Sheila Hill

Shabaka Hutchings

Shanti Paul Jayasinha

Shanti Paul Jayasinha

(Howard Skempton)

Shabaka Hutchings

Are webs very sticky?

Does the spider just eat the
fly,

or suck its blood

Would it be really
painful if a wasp stung
you in the mouth

stung you at once,

television
without a screen

If you drove high speed
in a car, faster than the earth’s
spinning,

would you
accelerate off into space

What is ear wax?

we're
actually upside down,

I wonder what would
happen

if you put a piece
of metal

for a good 24 hours

Would it hurt less

if you punched someone

fat in the stomach

Why do you have toe-nails?

did you ever go
to school in Victorian times

Heartbeat heard.

Off-balanced between lives

The shock inexpressible

of all the things I knew before

but did not understand

Was that a smile

Not sure where we’re going.

I need you to walk in straight
lines,

They never set much store
by the fact that I was
the only full-time spectator

Actually, I don’t think he ever took
me that seriously.

He can't take you seriously.

He doesn’t want to see you on
a Saturday night

I think when a young Englishman
is attractive, they’re really
something special.

The way they
stride.

The ease of movement.

And the shock of hair.

Twenty-five is the most
attractive. Twenty’s a little young.
Twenty-five when they’ve
found their way. Up to thirty.

Thirty-five, maybe.

I suppose we’re all
in a world of not being able
to do things.

So I was open, and told
her what she wanted to know.
And she said

Oh, that’s fascinating.

I was trying to avoid eye-contact
with the woman opposite...

Real life seemed to be getting
further and further away,
and all we could do was watch.

I’ve tried to get in touch with
my feet. And I’ll tell you
something which will shock you.

I actually bite my toenails.

There was a choice.

I could have said no.

I was only 27, but it took me out
of a sort of youth speed of life.

Suddenly I became middle-aged.

The first shop I went to,
after three years,
was Miss Selfridge.

The whole thing about acting

You want desperately
to be in control.

But it’s when you leave go

that it takes off

They’re dodgy things,

You can’t talk about anything
very subtle. It’s got to be
something very,

In fact, there’s very little
that needs to be said.

I think we’re all geared to last
a certain length of time.

...if I let it be

if I let you do it

Instinctively anti-adult.

What if anything happens to you

What makes a
community

I'm a bit of a rebel

I don't like to submit
to simple rules

You need a large idea

You have to
economise
your strength.

You cannot forget the past

Accepting facts

to what you feel

I have always felt

completely independent