SILENT SPACES Vanilla Beer held a recorder to major works of art in a dozen galleries.
The result was series of CDs launched at the Horse Hospital in London on December 8th 2003.

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...

    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

MP3 Excerpts from CDs


Disc 7
(4.59Mb 5'00")
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA.
Disc 13
(3.52Mb 3'50")
Saatchi gallery, London,
featuring the fridge alarm for Mark Quinn's Bloodhead.
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