Archives – 2005 – May – 08  

Two – A poem from the invigilator at the ICA to Ryan Gander, mediated through myself and John Baldessari
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— 8 May 2005 David Steans Comment

When I go to Berlin to perform
I only need a knapsack and these (points to arms)
And these (points to legs)
You don’t know me, or the possible effects of my words
You owe me fifty pounds
I have a passion I feel is degenerated by
Unwittingly bei[…]

One – A conversation which took place between myself and the gallery assistant at Beck’s Futures 2005, plus other related information and opinion
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— 8 May 2005 David Steans Comment

Ryan Gander is pre-occupied with the perceived failure of Utopian Modernism. Gander’s childrens book The Boy Who Always Looked Up is an account of the final days of reviled Hungarian architect Erno Goldfinger, as told through the eyes of a you[…]

It Relieves Their Conscience
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— 8 May 2005 Tom 1 comment

British Political Pop 1990-2005
This is the second of a pair of compilation CDs giving one potential outline of how British pop acts tackled politics. This CD looks at the post-Thatcher era, from 1990 onwards. This coincides with my own life as a vot[…]

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