GRRR! TASK UPDATE – CRITIQUE IN A BOTTLE FROM SIAN SUPERMAN
We received the critique for Task No.02 from Sian Superman in the post in the form of a message in a bottle. The lid to the bottle didn’t come off without a struggle (we learned later it had been stuck on with glue and wasn’t supposed to come off at all) Contained within the bottle was a piece of paper 3 1/2 metres long onto which the critique had been hand written. Below is a transcribed version of this. Thanks to Sian..



hello keeler & tornero — or is it torner keelero? OR
torneeler keelinerino?
MANY VARIATIONS-
‘KT’
(which is a bit like
kentish town)
anyway- HELLO!
this is from me,
sian from
grrrr!-
i.e.
a) one half of
GRRRR!
b) 50% of GRRRR!
c) 1/2
1/2 = me =me and pandora*
*pandora _ _ _ _ _M _
Pandora Vaughan of
London (and a citizen
of the world although
she has some ‘Citizen
of Nowhere’ badges)
ANYWAY –
hello! i hope you
both are well. what
is well? well is good.
well is fine – i
hope – because i do
not know so i am
hoping _ _ _ _ _ _ my
anticipation to forsee
you as two –
you (kt)
are –
well – good.
i hope you have
wellness. i hope
you are owning your
own (own)
WELL-BEING
very well
you – are –
SIMILARLY –
TWO
(like GRRRR!)
one half, 50%,1/2 = K
one half, 50%,1/2 = T
am i well?
thank you – i am
well too. A sunny
morning and i am
writing to you, as
part of your
(yes we’re getting to
it)
KeelerTornero
ART Task!
(grrrr #2)
and so, we need to get to
the hub of the matter
the heart of the issue
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(diagram of heart)
_ _ _ _ _ sort of heart thing
– the
centre –
– the
crux –
– the
bones –
of the thing itself.
And that is, the
CRITIQUE
of the wonderful –
very MARVELLOUS!!
50+ objects which you
found and created and
your unique + inimitable
(do they mean the same
thing?) KeelyTornery. WAY!
its almost as if it were
a memory test, looking
back at it now – to
memorise and recite all 50
(plus more!) objects on a
type of generation game
kind of way. a conveyor belt
of delight and mystery
(and a cuddly toy)….all
of these objects emerge
therefore and reveal a
grand prize… the CAR!
or maybe a yacht.
ANYWAY
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The WWI (? not II??)
helmet! our Rabbit friend.
the cans – painted – plus
painting of the cans on
board. the tiny houses, ladders,
the plastic turkey that
Fred thought was totally
bizarre… the colander!
the bird, a dog, a
beautiful sock glued onto
a piece of board. how
those objects smelled of
paint plus toil plus trouble the
moment they came – VIA
the suitcase of course!! –
heart on it
they lurked. they stood. they
giggled on the corner. they
were arranged like the
mythical elements of a
fantastical story. they
were shown, at grrrr,
but i think that is not all.
for WHAT DID HAPPEN
when we locked the door &
lowered the shutters at night?
what did those cheeky
young ‘objects’ do once the
light was off? & in
the thrall of a full
moon, as the youths from
queens crecent circled the
building on stolen mopeds –
high on modern drugs –
cashaying (sic) to the sound
of the reggae from the
family who lived upstairs
from the community
centre? the monkey on
the colander…… rolling
about the grrrr art
space with the turkey –
turning up the radio to
dance through the night.
that little dog… hand in
paw with the tiny man
who scaled the turkey –
laughing along to MONKEY
and his excellent 2
tone ska dance.
SOMEtimes we would get
into grrrr and the kitchen
would be a state. beer
bottles everywhere. ‘ those
little tykes!’ we’d smile
as we cleared up the empty
crisp wrappers… for your
art and our task came to
life in the grrrr! space.
it boogied with the band –
it sang with the dawn
chorus. it wept when
it heard the market
traders packing up for the
evening. your art lived
at our place,
YOUR
ART
gave everyone a little bit
of joy, hope, happiness + fun.
IT DID!
thankyou for being
part of grrrr! and doing
the challenge in four (or was
it five??) days.
WHAT WE LEARNT:
Objects do come to life at
night!
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
(please fill in):
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
thank you. i thank you
managed to make the
sacred from the profane.
i do apologise for breaking
the PARROT WHO TRIED TO
FLY…he just would
not be stopped but his
wings were painted down
so it just didnt work
out.
RIP PARROT
(or did you glue him
back together).
so… what do we all
do now? _ _ _ _ _ grrrr?
yes, you have your tasks
and we the
grrrrsters
(sounds like ginsters)
wish you well…
we want you to
SUCCEED
to
WIN
to
PAINT
to
LIVE
and we would like you to
LAUGH too
and raise a glass to old
PARROTY
(diagram of parrot)
keelertornero = 10/10
thank you for getting this
far.
stay in touch. keep warm.
don’t accept money from
strangers –
lots of love,
grrrr! at least 50%of them
or half or 1/2 X