Trigger's Broom: Kingsgate Mix

  • Adam Gillam (Curator)
  • , Adam Gillam (Contributor)
  • , Max Mosscrop (Contributor)
  • , Anna Hughes (Contributor)
  • , Neill Kidgell (Contributor)
  • , Clunie Reid (Contributor)
  • , Jo Addison (Contributor)
  • , Alice Walton (Contributor)

    Research output: Practice-based/Artistic researchExhibition

    Abstract

    Trigger's Broom considers how the paradoxical figure of Trigger's Broom, from the BBC TV series Only Fools and Horses, can operate as an exemplary conceptual model for thinking critically, productively and collaboratively about the mercurial life and transformational power of objects in contemporary practice. ÔÇï In an episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Trigger tells how he has been awarded a medal for using the same broom for twenty years, before revealing that the broom has had seventeen new heads and fourteen new handles. Wikipedia now lists Trigger's Broom as a contemporary version of the ancient paradox of identity known variously as Theseus' Ship, Locke's Sock, Washington's Axe, and Jeannot's Knife: when does something which changes cease to be itself? Artists: Jo Addison, Adam Gillam, Anna Hughes, Neill Kidgell, Max Mosscrop, Clunie Reid, Alice Walton Curated by Adam Gillam and Max Mosscrop
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2018
    EventTrigger's Broom: Kingsgate Mix - Kingsgate Workshop Kingsgate Workshops 110-116 Kingsgate Road London NW6 2JG
    Duration: 17 Nov 201816 Dec 2018

    Bibliographical note

    Number of Pieces: 7

    Keywords

    • Art and design

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