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		studio1.1 57a Redchurch St. London E2 7DJ Nearest tubes Liverpool/Old Street Open Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6 pm Or by appointment 07952 986 696 web www.studio1-1.co.uk email studio1-1.gallery@virgin.net HOOT a group show of Swiss and UK artists curated by K3 Zurich Private view Thursday 19th April 6-9 pm 20th April – 6th May 2007 Josh Blackwell, Anna Boggon, Stefan Burger, Marianne Engel, Clare Goodwin, Tom Huber, John Hughes, Sara Mackillop, Danielle Mourning. 'The works selected for Hoot are like the separate components of a single conversation circulating around cultures of collecting. Individually they reveal the diverting and very specific possibilities of communicating contemporary concerns via props from the past. Together, were they to speak as one, the noise might crack the gallery glass, for Hoot is not a borrowed hat that will fit every head – it is a sensibility, a conceptual mite picked up in some junk shop or other, tunnelling between these works at will. Whether Hoot is defined as an onomatopoeic warning call (from birdland or yesteryear’s vehicular thoroughfares) or a linguistic device that negotiates us neatly around the unidentifiable or improper (‘What a hoot!’ or ‘I couldn’t give a hoot’), it can be applied to the least significant of matters and the most dramatic turn. Hoot speaks of a peculiar brand of Englishness that is at once exclusive and yet reflective of a cross-cultural state – belonging.' text Rebeccca Geldard for further information or images contact Michael Keenan 07952986696