Black Suitcase from Karachi ( on tour )
Tour Dates:
The Glasgow Art Fair, in George Square Glasgow. This is Scotland's Annual Art Fair 28th April - 2nd May 2005
(100's Glass Bangles hang on curtain wirer with
cotton thread.
A black curtain hangs across it .. so one views it thought very
small holes .. like a box camera.)
'At the end of last year, I asked a friend who owns
a fabric shop Shanazia in Pollokshields if he could get me some
glass bangles from Karachi. He got in touch with people he knows
who own shops there and asked for donations of bangles.
Recently, a large black suitcase arrived at his shop.
The sheer, dead weight of it made him wary. It rattled slightly.
He didn’t want to open it. Glass bangles need to be carefully
wrapped in paper and packed in boxes. He knew that this had not
been done. I opened the suitcase with trepidation, expecting the
worst.
Amazingly, out of 10,000 glass bangles, only 20 were broken. This suitcase had travelled all the way from Karachi through various sets of baggage handlers and luggage holds to arrive almost completely intact in Glasgow...it was incredible... it was meant to be...
I now intend to take this piece on tour...starting with the Glasgow
Art Fair and then Los Angeles, who knows where...?'
NAD
