31 Bath Road, Leith Docks, March 17th-20th In a monumental shipping container down by Leith Docks, a Sex Pistols tribute band is playing Anarchy in the U.K. . on a stage set up in the middle of the room. Either side, various constructions have been built in such a way so viewers can window shop as they promenade from one end of the room to the next, with the holy grail of a bar at either end. Inbetween, there’s a confession booth and a mock-up of a private detective’s office with assorted documentation of real-life surveillance pinned to the walls. Two people seem to be having a conversation in public as if they're on a chat show. An assault course of smashed windows are perched on the floor like collateral damage of post-chucking out time target practice. A display of distinctively lettered signs originally created by a homeless man in search of a bed for the night are clumped together on placards that seem to be marking out territory or else finding comfort in being togethe
An archive of arts writing by Neil Cooper. Effete No Obstacle.