Object number
2024/24/1-22
Title
Wanna meet me halfway?,
Creator
Description
A boxed set of double-sided prints with an invitation to get involved by artist Kate Genever. The box is number 22 in a limited edition of 50
A boxed set of double-sided prints with an invitation to get involved by artist Kate Genever. The box is number 22 in a limited edition of 50. Created in 2021 the images come from work made within different communities since 2007. It includes: box and lid, page of instructions, booklet ‘Wanna meet me halfway?’ and 18 sheets of artwork, some double-sided. Some prints have text on reverse to prompt conversations.
Physical description
box of prints: card, paper, ink. Numbering: 1) box and 2) lid, 3) page of instructions, 4) booklet ‘Wanna meet me halfway?’, 5) ‘I have a pencil and a dream’ on reverse ‘Bus stop seat – Japan’, 6) ‘I see you’ neon sign, 7) Hayrack, 8) Martello tower, 9) Hafted axe, 10) Two hands, 11) Double-sided collages, 12/1-2) Card in envelope, 13) Roses in vase, 14-16) 3 Double-sided blossom photographs, 17) Boat, 18) Double-sided birdboxes, 19) Scratch drawing, 20) Supported tree, 21) Cottage and 22) Outline drawing of tools.
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note - Double-sided print of ‘I have a pencil and a dream’ on a grey background. On reverse ‘Bus stop seat – Japan’ of a log as an improvised seat in A3. // Print of a photograph of ‘I see you’ neon sign in A3. Text by Harriet Rowley on reverse. // Print of a wooden hayrack ‘Hayrack – farm archive’ in A2. Text by Ben Stringer on reverse. // Print of ‘We must do battle where we are standing’ showing flag and projection on Martello tower in Jaywick in A2. Text by Katy Hawkins on reverse. // Print of ‘Abe/arbour’ showing a hafted axe in A3. // Print of ‘She loved, loved and loved’ of woodcut print of two hands in A2. Text by Claire Currie on reverse. // Double-sided print of ‘A centre of attention’ of collages of a ladder and seats in A4. // Envelope containing a card with ribbon embroidered with ‘You and I are tangled up together?’ // Print of ‘Beauty cleanses the mind’ of a Polaroid of a vase of roses in A2. Text by Mark Richards on reverse. // Three double-sided photographs of ‘Everyone’s looking but no one’s noticing’ of plants in blossom. // Print of ‘Eulogy to those who lost their lives at sea’ of a boat on a dock in A3. Text by Stephen Walker on reverse. // Double-sided print of ‘Birdboxes’ in A3. // Print of ‘You complete me’ a scratched digital print in A3. With text by Ollie Douglas on reverse. // Print of ‘Will you send me more that I can bear?’ of a tree with limbs supported in A1. // Print of ‘Church paddock/Florrie’s cottage’ of a building in A2. Text by Tim Neal on reverse. // Print of ‘Ken’s tools’ of outline of 11 tools in A1.
Production date
2021 - 2021
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Dimensions
- Length 440 mm
- Width 315 mm
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