the backlog continues

So my next big day on the town was 8th August when I went to see Chad McCail at edinburgh Printmakers.. I don't much like his drawings as I think the people look like robots in a rather chilling sort of way..but powerful message

and then to the The Golden Record at the Collective Gallery. apparently the early rocketrs to Mars took recordings of life on earth for the Martians to learn about what we do on this planet. The Golden Record attempted to update this somewhat with contributions from various comedians here in Edinburgh during the fringe. Brilliant explanation of economics and money by Dan something.. highlighting the importance of the right sort of bank ie money bank, not blood bank or sperm bank.

Martha Rosler's library has been at Stills.. basically her books which the viewer is invited to sit and delve into.. the implication being this tells us about how brilliant and well and widely read is the artist.. hah, I bet she has hardly read any of them.. and who cares anyway.

and then to my favourite exhibition this festival

janet cardiff and george buros miller and their installation 'opera for a small room', a 20 minute looped recording in which strange things happen there is a sort of plot and noises, and some things are happening around and some within.. I have seen it four times now and may go again.. and it is FREE

and Richard Hamilton in Inverleith House, such a grand clean large daunting space in the middle of the Botanic Gardens for such a controversial artist.. or his stuff was when done. The Treatment Room was truly creepy for all of us who grew up under Thatcherism.