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.
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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.
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Date of issue: 5 February 2013