The keen-eyed viewer might notice, comparatively, that the object has remained largely undisturbed over this period (unusually given its location, remaining at the mercy of passing vehicular traffic, one might assume), with only a very slight movement in its position upon the double black lines: here, the very & particular flatness of the object, compressed onto the road surface, might suggest it is fixed, embedded thus into the picture plane, as might be a compositional element in a painting.
The grey day also brought the arrival of a much anticipated package, from the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, the contents of which considerably brightened proceedings when the cardboard envelope was opened, as might be appreciated:
I love the whole object-quality of the outer packaging, the institutionally-branded tape liberally wound around its form, & then, as discovered within, the wonderful, vivid yellow of the tissue paper carefully folded & taped around the book inside, sealed with a circular sticker bearing the bold 'B' & square 'full stop' punctuation mark logo that echoes that to be found in larger dimensions on the address label upon the envelope: an aesthetic, object-centred feast even before one explores the true contents, which was/is in fact the object-of-desire catalogue published to accompany the Baltic's current exhibition of George Shaw's wonderful, profoundly evocative paintings (frequently incidentally featuring tarmacked road surfaces & the painted marks upon, it might be noted, 'affinitively'), entitled 'The Sly and Unseen Day'. There's an essay within written by our man Michael Bracewell too - endless joys & inspiration, much more upon the subject of which will surely follow as & when appropriate & the contents have been properly, closely studied...
A nod to Wire too, for their titular inspiration in this particular instance, as appropriated.
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