Friday night private view at the German Gym at St Pancras. It's upstairs and it's rather like a school gym. There's a weight restriction on the floor so when it gets busy it has to operate on a one-out one-in basis. But it's early and meet Bridget. One of the artists, Lizzie, comes over and we have a long chat. It's time to look at the work. The exhibition has been organised by text/gallery. The works have been chosen from a dictionary for their infrequent use - hirquitalliency (Sam Winston), Skirr (Lizzie Ridout), Visotactile (John Morgan), Fabrefaction (Freda Stark). I get worried - I use some of these "endangered" words - boustrophedon, flosculation, maieutic...
Bump into Elinor again - two Friday nights in succession. I tell her I've finished the proofs for the review in Art Monthly. She introduces me to John Morgan who designs her books.
It's an odd show - the theme seems to have created a greater scatter of approaches. The works are on sale to raise money for the National Literacy Trust.
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