on arrival in manchester we went off for a chinese meal in china town...........excited at the prospect of viewing some fascinating work..........when we arrived there were plenty of people milling around....this augured well......in the first room a man seated at a table was swapping stuff with members of the public.....he exchanged some chewing gum for a pen.......cutting edge stuff this.........another room contained a line of people playing at revolving doors......another room " which had a warning on the door" was a man laying in bed reading....then having a pretend wank .........do you remember the poster........by this time i has seen enough....i also saw man doing the limbo in another room.......time to go
"the emperors news clothes are back in fashion"
and this is what the blurb had to say.......
Over the last two Festivals, with the iconoclastic Il Tempo del Postino and the epic Marina Abramović Presents, MIF has established a reputation for commissioning some of the most exciting live art events to be experienced anywhere. 11 Rooms builds on that work, attracting the attention and energy of the international art world to Manchester for the duration of the Festival.
Curators Klaus Biesenbach (MoMA PS1 and MoMA, New York) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery, London) bring together 11 of the most interesting artists creating durational encounters to make new and re-imagined work for MIF. Each will explore the ephemeral aspects of art, focusing on an idea or situation that both establishes and erases itself in the same instance, shaping an unmediated experience for the audience in a series of specially-created spaces at Manchester Art Gallery.
" this is pure art bollocks speak"
they have invited 11 of the most exciting......................blah....blah.....yawn......
adrain searle adds to the mayhem and gobbledegook in his video clip. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/jul/13/11-rooms-manchester-international-festival-video-review?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3486
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swap can now be seen as part of 13 Rooms in Sydney
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