What kind of a year has 2013 been for you?
Uneventful.
What has changed for the better and what, if anything, has changed for the worse?
Nothing, everything.
What do you wish hadn’t happened this year?
Banksy being given a visa to enter the US.
What do you wish had happened this year, but didn’t?
A giant squid sinking the boat carrying Marc Quinn’s show to Venice.
What would you characterise as your major achievement this year and why?
Learning to ride a bicycle.
Is there anything you’d like to have done this year but haven’t?
Learn to ride a bicycle without stabilisers.
What would make 2014 a better year than 2013?
Animals turning upon the human race.
Jeremy Deller’s Venice Biennale show, English Magic, is at the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London, from 18 January to 30 March 2014. www.wmgallery.org.uk
Watch out for more in our ‘2013: How was it for you?’ series over the next couple of weeks.
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Jeremy Deller in Venice: banners, murals and a tour of England
Sacrilege on tour – Helen Nisbet reflects on Deller’s commission for the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art during its tour of the UK in the lead-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
