at Castlefield Gallery Manchester
Preview: 6-8pm, Thursday 6 December 2007
Exhibition Dates: 7 December 2007 to 27 January 2007Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street,Manchester, M15 4GBTelephone: 0161 832 8034Website: castlefieldgallery.co.ukOpening Times: Wednesday to Sunday 1pm – 6 pm
(closed for Christmas from Saturday 22 December 2007 and will reopen from Wednesday 9 January 2008)Admission: FREE. The gallery is fully accessible
Panel Discussion: 6-8pm, Thursday 24 January 2008 at Castlefield Gallery
Evel Knievel enthusiast, Neil Donoghue, curator, Ceri Hand and American Studies lecturer, Dr. Ian Scott will talk about their ongoing research and backgrounds in relation to the themes in the exhibition Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere and will be joined for questions by Gordon Dalton & S Mark Gubb. A road trip to the heart of nothing
Artists Gordon Dalton & S Mark Gubb went on a road trip through America as the basis of their exhibition at Castlefield Gallery. The third and final instalment of an unrelated trilogy, Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere follows Dalton & Gubb's previous encounters in the Battle of Forest Hills and the Memphis Preacher radio rants of Kick Out The Jams.
After landing in Los Angeles, California, the non-collaborative duo set off on a 2-week road trip hoping to reach their final destination of Snake River Canyon, Idaho. This gaping chasm is famous for the gloriously failed attempt by Evel Knievel to jump the canyon.Sun-kissed and script less, Dalton & Gubb were on a search for defining points in their overly nostalgic, sentimental shared cultural history. For the first time, the pair will try and tell the truth, or at least a version of the truth.
Two men. Two cameras. One car and a pocket full of gas money; a road-trip in to the frail consciousness of a nation obsessed with success. Two people exploring the role of the artist, the artist as (anti)hero and their personal relationships with American culture and history; boththe culture and politics of today and the aspirational, superstar culture of their youth. A pilgrimage to engage in an impossible dream and the inevitable crash down to earth, both physically and aspirationally.
‘Follow your dreams, no matter what they are or you’ll never amount to anything. It’s better to take a chance in life than to never take a chance. I’m not saying to go and jump a canyon, but you have to take chances. Next time, I’ll take more’. Evel Knievel
