Ordinary Acts of Optimism work by markhill@macmail.com

 

BENEATH THE TABLE  
Chalk-marks made on the underside of the bar during a conversation.

Feb 02 - London

 

MAILING LIST  

The names of 25 people invited to attend an exhibition, exhibited in an empty space.

Selected at random from the local telephone book.

May 02  - Stanley Picker gallery

 

PASSER BY  

Frequently passing by a disused shop, a polaroid is taken, timed, dated and delivered...

They are regularly collected by an unkown person(s).

Sept 01 - London

 

EXTRACT  

An entire section removed from a bookshop.

The removed items stored in my house could be bought/ viewed there by appointment.

Sept 02 - Enigma Books, London

 

CASH WHEN FOUND  

£5 cheques, signed and deposited in random locations - Cash when found stamped on the reverse.

Feb 02 - Various locations

 

DISLOCATION  

The names and postcodes of all the roadsigns within a 1 way traffic system obscured by brown parcel tape.

Feb 02 - London

 

BREATHING PRIVATE SPACES  

A facemask attached to a length of hose inserted through people's letterboxes, to breathe private spaces.

Nov 02 - London