23, Apr

16, May

Stephen Cornford, Graham Gussin, Mark Hutchinson and Paul O’Neill, Elizabeth McAlpine, Katie Paterson, Hannah Rickards, Edward Tucker and Carey Young

And, in the end, it simply isn’t worth / Your while to try and clean your life away. / You can’t. For, everything you do or say / Is there, forever. It leaves evidence. / In fact it’s really only common sense; / There’s no such thing as nothing, not at all. / It may be really very, very small / But it’s still there. In fact I think I’d guess / That “no” does not exist. There’s only “yes”

Yes by Sally Potter (2004)

Wouldn’t A Title Just Make It Worse? is an exhibition and programme of events at Central—Reservation that considers the editing process as a productive subtraction: creating by means of interruption, obstruction and withdrawal. From this beginning, the project investigates what is revealed when something is removed, the works operating with the site to locate the ‘main event’ in the remainder, the incidental and the in-between.
The title of the project is taken from a book of short stories by Gordon Lish, the editor of writer Raymond Carver. As an editor, Lish transformed Carver’s work and was responsible for the blunt mid-air endings and trademark economy of silence and suggestion associated with the author. A recently published collection of Carver’s unedited stories makes visible the abstraction composed by Lish, and has prompted fresh debate over the originality of the authors’ voice.
Curated by Lucy Badrocke and Jane Porter

Events:

The Boy From Mars (2003) by Philippe Parreno
23 and 24 April

Biggie and Tupac (2002) by Nick Broomfield
Tuesday 27 April, 6.30pm, FREE

Untitled Performance for 9 pianos
Stephen Cornford
Saturday 1 May, 8pm, doors open 7.30pm
£2 in advance, £3 on the door
Tickets available from Here Shop and Gallery, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU

The Gleaners and I (2000) by Agnes Varda
Tuesday 4 May, 6.30pm, FREE

Short Cuts (1993) by Robert Altman
Tuesday 11 May, 6.30pm, FREE

Curating as Caring: A Conversation ‘about’ Interruption
Mark Hutchinson and Paul O’Neill
Performance followed by a screening of
The Five Obstructions (2003) by Lars von Trier
Friday 14 May, 7pm, doors open 6pm, FREE

Private Dancer
A silent disco
22 May, 9pm til late, £3 in advance
Tickets available from Here Shop and Gallery, 108 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU

Open 12-5pm, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 3 May

Private view: 23 April 6-9pm

23 Apr - 16 May |