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Out Of Order
July 24 - August 3, 2007
Gallery Two
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| R. Moore & R. Bryant | R. Bryant | R. Frater |
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| R. Frater | R. Bryant | R. Moore |
Campbell Hooper-Johnson Sound Track MP3
FAQs
1. is this worth thinking about? / this (worth thinking about) / worth thinking about! / thinking about... / about.
Here are some frequently asked questions and answers. When changing the syntax of the question via the removal of a word, the sentence shifts in meaning, peels itself back to reveal that the answer is self-evident .
2. why can’t I just be happy? can’t I just be happy / I just be happy / just be happy... / be happy! / happy?
The question always answers itself. Like the children’s song, «Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes», which deconstructs the body, removing syllables and replacing them with silence while maintaining the structure of the rhythm, each line of these FAQs removes the syllable of the line proceeding it and replaces it with empty space, Sartrean nothingness or Cagean silence. Really? No, not really.
3. do the artists lie? / the artists lie / artists lie! / lie?
But the questions follow a train of thought almost universally familiar, for example, from the self-interrogation of “why can’t I just be happy”, to the frustrated angst of “can’t I just be happy?” to the stolid resolve of “I’ll just be happy”, to the desperate plea of “just be happy...” to the simple command “be happy!” to the final answer: 'happy?’
4. when did the show begin? / did the show begin? / the show begins... / show, begin! / begin
The questions are to some extent arbitrary: mulch-for-thought, grist-forcogitation. To use a double negative, they do not not answer questions about this exhibition. Or do they not? In any case, after peeling back the stratified layers of syntax, we find the answer is directly implied by the question.
5. should I be sincere or aloof? / I be sincere (or aloof) / be sincere or aloof! / sincere or aloof... / or aloof / aloof
It seems as if all questions reveal themselves as imperatives, preponderances, statements, exclamations – anything other than they purport to be.
Matt Harris 22.07.07
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