aus : Real Fiction, Cat. , Wigmore Fine Art, London 1998


by Gavin Wade


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Everything else seems a bit dull in comparison. Luckily, I spotted a couple coming out of the bathroom and wondered what they had been up to. On the wall, just where it should be, sits a waste paper dispenser with an altered frontage reading "Miss Susan (History Student / Masseuse)". Susanne Weirich´s Consolation Dispenser give you a little something extra. Pull the lever for paper and Miss Susan tells you that she finds history fascinating and asks if you'd like the special. Hand is 25, oral is 40 and she doesn't go further than that. A male voice chooses. I presume she's getting down to the job at hand whilst reciting historical facts about the year one thousand and the imminent end of the world. "Excuse me, I'm coming already." says the lucky fella. "Oh, I'm sorry, I talk too much" says Miss Susan as he grunts and groans. A flurry of music fills the background and it's all over: "Thank you very much." "You're welcome, sir." A job well done. I head back upstairs to pull the lever on the other dispenser. What a let down; all you get this time is Mr Winston Wolf (Cleaner) and an excerpt from Pulp Fiction. Where was Miss Susan's excerpt taken from? Real or fiction? They've got me. Mainly because of the challenge set up by the title of the show, Real Fiction seems a bit like a quiz, except it seems so obvious which work is the real thing, I feel set up. Maybe that's the idea...