Read Between the Lines

In the series Read Between the Lines, Lulu has shredded her meticulous collection of press 

releases, which she had gathered, filed and preserved since her move to London in 2004. She 

attended hundreds of shows and each time, as a token, collected the press release. This collection 

represented all the art that she had seen in numerous venues. Taking on the idea that all new art 

that is made is in fact a melting-pot of the things one has seen and been influenced by, she has re- 

used her entire collection of press releases as a medium to create something new.  The flux of 

visuals she has seen is therefore represented within these press releases. Using these as a 

material, she shredded and then re-assembled them, intertwining it all into a weave. In fact, Lulu is 

also making a point through the act of shredding, a form of destruction. Lulu believes, even though 

she carefully collects, that press releases are a way of conforming opinions and making art less 

personal. She reads the press releases nonetheless so as to form a general idea of the 

background of the artist and his/her themes. However, she uses it only as a guideline to then 

assess for herself what she is viewing.