30 Days with Words like Smoke at Chelsea Space, London (January 20 to February 20, 2010)
What's it all about, in their own words:
with words like smoke is a clause stolen and a promise overturned,
four words on a page that once spoken disappear. 'with words like
smoke' is an exhibition of works that reveal and revell in their
evolving forms as their initial brickworks vanish.
with words like smoke is a clause stolen from Samuel Beckett's Texts for Nothing (1953), thirteen stories that converge under his
translation of mesures pour rien – a bar's silence – the
purpose of which is to carry a musical whole. During the exhibition,
spoken works will interpose the visual, from the opening’s performances
to a mid-point rehearsal to its final live broadcast.
Amongst the works on display, 'Some of that color' (below *) by Amalia Pica is the one that struck a chord with me.
(* Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, Copyright Felix Weigand, from the program pages).
As previous programs at Chelsea Space, I believe Admission is Free
A treat for the Consumed to Thrifty…