I am constantly distracted by the internet in general, it also means I can work in my pyjamas with plenty of tea-fuel.Over the last three years this job has been a total lifeline, it's only 15 hours per month with a guaranteed bit of cash coming in each month - not enough to pay rent, but enough to eat. Plus, I love doing it and it also means I also have this ridiculous knowledge of art websites (I have catalogued over 450 websites to date). When people mention spaces/groups etc I always go 'oh yep, I know them, their website is black with a nice font...' It can be irritating. Hopefully during this contract there will be more article writing along with the cataloguing - I love writing, although I know I use ridiculously long sentences and too many semi colons, which I blame on my time on an exchange in Strasbourg whilst at University.  I hope I will be finished in time to draw for a while this afternoon; before the boredom of precise carpentry (anyone who knows me will know those words do not belong together) and soldering, I really want to linger in the possibilities of the work I'm going to make. I love the ideas and the beauty in suggested things. I am having to be more organised than usual about the exhibitions ahead as my honeymoon falls in between them, meaning all the work has to be ready before I leave! Because of this I am a little worried about things becoming too designed; that is, draw it, make it. There has to be room to be fluid about things still and to alter the structure as it is being made and depending on how it works in reality. As Bill Viola once said, "A fully understood idea is a dead one" ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Have I taken on too much? Probably, but it seems to work better that way, and besides, I like it really.  ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 God today was awful; my favourite, most beautiful affectionate cat died and I had to bury him in the garden, then on visiting my grandparents house, my granddad toppled over, bashed his head and put his back out. Not fantastic news at 88. Perhaps tomorrow I can convince him to get in the car and go to the doctors....hmmm. Gran thinks he is over -reacting of course. I am supposed to be staying in the countryside at my mum's house all week while she is on holiday, cat-sitting and generally getting some fresh air and head space. It's not really working out like that, although it is only Monday.  Back in Liverpool tomorrow for the day to measure up gallery spaces and go to the printers to see about some kind of deal for the open studios leaflets (did I mention I had decided to organise that too?). Then an evening working at the Tate.  Hoorah. So much admin, so little studio time.Better news is that I have started a conversation by email with an artist who contacted me after seeing my work. We have a lot in common and her work is fantastic, a bit like what  I might like to try and make if I had any patience. She writes extremely well and insightfully too and although we are only on our first 'official' email of the conversation, I can tell I'm going to get a lot out of it.  So, to making some books perhaps - that old thing of having to see some tangible results again, not just a patch of disturbed earth in the garden.  Plus I am organising a book fair in Liverpool this November, something I am very excited about; Liverpool doesn't have much in the way of artists' books and there are some fantastic artists taking part. More info no doubt as it draws nearer.http://artistsbookfairliverpool.blogspot.com/... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942 Another week gone, although thankfully for a change as it wasn't much fun. I am in the studio this week, very happy to be working on an installation for the exhibition I have opening next week; 'I Dwell in Possibility' at Curve Gallery in Liverpool.So far it has involved some blisters and a very sore neck but I am finding it so satisfying to making things I dont mind. I am also getting some fantastic applications for the Liverpool Artists' Book Fair and am very excited about meeting all of these artists and seeing their work at the event. I am meeting with an artist this afternoon, who is coming up from London to see the space and talk about putting up a group exhibition of sorts at the fair. It is incredibly encouraging to know that there are other people out there who are willing to really put the effort in to their work. Having been surrounded by a lot of apathy of late it has made me more hopeful. I went to Edinburgh last weekend to a wedding and managed to fit in some galleries. The Ingleby is such a beautiful new space and Susan Collis' work was really interesting. I like her ideas very much and it was nice to see the work in the flesh and be even more interested in it. Well crafted and very thoughtful. I also liked Tracey Emin's show, although I found myself mainly attracted to the pieces involving wood. The pinnacle was the fruitmarket however, where an exhibition of Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller was on. 'Opera for a Small Room' kept me captive for nearly an hour and I was also really absorbed by 'Dark Pool'. I won't try and explain the work, I will only do it an injustice. I will just say it was by far the best, most exciting and affirming thing I have seen for well over a year. I had been waiting for something like this. http://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/ So now to my studio with new found aspirations! ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/417942