"And as they reached for God with their fingertips, their toes wrote stories in the sand."

London - October 2008

UNION Gallery

Filmed by:
Timothy Parsons
Duncan Williams

Special thanks to Trumpet Creepers.

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE

Everything Is Possible.

London Performance

London Performance: 15th October, 10pm -1am

Performance will start at 11pm


And as they reached for God with their fingertips, their toes wrote stories in the sand.


Cordy House
Curtain Road 87-95
Shoreditch
London
EC2A

Optimism podcast

This is the first podcast in a series of audio essays that I will be publishing here. This one is the foreword I wrote for the OPTIMISM book that will be published with the exhibition. Details of where to buy the book will follow.

OPTIMISM Foreword - Matthew Stone - October 2008

To download right click and save as or on a mac press alt and then click the link.

OPTIMISM - The Art of Our Time

Image: James Balmforth "DO NOT TIGHTEN" 2008 (Tarnished brass and 22 carat gold cast figure)

For the duration of this years Frieze week I have curated with the Hannah Barry Gallery a show of optimistic art and a book of essays entitled:

OPTIMISM - The Art of our Times

Through an unequivocally sincere take on the theme the show takes a determined stand against cynicism and apathy. If you haven't made it to any of my recent shows, this is a chance to see the culmination of my ideas and workings from the last few years.

The show is open from the 15th-20th October from 8am-8pm daily at the Hannah Barry Gallery. You can find us here.

The very regular train to Peckham Rye takes 5 mins from London Bridge and 10mins from Victoria.

There will be a special party 8pm-midnight on Friday the 17th, please join us to celebrate.

Francis Bacon on Optimism

"My impulse is my life, my impulse is that I am an old man, but I am profoundly optimistic about nothing."

How can you be optimistic about nothing Francis?

"I can be. Just existing. For a moment. Just existing today makes me optimistic."

Optimistic about what?

"Nothing. I am optimistic about nothing. I am just born with that optimistic nature, I'm just optimistic about nothing."

Ebe Oke on Interconnected Echoes

Its been a while since I updated my other blog. It seems it takes people a while to answer such epic questions. Thankfully the overtalented and ever-eccentric whirlwind musician, artist, poet and visionary Ebe Oke has supplied some incredible answers in his interview.

Ebe Oke on Interconnected Echoes.