Performance, 2005 with Espen Jensen and Rob Gawthrop
Myself, Espen Jensen and Rob Gawthrop as Hull Art Lab were asked by arc to devise a small structure that encouraged conversation between two people and that responded to the site of installation. After long discussions and many ideas we decided to build two large megaphones and place them either side of the A63 (the main route for goods from Europe into the UK) that was directly next to arc’s building. Throughout the course of the day myself and Rob and sometimes members of the public (Espen was busy at HAL with Bookville’s Publishathon) would occasionally shout to each other and attempt a conversation. Surprisingly we could just about hear each other. I have gone on to use the Megaphones in my current residency at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
