Night Soil

The deadline for another project is approaching rapidly. The Count of Montecristo is a group project a touring show which will pop up in a number of venues in the next couple of years. Each time it will appear, like Edmond Dantes, in a slightly different disguise. But lets face it also like Edmond Dantes it will be instantly recognisable. The show is being put together under the auspices of a new philanthropist for the arts, who I have not yet met. It all seems a bit shady to me, but these are straightened times and artists cannot afford to look gift horses in the mouth nor anywhere else. My fellow exhibitors are Annabel Dover, Hayley Lock, Mimei Thompson and Cathy Lomax which is, I have just realised, a distinctly female lineup. I have made the work for one venue, though not yet framed that which must be framed, nor decided which pieces to use for the second. To help me mull things over I have been completely ignoring these issues and concentrated on making work for which I have no plans whatsoever.