We’ve taken a trip to Leeds and subsequently a couple of galleries big and small. First we went to serf, a small artist-run-space which has studios connected. Initially we were very excited by the show, it was described as the culmination of a two year project where the artist has collected the mail of the previous tenants from her flat and created fictional stories of a man and woman who lived there. However, it was a little too much of the artists interpretation of the tenants lives though sculpture than writing. This is obviously just a personal preference and perhaps we were comparing it too much to Alicja Kwade’s exhibition at Neuer Berliner, which is a series of letters that the artist copied then sent to a series of graphologists, people who analyse hand writing. Obviously more of a cosmetic link than a thematic one but we really enjoyed it.
Even though we had seen this show before, we felt it necessary to revisit Andy Holden’s touring Artangel show. It’s still just as good on a second viewing and it was good to see it restaged in a different venue. Really made us think about how location can redefine a work.
