Message to My Best Friend
Message to My Best Friend, 2000
by Alan Currall (b.1964)
Not naturally comfortable in front of the camera the faltering nature of Currallâs delivery convinces us that what he has to say is real rather than invented.
In, âMessage to My Best Friendâ, he begins with a touching if awkward confession which by degree degenerates to the toe-curlingly embarrassing. By the end of the performance Currall has suggested a much more disturbing power relationship.
Ultimately it would appear the desire of one person to literally swap places with, or adopt anotherâs identity.
Single monitor video art work with sound
Purchased through the Contemporary Art Society Special Collection Scheme with Lottery funding from the Arts Council England, 2005
