Co-Isolated is a group exhibition in a giant shed in Alexandria featuring a new work by SC buddy David Burns together with Richard Goodwin and Michael Snape. Adrian Lahoud’s catalogue text for the catalogue has this to say of Burns:
David Burns is a junkie for repetition; his work is an aesthetic k-hole.
Ketamine is an anaesthetic; pharmaceutically speaking it belongs to the class of drugs known as dissociatives which operate by blocking signals to the brain. According to frequent users, the slight overdose called a ‘k-hole’ is the closest one can get to death without actually dying, its effects include an inability to think, extreme tunnelling of vision and an overwhelming sense of cold dread. If ecstasy is a ‘tactile temptress’ full of baroque intricacy, ketamine is pure Miesien box.
Towering.
Lights on.
No one inside.
David Burns is a junkie for repetition; his work is an anaesthetic for the ecstasy generation, a generation hooked on sensational intensity.
Co-Isolated opens Friday 16th April
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