A confused, informal ramble through Nick's current research project The Principal of Limited Sloppiness at Exeter Phoenix on a very sweaty 23rd July 2014.

Exeter Phoenix Art Ramble 23rd July 2014

An apology to Paul by the artist reflecting on the only time the artist has ever punched someone in the face. This happened during a football match in Primary School in around 1995 whilst playing football with jumpers for goalposts.

The apology is part of an installation in the grounds of Chester Racecourse that references the violent Goteddsday football matches that took place there in the 1500's, which eventually were banned due to the bloodshed.

The artwork is commissioned by Chester Contemporary, curated by Ryan Gander and is available to experience from 23rd September until 1st December 2023. For more information visit www.chestercontemporary.org

A Sweet Connection, Sorry Paul (Way After Goteddsday) 2023

"...for each jargon, each fiction fights for hegemony; if power is on it's side, it spreads everywhere in the general and daily occurrences of social life, it becomes doxa, nature..." Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text. Ringtone produced by Makeshift for Unto this Txt at Exeter Phoenix, March-May 2012

"A tree is a new thing at every instant; we affirm the form because we do not seize the subtlety of an absolute moment" Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text. Ringtone produced by Makeshift for Unto this Txt at Exeter Phoenix, March-May 2012

Science

"The avant-garde is never anything but the emancipated form of past culture; today emerges from yesterday" Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text. Ringtone produced by Makeshift for Unto this Txt at Exeter Phoenix, March-May 2012

Nick Davies: Artist