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Das Wandern | Phill Hopkins
20/02/2013
Venue | 64 Wellington Street Leeds
Preview | Friday 08.03.13 | 7pm – 10pm
Exhibition Open | Saturday 09.03.13 - Friday 22.03.13
Daily | 11am – 4pm
Das muß ein schlechter Müller sein,
Dem niemals fiel das Wandern ein,
Das Wandern
A man isn’t much of a miller, If he doesn’t think of wandering,
Wandering!
From Franz Schubert/ Wilhelm Müller ‘Die schöne Müllerin’
I like painting things white. The simple process of applying the paint. There’s something childlike about it. The joy of covering a surface. Covering in order to expose. Covering in order to excavate. Like scraping away earth with a small trowel around a find on an archaeological dig, to expose a piece of the past, but not.
For this piece of work I will be collecting things in and around Wellington Street, taking them back to the space and building something. I’m not sure what I will do, but I want to use white paint. I have worked in the building before. The space is frigid. It needs to be coaxed. I will try to encourage it to work with me. I will lean things against the wall. I will place things on the floor. I will draw on the things I find. I will paint things. I will listen to music. I will have a cup of tea.
Preview | Friday 08.03.13 | 7pm – 10pm
Exhibition Open | Saturday 09.03.13 - Friday 22.03.13
Daily | 11am – 4pm
Das muß ein schlechter Müller sein,
Dem niemals fiel das Wandern ein,
Das Wandern
A man isn’t much of a miller, If he doesn’t think of wandering,
Wandering!
From Franz Schubert/ Wilhelm Müller ‘Die schöne Müllerin’
I like painting things white. The simple process of applying the paint. There’s something childlike about it. The joy of covering a surface. Covering in order to expose. Covering in order to excavate. Like scraping away earth with a small trowel around a find on an archaeological dig, to expose a piece of the past, but not.
For this piece of work I will be collecting things in and around Wellington Street, taking them back to the space and building something. I’m not sure what I will do, but I want to use white paint. I have worked in the building before. The space is frigid. It needs to be coaxed. I will try to encourage it to work with me. I will lean things against the wall. I will place things on the floor. I will draw on the things I find. I will paint things. I will listen to music. I will have a cup of tea.