The highlight for me was Black Pillow, by Audrius Bucas & Valdas Ozarinskas (see below). Its overbearing and awkward, kind of like an oversized parcel that was left behind still waiting for dispatch. Or maybe its a pillow that catches your darkest deepest nightmares, turning the fabric black. On the contrary it was also really fun and ridiculous, I just wanted to jump on it and squeeze it!! The sorting office was very interesting with old staff notices and procedure signs still pinned up. It felt eerie walking around the building, like everything had just stopped and was frozen in time. A poster on the wall stated:
'ITS ALL OVER, GOODNIGHT' Its kind of saddening because the office probably sustained hundreds of local folks' jobs, but anyway, above all a really great place to have an exhibition and a clever way to reuse an disused building so. lets hope it plays a part next time. I half expected to see Lewis' abandoned department store being utilised like last time and was kind of disappointed that it wasn't, but never mind only two years to wait for more surprises!!
Over and Out.