Press Release:
Opening night attendants: Cameron Emerson-Elliott, Emma Nicholson, Kathryn Ryan
"Visitors to Red check were also performers in the last show at the Tin Sheds Gallery at 154 City Road. The building is to be demolished soon, after hosting 16 years of Tin Sheds exhibitions. Gallery walls, lighting etc were removed so that the building, as well as its visitors, was integral to this last show. The building was constructed as a brick factory in the late 1920s, housed the Commercial Motor Company for many years, became the Architectural Science Annex in the 1960s and opened as the Tin Sheds Gallery on 7 April 1988. For Red check, a check pattern in red iron oxide pigment crossed the cement floor, hand towels hung along the walls, and swings from the rafters. On opening night, the red stuck to people's feet, leaving footprints everywhere. Attendants removed what red they could from peopleÕs shoes, returning it to the shelves of the gallery storeroom. The rest was walked into the night. The integration of artwork with the live site - including the frameworks, presence and physical activity of viewers - is central to the artist's ongoing work, as can be seen on www.haresbreath.com/roberts. This was recognized in particular by Alan Schacher when he described 'Mirror Room', an architectural construction at Artspace in 2002, as 'performative architecture' in 'Real Time' #48. Red Check hoped to explore this artform further. At the same time, two doors down the road at 148 City Road, the first shows opened at the new Tin Sheds Gallery: Deborah Vaughan, eye full and Bevan Honey, Split.

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