From the beginning Doug and I were straightforward, even when we lied. Naturally we were inclined to cheat as we were working on this particular show. Appropriating a Goodman Gallery press release off Artthrob and getting it republished in the same listing was most enjoyable. My personal favourite was “no image is neutral” Vs “no god is natural”- what utter crap. But it was “Undertones of sexually charged violence emerge in the work of Kathryn Smith and Tracey Moffat” Vs “Undertones of sexually charged violence emerge in the work of Ruth Sacks and Bianca Baldi” that took on a life of its own when the M&G wrote that one could expect “lust-driven moral innuendo from Ruth Sacks and Bianca Baldi”. This confirms that the telephone is indeed broken.
Looking forward…
Christian
Douglas Gimberg, on Signs:
“so, if man is five and the devil is six then that must make me seven”
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn
I went to the filling station around the corner from my house on 07/07/’07, the Saturday before our show, to put in some diesel and was very impressed to see it was 666c per litre.
On Wednesday I made a braai at the 2666 Commercial studios, Ronald Suresh Roberts kindly disposed of the meat and at eleven minutes and six seconds past ten the studio was flooded by torrential rain. Ed leaped into action and rescued Artheat, after a moment of paralysis I grabbed a Lizza painting and used it to shield Robert Sloon’s books and printer.
Naturally, being a believer, I took these as signs that Christian and I were on the correct path.
Six days after my petrol station revelation, on the day of Hell Yeah, gold was trading at $666 per ounce, and the price of diesel hadn’t changed.
Today I tried to take a picture of our copy of Anton La Vey’s business card, for Robert Sloon, but none of them would come out. The focus was perfect but the text just wouldn’t show.
Oh dear.
I am worse than Christian.
Love Douglas
Labels: Hell Yeah
In the beginning...
Sacks requested a wall for her work, we obliged.
This is the other wall.
The exhibition was well attended, with 665 people and one journalist.
Heavy weight Sue Williamson was at the show, she missed Ed’s performance but did point out a scuffmark on the wall that she liked.
Heated debate takes place in front of the work.
