It’s getting closer to the bedroom artists exhibition and we’re thinking more about wanting to in-act some of our more invisible works – changing the light bulbs, making the furniture, hiring a photographer etc. We wanted to try and respond to the space itself and the requirements of the individuals using it. The organisers are going to get back to us about things that might be required we then were thinking about getting a plaque made, making us look like benefactors or something; ‘The white paint for the exhibition was kindly provided by Sid and Jim’. This particular example also transforms the gallery walls into a work themselves, which is something else we’re interested in due to the significance of them in the art world.
We also watched ‘Money Monster’ during the week which was thoroughly enjoyed. It could be coined a 'lite' version of ‘The Big Short’ explaining the financial crisis in a way we can all understand; it allows a beaten-down underdog to literally hold a gun to the head of a banker who wiped out his savings at a stroke. The film was only ever going to end in one place but the idea of everyone suddenly caring about an individual for a day then turning his final moments into a meme only days after definitely had a shade (or two) of reality in it. It captured the idea that we’re heading into a place where we have no attachment or bind to an interest or spectacle. One moment everyone’s encapsulated by Elaine Thompson running 200 meters in 21.78 seconds, the next everyone’s talking about someone on big brother has stubbing their toe. They all just become one unit of excitement – in fact if anything, the meme will long out live the memory of Kyle.
This week has also seen Ryan Gander’s book ‘Culturefield’ finally make its way into our possession. It really is massive but consequently surveys his diverse oeuvre very well. There are all the favourite conceptual gestures in there – an invented word, a chess set, a television script and a children's book.
