Somewhere In-Between
Brixton Tate Library
Final days of exhibition November 2019
Foster will be on site
Thurs 11am till 3pm - Fri 29th 2pm till 6pm
Sat 30th 2pm till 5pm
Tony Thatcher's response 9 mins 11 sec performed by Zinzi
Somewhere In-Between is an exhibition of 50 books and 48 artworks curated by the artist Foster Spragge. Presented as a series of visual ‘clues’ Somewhere In-Between reveals an ever-expanding network of associations that stem from books. The installation brings together responses from librarians, artists, film-makers, poets, composers, teachers, architects, and others.
Somewhere In-Between was inspired by a chance meeting between Foster Spragge and Gustav Metzger in Bethnal Green Library in 2007, where Foster was working on the installation Ticket Cylinder. Metzger suggested that Foster should visit Westminster Reference Library where he had left a Rizla paper inserted into a copy of the art magazine Studio International, referring to an article about the work of Bridget Riley which he felt carried associations to Foster’s own work.
The copy of Studio International was used as a catalyst for the current exhibition. Foster initially invited librarians in over 40 libraries to suggest a book chosen in response to a previously selected book, provoking a chain reaction of associations. Having assembled 50 publications through the process the artist then invited a range of creative individuals to make visual works in response to the books. Responders were given details of what came before and what came after but had to create a fresh visual link without the knowledge of the actual book their work referred to.
Facsimile copies of the books and artworks are mounted alongside the originals – in an invitation to the audience of Somewhere In-Between, to re-arrange the connections and create new associations.
Somewhere In-Between was inspired by a chance meeting between Foster Spragge and Gustav Metzger in Bethnal Green Library in 2007, where Foster was working on the installation Ticket Cylinder. Metzger suggested that Foster should visit Westminster Reference Library where he had left a Rizla paper inserted into a copy of the art magazine Studio International, referring to an article about the work of Bridget Riley which he felt carried associations to Foster’s own work.
The copy of Studio International was used as a catalyst for the current exhibition. Foster initially invited librarians in over 40 libraries to suggest a book chosen in response to a previously selected book, provoking a chain reaction of associations. Having assembled 50 publications through the process the artist then invited a range of creative individuals to make visual works in response to the books. Responders were given details of what came before and what came after but had to create a fresh visual link without the knowledge of the actual book their work referred to.
Facsimile copies of the books and artworks are mounted alongside the originals – in an invitation to the audience of Somewhere In-Between, to re-arrange the connections and create new associations.
Responders
Alessia Franchi - Alexandra Blum - Amalia Skoufoglou - Andy Bannister - Angela Conway - Atalanta Kernick - Berry Patten - Bonita Alice - Brenda Kelly - Brendan Lambe & Agustín Nieto - Caroline Gannon - Carolyn Thompson - Clair Smith - Geoff Nicholson - Gilly Archer - Helen Gardener - Hermione Allsopp - Issam Kourbaj - Jake Auerbach - Jo Ross - Jon Fortgang - Katya Kan - Kelly Chorpening - Lee Gascoigne -Lorraine Mariner - Louise Haines - Mark MacDonald - Martin Aston - Martyn Swain - Mat Clum - Matt Franks - Mervine - Miraj Ahmed - Neal Palmer - Rachel Alabaster - Raju Vaidyanathan - Rob Harley - Roy Smith - Simon Leahy-Clarks - Sonia Quintero - Sophia Banous - Stephen Walter - Sujata Majumdar - Taki Kodaira - Thomas Ardill - Tony Thatcher - Victoria Pile
Libraries in order of the linking books
Westminster Ref Library - Bethnal Green Library - Cubitt Town library - Islington Central Library - Brixton Library - Conway Hall Library - Holborn Ref Library - West Hampstead Library - Westminster Ref Library - Edgware - Library - Dalston CLR James Library - Highgate Library - Archway Library - Barbican Library - Clapham Library - Kensington Central Library - Islington West Library - Keats Library - Welcome Library - Manor Park Library - Westminster Music Ref Library - St John's Wood Library - Canary Wharf Library - Upper Norwood Library - National Poetry Library - Westminster Ref Library - Hammersmith Library - Kew Gardens Library - Colindale Library - Waterloo Library - Idea Store Whitechapel Library - Welcome Library - Fulham Library - Church Street Library - Daiwa Foundation Library - Islington North Library - Green Street Library - Sotke Newington Library - West Ealing Library - Conway Hall Library - Holborn Library - South Friern Library - Church Street Library - Watney Market Library - Welcome Reading Room - Stratford Library - Dalston CRL James Library - Tate South Lambeth Library