News Release MK Gallery Project Space Exhibition Lost & Found presents... Aaron Head: And 8 February - 3 March 2013 Preview: 7 February 5-8pm All welcome Preview: 3 May 6 – 8pm This February Lost & Found present an exhibition of film and sculpture by artist Aaron Head, in MK Gallery Project Space, called And. Head’s new work features playful interruptions and interventions into our everyday use of language and the narratives that stem from them. The exhibition includes: a selection of new films edited from a pool of online, user-generated clips; pages of classical texts collaged into animal descriptions; re-cycled found, 35mm slides; and a small collection of missing cat advertisements. Aaron Head was invited to devise this exhibition following an open submission process managed by a curatorial committee from Lost & Found, MK Gallery’s Young Person’s Project. Head has been working closely with Lost & Found to devise live, public events during the course of the exhibition. This includes The Immortality of Milton Keynes on Saturday 2 March (1-2pm and 3-4pm) a free, narrative trail for members of the public, devised and led by the artist. Part psycho-geography, part 'tourist trail', this hour-long walk (beginning and ending at MK Gallery) will combine objective and subjective knowledge, historical notes, and anecdotal musings in an illuminating verbal account of Milton Keynes’ long association with immortality. It builds on the success of a recent, similar narrative trail Head devised for Bedford, called Something About Prose. Places for The Immortality of Milton Keynes tours can be booked at MK Gallery’s Information Desk or via the gallery website. Page 1 of 2 Notes to Editors Image caption Aaron Head, The Seance (film still), 2012. Aaron Head: Artist statement Aaron Head: Is a Measurement. Was a Patient. Is a User. Was a Resident. Is a Contributor. Was a student. Is a Collector. Was a Subscriber. Is a Reader. Was a Performer. Is a Citizen. Was a worker. Was a Traveller. Is a Walker. Was a Drunk. Was a Writer of Letters. Is a Writer. Is a Phone Owner. Was a Viewer. Was a Health and Safety Assistant. Is a Consumer. Was a Help. Was a Majority. Is a Minority. Is a Majority. Is a Runner. Is a Participant. Is a Name. Was a Part. Lost & Found Lost & Found is MK Gallery’s Young People’s Project. It was established in 2007 with a three year grant from The Big Lottery. The group have branded themselves as Lost & Found and aspire to develop opportunitites for people aged 15-24 to create exciting and challenging cultural projects and events. MK Gallery Project Space The MK Gallery Project Space, managed by MK Gallery’s Learning Team, is available to the MK Community for monthly exhibitions of contemporary visual art by individuals or groups based in Milton Keynes. MK Gallery Supporters MK Gallery receives core funding from Milton Keynes Council and Arts Council England South East. MK Gallery MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3QA. Open Tuesday -Friday 12– 8pm, Saturday 11am–8pm, Sunday 11am–5pm. Admission free. www.mkgallery.org Press Office For interviews, information or images please contact Katharine Sorensen, MK Gallery T: +44 (0)1908 558318 / E: ksorensen@mkgallery.org Ends. Page 2 of 2 Date of issue: 5 February 2013