A Car History

SENT TO STEERING COMMITTEE 17 SEPTEMBER 2006:

Dear Steering Committee,

Buckle up. Check your mirror. Signal. Manoeuvre. It's another update from The Long and Winding Road. Following a summer pitstop at Nottingham's Surface Gallery where it was described by METRO as 'audacious' the project shifts up a gear. Hold on to your door handle.

I spent last week haggling with scrap heaps in Hucknall, changing wheels in the rain and hoovering up the detritus of two years of neglect and a small colony of field mice. In the car I found; four rusty exhaust pipes, part of a tree, a traffic cone, a slab of concrete, a To Let sign, a stolen metro-boulot-dodo T-shirt, five pairs of gloves, two coats I forgot I owned and, for some reason, a teaspoon. I didn't find any field mice. I charged the battery and swept out the boot. I tested the cassette player with a Boyzone tape. Thankfully it didn't play. The car is now ready for the next adventure. And so am I. Are you Steering Committee? If not - please reply to this email with 'Unsubscribe' in the title. If so - read on.

The Long and Winding Road - A Car History takes to the road again for an appearance at Hinterland - a collection of site specific artists' projects along the banks of the River Trent in Nottingham. The car, the items and a film of the project so far will be on show under Lady Bay Bridge on Friday 28 September and Sunday 1 October. For times, locations and information go to www.hinterlandprojects.com . I hope you can join me for a travel sweet.

From Tuesday 19 September to Sunday 1 October 2006, Hinterland will provide a temporary site for artists to explore themes of neighbourhood, territory, peripheral space and the dialogue between town, country and suburbia. Hinterland provides ways for artists to examine how the actual and imaginary landscape can converge within an artwork or research.

Hinterland is supported by Arts Council England, Nottingham Trent University, The Bonington Gallery and Future Factory. The Long and Winding Road is supported by Nottingham Trent University, Vent Media and Trampoline.

Thanks for joining me on the journey so far. 2006 is the year of the car. Safe driving Steering Committee. See you on The Long and Winding Road.

Best

Michael
Driver