“The Half-Asleep Pilgrim”
Adam Cruickshank
17 Oct → 5 Nov 2011

A Today Your Love Project

The Half-Asleep Pilgrim is the title of a published work, which will be entirely developed during the three-week exhibition period. Each day the gallery is open, during normal opening hours, Adam will turn up, sit down and write/design a publication. An assemblage of narrative pieces, snippets of conversation with visitors, excerpts from other texts and collage both written and visual will come together in an aggregation of references. The book’s ending will be determined on the last day of the exhibition rather than by any demand of narrative or design. The exhibition space itself will be transformed into a makeshift reading library, a communal work area where visitors are encouraged to sit, read and talk. The material for the reading library is made from the artist’s own collection, borrowed books from other libraries and contributions by other Melbourne artists and friends and friends of friends. This collection forms material for the production of The Half-Asleep Pilgrim as well as a unique resource for the interest of visitors and jumping off points for discussion.

Adam Cruickshank is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Melbourne. He has exhibited internationally and extensively throughout Australia. He is a current post-graduate candidate at Monash University.

This project is funded in part by a City of Melbourne Arts Project grant.