Analogue Amnesty
Tatty Devine's next show is ‘Analogue Amnesty,’ where artist Rachael Matthews will spin old VHS and audio cassette tapes into "lovely new wool". Not sure that I'd want a jumper made out of that, but sounds like a great idea.
You can drop of your Die Hard 2 / St. Elmo's Fire double bills at the gallery in advance.
Runs 7th November 2007 to 17th January at Tatty Devine, 236 Brick Lane.
Here's a poem to set the scene:
Oh TDK, how we loved you…..
You were played in the car on the way to raves,
Helping me pull boyfriends.
At school you saved snippets of John peel,
Which I played after lights out, on low batteries.
Sometimes you broke and I was gutted.
And VHS,
You wanted Mr Darcy like I did,
I know, because you wobbled when he emerged from that lake.
Thank you for playing the Beatles,
When my mind was blank.
These day, I only dust you,
But you remember everything,
You knew me before I was born.
You won’t rot for 1000 years,
Which is longer than I could sleep.
Let me spin your magnetic thread one last time.
Rewind and ply your yarns,
With a twist that’s really classical,
Then I’ll give it back to you,
To wear well when it rains.
2nd Nov 2007 - Tumblr