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by Alex Hetherington, 9 Aug 2008

We had the opening last night, well attended, I guess. Lucy Keany was there and a group of my friends from Glasgow. Andrea said Mineral Park was like my headspace and we had a great deal of fun watching all the scenes, changes, cuts: the backward baseball is really great when it plays with some of the other videos and the LED screen keeps pace with the speed of everything. Anne Colvin’s work makes the space, serene and elegant and then cuts away to the noise of Vitale and Throwell. I like how much the space changes. Janie, Catherine, Andrea and I then went for food and drinks; Janie is now on vacation and needs the time out, while I will now concentrate on a web site version of the Voice. Mineral Park is overloading. I don’t expect it to be well received, it is an experiment; but I think we pulled it off and I would like to thank all the artists for allowing me to screen their work in this way.

Notes
Some indications of a self-portrait and the failure of language, or an object, space or place that cannot be described (Grand Canyon), the system of twinning, the Ford Taurus in Vitale’s work (my star sign), Throwell’s old skool video art, Voodoo Ray, American Voodoo, Falkirk Voodoo. The baseball game in reverse, no longer the game, House/Lights and Carrie Urbanic (from NY) voiceover, Lucy Keany’s pleasure game and meeting her at Margaret Tedesco’s in SF. The terrible Cocteau Twins rendition, a Phil Collins moment. Anne Colvin and Lewis Holleran’s work with film history and a bridge between here and California. It’s all about America in Falkirk again. Robert Dollar’s money and power and his flowered house, full of pineapple wallpaper, full of luck.

I was glad to see the artist Anne Elliot there also. We shall prepare for the talks soon, something over at the Changing Room at the end of August and in the Gallery on 3 September.