Surrogate: Private view 15th October

Surrogate

| Sam Derounian |Joshua Duncan | Hannes Hellström | Ross Little |
| Tom Marshallsay | Claudia Nova | Max Prus |


Private view: 15.10.09 6-8pm
Exhibition: 16.10.09 - 21.10.09
Opening hours: 12-5pm
Address: Karen Millen unit, Triangle Shopping Centre,
Exchange square, Manchester M4 3RT


Jeff Coombs projects has invited Glasgow based artists to respond to the empty retail space with their response to art and popular culture.

The crowd rejoice in the dance. A dance that is no more fabricated than ourselves and our relationships with each other and the world. The dance is both glorious and tragic.

I don't hardly know where to begin. I remember, we were cruisin' home from the art gallery. I'd had such a wonderful evenin' sittin' there watchin' my art screamin' and tearin' her hair out and carryin' on. She was sooo full of life. Then... Well, we were about three miles from home when all of a sudden it started to rain. And I do mean rain - I couldn't hardly see nuthin'! Well, we kept drivin' for about another mile when all of a sudden I see this stalled car right smack in front of me! Well, I wasn’t about to slam on the brakes 'cause I didn't have none to start to with. So I swerved to the left, and what do I see? Some mush-head, on a motorcycle, headin' right at us!
And I knew at last, me and my art were about to meet the leader of the pack.
Well, when I come to I looked around, and there was the leader, and there was the pack, and over there was my art. And over there was my art. And way over there was my art! I want my art back, gotta have my art back, I miss her oh, so much, can't live without her touch. [Wind, digging] It's been many months now since that fateful night, and you know somethin', I've tried, believe me I have tried - but I just can't make it without my art.
So, I've decided I'm gonna have back her one way or another.
Oh art, I dig you so much. A-heh-heh! [thud] Hot dang - pay dirt!
[Creaky door opening, shuffling, creaky door closing]
[Muffled] I got my art back, now I got my art back, I love her oh, so much, can't live without her touch, I got my art back.

THE JEFF COOMBS PROJECTS aim is to utilise empty retail and office spaces for Manchester based art projects and events. Artists are invited to take part in creating site-specific artworks that also relate to their current practice. JCP’s encourages artists to work together on projects to create a new found aesthetic inspired by Manchester’s creative community and understand their own work better through the communications with others.