Provisional
Market Gallery, Glasgow, 2003
A one month studio residency in Market Gallery - at the time an unfitted shop unit on Duke Street - concerned with sustainability in economic, material, environmental, architectural and personal terms. Culminated in a closing event comprising of 30 elements (including Art Surplus Store), three performance-actions, e.g. the collapse of Patchwork Pillar, and three lists (see below). Elements were comprised of found, bought, secondhand and / or borrowed objects / materials, including documents, remains and beginnings. A daylight only project, open to the public throughout.
Above - top left to bottom right: Screw Collection, found screws (Market Gallery), ready-made holes and rawlplugs; Transitory Tree, found mirror and computer printout; Domestic Policy (Flaw Piece) (detail), web page printouts, drilled holes and cleaned area of floor; Candlestick, candles; Climbing French Beans, climbing french beans and found holes in wall; Patchwork Pillar, found furniture / wood; Waste, found toilet, unconnected waste pipe, sawdust.
Below - bottom left to top right: Waste, found toilet, unconnected waste pipe, sawdust; Untitled 2, pre-installed polythene, cotton, nylon, nails; Underclass Post, inverted bought postcard and second class stamp; Base, found bed base; Drive, found wing mirror; Rock and Roll, found rocking chair and secondhand judo belts; Art Surplus Store, mixed media found / bought / secondhand remains; Mea Culpa, bought spray paint on glass; Patchwork Pillar, found furniture / wood; First Class Post, bought postcard and first class stamps on pre-installed concrete pillar; Domestic Policy (Flaw Piece), web page printouts, drilled holes, cleaned area of floor; Double Vision, bought mini telescope and blu-tac on glass door; Forbidden, web page printout; Incoming / Outgoing (if you return for any reason), found cardboard boxes and telephone; Pointless, found pencil.
Below - bottom left to top right: Waste, found toilet, unconnected waste pipe, sawdust; Untitled 2, pre-installed polythene, cotton, nylon, nails; Underclass Post, inverted bought postcard and second class stamp; Base, found bed base; Drive, found wing mirror; Rock and Roll, found rocking chair and secondhand judo belts; Art Surplus Store, mixed media found / bought / secondhand remains; Mea Culpa, bought spray paint on glass; Patchwork Pillar, found furniture / wood; First Class Post, bought postcard and first class stamps on pre-installed concrete pillar; Domestic Policy (Flaw Piece), web page printouts, drilled holes, cleaned area of floor; Double Vision, bought mini telescope and blu-tac on glass door; Forbidden, web page printout; Incoming / Outgoing (if you return for any reason), found cardboard boxes and telephone; Pointless, found pencil.
PROVISIONAL
Art Surplus Store (Everything Must Go)
Base Bed base
Candlestick Candles
Climbing French Beans Climbing French Beans, holes in wall
Diet / Local Produce Text on paper (see below)
Domestic Policy (Flaw Piece) Web page printouts, drilled holes, cleaned area of floor
Double Vision Mini telescope and blu-tac on glass door
Drive Wing mirror
First Class Post Postcard and first class stamps on pillar
Forbidden Web page printout
Incoming / Outgoing (if you return for any reason) Cardboard boxes and telephone
Knickers Marker pen on world map
Lights Out Ambient light
Mea Culpa Spray paint on glass
Patchwork Pillar Furniture / wood
Photosynthesis Grass cuttings and light fixture
Pointless Pencil
Provisional Text on paper
Rock and Roll Rocking chair and judo belts
Rubbish Flower Rubbish and screwdriver
Ruin Weed in hole in wall
Screw Collection Screws and holes in wall with rawlplugs
Transitory Tree Mirror and computer print
Trading Pouch Padded envelope and elastic bands on jeans
Underclass Post Postcard and second class stamp
Unicycle Unicycle
Untitled 2 Polythene, cotton, nylon, nails
Untitled 3 Chewing gum and wrapper
Waste Toilet, unconnected waste pipe, sawdust
PROVISIONAL
Art Surplus Store (Everything Must Go)
Base Bed base
Candlestick Candles
Climbing French Beans Climbing French Beans, holes in wall
Diet / Local Produce Text on paper (see below)
Domestic Policy (Flaw Piece) Web page printouts, drilled holes, cleaned area of floor
Double Vision Mini telescope and blu-tac on glass door
Drive Wing mirror
First Class Post Postcard and first class stamps on pillar
Forbidden Web page printout
Incoming / Outgoing (if you return for any reason) Cardboard boxes and telephone
Knickers Marker pen on world map
Lights Out Ambient light
Mea Culpa Spray paint on glass
Patchwork Pillar Furniture / wood
Photosynthesis Grass cuttings and light fixture
Pointless Pencil
Provisional Text on paper
Rock and Roll Rocking chair and judo belts
Rubbish Flower Rubbish and screwdriver
Ruin Weed in hole in wall
Screw Collection Screws and holes in wall with rawlplugs
Transitory Tree Mirror and computer print
Trading Pouch Padded envelope and elastic bands on jeans
Underclass Post Postcard and second class stamp
Unicycle Unicycle
Untitled 2 Polythene, cotton, nylon, nails
Untitled 3 Chewing gum and wrapper
Waste Toilet, unconnected waste pipe, sawdust
LOCAL PRODUCE
Argyle Street world map
Armadale Street rocking chair, laminated chipboard, wood
Bath Street climbing french beans
Craigpark money, computer, printer
Duke Street paving stone, shells, toilet, cardboard boxes, polystyrene, stamps, laundry basket, wing mirror, chewing gum, bubble gum
Finlay Drive furniture, laminated chipboard
Garthland Drive polystyrene packaging, laminated chipboard
Golfhill Drive computer, printer, digital camera
High Street laminated paper, postcards
Hillfoot Street bed base
Ingleby Drive furniture, laminated chipboard
Market Gallery Studio screws, concrete pillar, walls, holes, rawlplugs, floor, table, window, door, lock drainpipe, blu-tac
Market Gallery Office blu-tac, screwdriver, paper, ink, electricity, computer, telephone, scissors, chairs, toilet, toilet paper, water, mugs, slide projector, printer, phone book, envelope, plastic cup, keyboard, mouse, umbrella, floor, walls, lights, door handles, locks, doors, mirror, drawing board, tea-towel, adapter, washing-up liquid, kettle, masking tape, hand wash, towel, dustpan and brush, broom, hammer, nails
Meadowpark laminated chipboard, wood
Onslow Drive laminated chipboard
Renfrew Street computer, laser printer
Roslea Drive laminated chipboard
Tollcross Road computer, printer
Whitehill Street laminated chipboard, enlarger*
DIET
Austria carrots
British Isles tofu
China toy hand grenades
Dominican Republic bananas
Finland scissors
France map
Germany marker pen
Greece soap
Italy rice
Mexico spring onions
New Zealand apples
Portugal sardines
Spain plums
Sri Lanka knickers
Taiwan unicycle
Tunisia dates