Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev discusses the work that artist Paul Pfeiffer has created for the 2008 Biennale of Sydney.

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If I was to tell you that I spent last Sunday painting the interior walls of the lobby of the Art Gallery of New South Wales you would probably come to the logical conclusion that I was some sort of interior decorator. Many of the people who were at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Sunday, and saw me dressed in white overalls with paint roller in hand, came to this exact conclusion. If you were one of the people who came up to me and asked what I was doing, as many people did, I would have told you that I was taking part in a conceptual installation project by the innovative Bulgarian Artist Nedko Solakov, titled A Life (Black and White). Basically, what this project involves is two workers (one of whom paints in white and the other in black) continuously and simultaneously repainting the walls of the exhibition space round and round in an endless loop. At any one time half the wall space is painted white and half is painted black as each of the workers moves continuously around the space painting over the other worker’s colour – black over white over black over white and so on…

My original enthusiasm for the project was dampened slightly by the fact that I had to get out of bed at 7am on Sunday morning, thanks partly to CityRail conducting track work on my line. However, by the time I arrived at the Art Gallery, (on time) after downing a large cup of coffee, my original enthusiasm had returned, and then some. More

Daniel Boud started website Boudist in 2003, primarily as a place for sharing his photographs of Sydney bands and general late-night shenanigans. As Cheif Photographer of Time Out Sydney, he has taken some great images of the Biennale on Preview Day. Check out the two galleries on his site boudist.com and on timeoutsydney.com.au, then come back and tell us what you think via comments on this post.

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