Make a Piano in Spain
15 October-14 November
Between 6 and 10 May 2008 artist John Newling, assisted by Nicola Martin and Kerry Howarth, met 500 people between Euston and St Pancras stations.
From each person he collected a written response to the question: 'What do you do to make yourself feel better?' The responses were overwhelming, giving the project a narrative that was both revealing and moving. 'Make a Piano in Spain' is a project by Newling that investigates and transforms these responses.
The project comprises a large wall-based work listing 50 situations constructed from: the material gathered; a public reading, 'Out Loud', of all 500 incidents; and a book of the investigations and transformations that Newling pursued.
Of the constructed situations Newling writes: "Each situation becomes a potential event that makes for a very human kind of medicine - both a cartography of us and a conceivable territory to experience. They are a programme of possibilities and a series of dramas made possible from 500 people's generous engagement."