analogical as curatorial

‘In fact, aesthetic comparison is not direct: it neither simply matches an ‘’art feeling’’ with another ‘’art feeling’’, nor simply pits a work of art against another. It is a comparison by analogy, an ‘’as if- comparison.’’

De Duve, T. (19), Kant After Duchamp, MIT Press, London

Theatrical

‘The Theatre of Cruelty has been created in order to restore to the theatre a passionate and convulsive conception of life, and it is in this sense of violent rigor and extreme condensation of scenic elements that the cruelty on which it is based must be understood.’ Antonin Artaud

Bentley, E. (2008), The Theory of the Modern Stage, Penguin, London
‘Artaud sought to remove aesthetic distance, bringing the audience into direct contact with the dangers of life. By turning theatre into a place where the spectator is exposed rather than protected, Artaud was committing an act of cruelty upon them.’
Jamieson, L. (2007), Antonin Artaud: From Theory to Practice, Greenwich, Essex
Reality

‘…the main interest in the film lies in its ‘premiss’ of establishing a perfect correlation between the two series (our contemporary late capitalist consumer life; the Stone Age), so that anxiety constantly gnaws at the spectator: will the film succeed in finding a Stone Age counterpart to all the phenomena of our society…’

Žižek, S. (1996), The Invisible Remainder, Verso, London

Current Projects

Tête à Tête, Barry Barker & Peter Seddon, illustrated talk, Grey Area
The Elect, Soft Restriction, Paige Perkins, Installation, Grey Area
Feed Lack Loop, Michael O’Connell, Performance, Lighthouse
Swear to Tell the Truth, Delaine Le Bas, Installation, Grey Area
Gallery Swaps, London and Berlin, tbc