The Incoherent, Idiotic Descent into Nihilism. Ed Young (sort of) at Blank Projects
Thursday, June 21, 2007
I think an image that'll stay with me for life is Ed Young, getting shouted by the curator's mother. The poor guy couldn't get a word in edgeways. But the fucker probably did deserve the berating.So here's the story: Carrie Timlin and Lily Luz are planning a series of one-night events at Blank. They are undergraduate students, and I think this is amazing initiative.
Carrie Timlin and Lily Luz didn't do many of the things expected from a curator. Like organise press, design an appealing flyer and buy booze. And didn't communicate fully with either the artist or gallerist. Not as amazing. Especially if you are using an artist's name such as Ed Young to bring attention to your project.
10:30 am. Ed Young gets irritated, and decides to not pitch up to the show. He turns off his phone.
5:25 pm. Robert Sloon gets a call from Jonathan Garnham (the gallerist), asking if he had seen Ed. Robert tells Jonathan he just left him at the Kimberly Hotel.
6:00 pm. Jonathan arrives at the bar, with rope. They drink beer. Ed Young is tied up. Ed is physically removed, and dragged into a car.
7:30 pm. Robert Sloon arrives to the exhibition to see general chaos. Carrie's mum is yelling at Ed. A surprising amount of people are milling around drinking beer and wine. Jonathan has stuck up the bill from the bar on the wall, so there is at least something to look at.
8:00 pm. The surrogate art work is burned.
8:30 pm. The thinning, but rowdy crowd trashes the gallery. Broken glass litters the floor. Wine stains the walls. Robert Sloon goes home to play with cat.
What more can be said?
Crap Show. Funny Story.
Labels: Blank, Carrie Timlin, Ed Young, Lily Luz, review
posted by Robert Sloon at 4:58 PM
11 Comments:
You forgot to mention Linda Stupard's "Fuck Ed Young" speech
Well come on then, what did she say?
And, Ed must like being tied up by Jonathan Garnam.
And, why did Jonathan care so much whether he was at the opening or not?
I didn't really care, in fact I left him tied up in said car and returned with the beer. And yes, he did enjoy it.
Someone must have freed him because he arrived at blank an hour later.
a whole hour of saving his energy, until the need for attention won
To clear up a few things:
We did do press. Therefore the "surprising" number of people knew that there was an opening and showed up to mill around. We organised with the gallery as far as alcohol goes. Ed Young did the trashing of the gallery.
To the idiot who managed to spill wine on the ceiling: Fuck you buddy, it took 3 coats of paint to cover it. The supossed empty gallery was in fact filled with interactive art in the form of the caps people were wearing from the cap exchange. Most people figured that out as Ed was not the only artist on the show. Thank you to those who came and to linda for her amazing speech. See you at the next one. The artist will show up this time.
Incidentally, I liked the flier
Is it hard for a blind person to type anonymous 10:45?
No, not blind. I thought Ed had done it himself, and was amazed he thought of something so nuanced and interesting. I was about to allow myself to believe he can be quite imaginative
"We did do press"
robert didn't say you didn't. he just said you didn't do it well.
Buuuuuuuuuuuurn!
wah wah wah. apologies count for piddle. in fact they just increase the bad aftertaste. don't do it. just don't. leave everything as it was. good on ya for trying.
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