Monday, January 30, 2006
Parallel Realities part 1
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery - Francis Bacon
This is the motto of the exhibition Parallel Realities - a groundbreaking event in Blackburn DigitalPlayer set off to discover on your behalf, dear reader! I hadn't known of Bacon's motto at the time - but wow is it apposite. I'd heard about this wonderful sounding event on Radio 4's Front Row - I thought the whole of Blackburn had turned into a contemporary, creative forum for art - so took dearest daughter and set off. As we entered Blackburn, we saw a sign, excitement mounted, then we were faced with a diversion, found the car park.... set off walking....
No OK I'm joking it wasn't really as in the days William Woodruff describes in his superb Road to Nab End-we found ourselves in a very ordinary car park...got out.... and the fun began....
