Michael Goodey

Parallel Universe- Is Anybody Out There.
Installation.

In my imagined parallel universe, as near a perfect copy as I can get of our own, it is peopled by, what appears to us to be mannequins. Of course their stillness is explained by the time difference or different times. When they move, if at all, it is very slowly, so much so that we don’t even notice. Conversely to them we move very very fast.
Three of these mannequins are in the shop in Greenwich Market. We can see them through gaps in the whited out windows peering out, or so it appears at us. Who are they? What are they, with their slightly unfocused dress sense.? Surely not workmen inside refitting the shop? They don’t move at all.

I have tried to calculate the relative speeds of these two universes as they collide in Greenwich and of course it is impossible. Any calculation depends on how fast the mannequins might move, if indeed at all? If they don’t move then the difference is infinite. If they move at let us say, 1cm per 24 hours then our relative speed would be approximately 800,000 times faster than theirs. So the interesting question is, when they look out into Greenwich, supposing they do, exactly what do they see?

Biography

Studied; Goldsmiths College, London.

Recent Exhibitions

2000

Kunst over de Grens, Hoek v Holland.

Laboratory, Firstsite, Colchester.

2002

Making the Connection, Stations, Eastern Region.

2005

Signs in the Landscape, Firstsite, Colchester.

The Viewfmder Trail, Opened around Colchester.

2006

50/50, University of Brighton.

2007

Stinkbomb. Curated by LIMBO at Substation Project Space, Margate.

Recent Publications

2000

Kunst over de Grens. Text by Astrid Tanis.

2002

Making the Connection - Art at the Stations. Firstsite publication

2005

Michael Goodey - Firstsite papers. Text by Jeremy Theophilus.

The View Finder Trail - Cycling Discovery Map 30. Published by East of England Tourist Board.

2006

Future Forecast/Outer Space. AN publication.

2007

Essex: A Landscape Turn-on? Landscape Research Extra 42- March 2007. Text by Brian Goodey.

Recent Awards

2004

Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts Award.

2006

Colchester 2020 & RIBA Architectural Award. Winner of A sense of Place for The View Finder Trail.