Cally Trench: Nine Black Boxes
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Cally Trench's mystery boxes invite you to peep through the hole at the strange, brightly-lit, theatrical worlds inside. |
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Most works of art can be seen by lots of people at the same time, but only one person can look into one of these mystery boxes at a time. It becomes a private moment; other people can see you looking in, but they can't see what you can see.
Nine Black Boxes, an exhibition of nine complex mystery boxes, were shown at Artwash in Oxford on 20th July 2009, for which they were specially made or remade. Artwash is an inter-art social occasion; this was its last event at the Truwash Launderette (Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford), but others will follow at other locations. For more details, see ARTWASH.
Four earlier versions of some of the mystery boxes were exhibited in six primary schools and Wycombe Museum in High Wycombe in 2003 as part of SURPRISE, SURPRISE!, an exhibition of contemporary art by 15 artists curated by Cally Trench.