'Words and Music'

Martin Creed

The New Athenaeum, RSAMD, Glasgow

Saturday 10 Mar 2007,

For its first outing, THE COMMON GUILD presented a unique live performance by Martin Creed. ‘Words and Music’ was somewhere between a contemporary take on music hall variety show and an artist’s talk, involving song, dance, image, and words and music. Creed’s recent performances such as this stem from the same desire ‘to communicate somehow’ that fuels the installations, text works and drawings for which he is well known. Involving the artist, his band, a string quartet and two dancers, ‘Words and Music’ set up an extra-ordinary encounter between artist and audience, working with and in a traditional theatre environment. With all the wit, simplicity and absurdity you would expect, ‘Words and Music’ took shape in situ, to be a truly unique event.

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  Martin Creed
  'Words and Music'
  The New Athaeneum, RSAMD, Glasgow
  Photo: Jethro Collins

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  Martin Creed
  'Words and Music'
  The New Athaeneum, RSAMD, Glasgow
  Photo: Jethro Collins

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  Martin Creed
  'Words and Music'
  The New Athaeneum, RSAMD, Glasgow
  Photo: Jethro Collins