Hi new bloggers. Lots of you need to send me a link before next week. I'm snowed under with dissertation tutorials at the moment so dont expect any comments from me or any meaningful writing. However the new show at the Howard Assembly rooms by Janet Cardiff (that's inside the Grand Theatre)is a show that I will want everyone to see. It starts 4 February – going to 3 March. This is a re-working of Thomas Tallis’ 16th Century choral masterpiece, Spem in Alium and it is a really fantastic installation. 40 speakers each projecting the sound of one person, are used to gradually bring all the voices together to create something uplifting. Remember to walk around the edge so that you get all the individual contributions and then to stand in the middle to hear the totality of the experience. Comments on the space, venue and audience will be looked for.
Also make sure you comment on the city art gallery and the Northern Art Prize. My own fave rave this week is the small show of Chinese found rocks in the small back room in the Henry Moore Gallery. The relationship between carved stands and found rocks opens out a reverse art history where the plinths are more important than the sculptures. Is this how Brancusi started?
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