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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

This Horse Is Confused A Collaborative Installation by Tryn Collins and Mary Hill

Presented By: The Errant Garrison @ 166 N. 12th St. (between Bedford and Berry) www.errantgarrison.org

Exhibition On View: July 25th- August 14th, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, July 25th, 6-9pm

“And now, while the advocates of awfulness and sorrow Push their dripping barge up and down the beach, let’s eat Our brill, and sip this beautiful white Beaune.

True, the light is artificial, and we are not well-dressed. So what. We like it here. We like the bullocks in the field next door, We like the sound of wind passing over grass. The way you speak,

In that low voice, our late night disclosures…why live For anything else? Our masterpiece is the private life.”

-M. Strand

The project This Horse Is Confused contains a series of tableaux arranged by Collins and Hill on the walls of 166 N. 12th St. These constructions question how objects speak to one another. By using pairings that are both literal and obtuse, the personal is unapologetically combined with the cultural. Intuitive responses are heralded. The installation includes small sounds and quiet furnishings—so simple it laughs behind our backs.

The Errant Garrison is:

“Occurrence, a part of an infinite series” “an unmanageable pantheon” “the sad marvels” “drunken oysters strutting along a harp string.”

In more, or perhaps less, graspable terms, the Errant Garrison is a roving art space. To avoid a stagnation of venue and process, the Errant Garrison seeks out sites that are temporarily unoccupied and opens them up as space for emerging artists. The continual adaptation by the involved artists and curators sustains a mindfulness of site that the Errant Garrison holds dear.