SILENT SPACES Photo by Stu Silent Spaces In the galleries, Between lunch and the shop, Lies the Art Void In the galleries, Between the walls and the floors, Hangs the artists breath In the galleries, Between the hanging and the breakdown, Is the psychic silence...

VB held a recorder to major works of art in a dozen galleries. The result was series of CDs which were launched with a party at the incredibly hip Horse Hospital in London on December 8th 2003. See Press Release See VB page at www.thehorsehospital.com for preview and comments on Nil's 100th exhibitiion. The CDs are signed and numbered in arty packaging and are available for sale here at €175 per set, including postage. A set of the 12 CD’s comes with a 13th CD of the Saatchi gallery featuring the fridge alarm for Mark Quinn’s SELF going off. Individual CDs are also available for €17, including postage. MP3 Excerpts from CDs Disc 7 (4.59Mb 5'00") at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA. Disc 13 (3.52Mb 3'50") at the Saatchi gallery, London, in which Mark Quinn needs his head examined.

The CD recordings are:- The National Gallery, Washington (time31:10) The Met, New York (31:26) MOMA, New York (29:00) Hirshorn, Arte Poverta, Washington (22:48) Hirshorn, Washington (0.7:27) McMicheal Collection , Women Artists In Perspective, Canada (46:33) National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washinton (46:27) ROM, Toronto (70:45) Art Gallery of Toronto, contemporary collection (45:37) Museum of Northern Arizona, Hopi, Navajo and Anglo (31:43) Royal Academy of Arts, London (34:04) National Gallery, London (32:01)

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