There is one week left before the opening of the Building my Library project. Last few weeks i have been preparing the book plinths and categorising them at my studio near London fields. Artist friends have been visiting me to find out about the project as they have seen the hand made printed posters on Vyner street and in Hackney wick and all around the east end. I think this idea of bringing people together to create a dialectic relationship within a personal library has been succesfull so far, prior to the show. The two guest performers working towards their presentation at the private view nighton the 13th of August, having to deal with a very intimate space at NOID gallery which make things more intriguing as the entire presentation needs to be site specific. There is only 1 meter long coridor available for Duncan Ward to perform his piece building my lungs in response to my work referencing mushrooms as a visual and mental substance of accumulating knowledge which also symbolises the parasitical nature of human mind and existence within universe.
Bern Rosch Farrely will perform a two man piece having to interact to each other about the correct spoken language based on a book guide on the correct speaking. There is an intimate and didactic relationship with the audience being an on going action within the Building my Library.
I am going to start packing the Library in two days. There are 3 drawings/collages i am still working ,derived from conversations with artists and audience who came to see me working at my studio. Using the book covers of popular novels and books i am creating podiums of iconic portraits referencing stuart and victorian era but are being made in a personal manner. They are almost look like jumping out of a heritace library having a embossing quality to them.
