ghosts move about me patched with histories

Ghosts move about me patched with histories is an exhibition from artists Philip Davenport and Nicola Smith.

It takes place at the Chinese Art Centre in Manchester from Thursday next week 9 December to Friday the following week 17 December

It kicks off with an Artists' Talk on 9 December between 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a preview evening from 6.30-8.30pm, also on 9 December.

The artist talk is free but booking is required. Tickets here. I've got mine.

Tours of the space take place 9-11 December. These are at 7pm on Thursday 9 December, 1.15pm and 3.30pm on Friday 10 December, and 1.15pm on Saturday 11 December.

The exhibition is described like this:

Ghosts move about me patched with histories is an immersive text/art experience, designed by poet Philip Davenport and performance artist Nicola Smith. Both have previously taken part in artist residencies in Chongqing and will use the exhibition to reflect on their time in China. The show counterpoints the freedom of being in a strange environment with the limits imposed by social control.

Davenport’s text installation is a poem written into wallpaper, covering one side of the gallery. Nicola will act as a deliberately misleading tour guide, taking visitors through the environment created by the pair, including a pause for snacks, some trashy TV and a computer that rewrites Davenport’s words with infinite variations, programmed by poet Tom Jenks. A live chicken will be ‘resident’ in the space.

Special thanks to Tom Jenks and Leftfield, School of Art & Design, University of Salford www.salfordleftfield.co.uk for their support.

Davenport's China journal begins here. Although I've previously linked to the posts here. Take your pick.