ReadyMade Magazine published a piece about art in Detroit which includes photos of my work and of Tyree Gruyton’s Heidelberg project – entitled Hands Up For Detroit – I feel honoured to be sandwiched between him and old friend Philip Petit. There’s actually a second version of the Speramus Meliora work on a house already […]
Reading through this pile of books by Loïc Wacquant for the upcoming publication – I couldn’t help be reminded of Céline… here’s a quote – this is written in 1932: “…We have got into the habit of admiring colossal bandits, whose opulence is revered by the entire world, yet whose existence, once we stop to […]
Wednesday, May 26th (2010), in the Waag, Amsterdam, Rob van Kranenburg’s arranging an evening to juxtapose some stuff – probably bits of my abandoned police station, Detroit project, ‘Special Attention’ – Rob’s rant ‘The end of the Netherlands in twelve steps’ – and something to do with somewhere beginning with a ‘K’ in India (he […]
Just when I thought I’d found the perfect writer for my ‘Special Attention’ publication, there was an email from Michael Uwemedimo saying that he regretted having to cancel but that he was locked in a car-boot somewhere in England as part of a Hostile Environments Training which his subsidy-givers have insisted he take before returning […]
Here’s a short clip from an ongoing project – the story of Adam and Eve, as told by my homeless collaborator, Barbara. [ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page ] (It takes a minute or so to load, particularly if your computer is as turgid as mine!) […]
‘The Guide’ issue of Volume magazine – #22, December 2009 – has a section entitled Atlas of Love and Hate, on the Detroit Unreal Estate Agency. There are 4 pages dedicated to my work – diary excerpts from the days leading up to the interventions on burned out houses, plus photographs. And Lado Darakhvelidze’s ‘Future […]
Several pieces of my ceramic roadkill can be seen in the exhibition ‘la maison de poupee’ curated by Suze May Sho in the Historisch Museum in Arnhem (NL) as part of the 2009 Fashion Bienial – runs until 16/08/2009e
