Simon Linington, visual artist and story writer, has selected his own fiction for this episode. ‘Evangaline Too’ was originally published in New York’s ‘Sunday Salon’ zine and creates an intriguing viewing platform for our conversation. We probe the meticulous details of smoking, worms, dirty water and so on, as Simon grasps at that which is readily available. Dreams, travel and memories feed his writing. Dust and detritus, his installations. He shares some of the backstories to the development of his work at London sites including William Benington Gallery, Castor Projects, Lily Brooke, Division of Labour and Brooke Benington in Mexico City. (Mixed Tapes is an introductory series recorded in lockdown with variations in audio quality.)

Notes and Links:

SIMON LININGTON

simonlinington.com

instagram simonlinington

BOOKS / TEXT

- ‘Evangeline Too’ 2019 sundaysalon.com/2020/01/evangeline-too

- ‘Ghosts’ 2020 soanywaymagazine.org

- ‘Palinure de Mexico’ by Fernando del Paso

- ‘Shoplifting’ from American Apparel by Tao Lin

- ‘Tristessa’ by Jack Kerouac

- ‘Under the Volcano’ by Malcolm Lowry

- ‘Not I’ by Samuel Barclay Beckett, performed by Billie Whitelaw

- ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Barclay Beckett

GALLERIES/CURATORIAL 

- Brooke Benington (residency, Mexico City)

- Castor Projects (‘In from the Light’)

- Dateagle (‘Not to be Trusted’, ‘Prevent this Tragedy’)

- Division of Labour (‘Everything can be Broken’)

- Hayward Gallery (‘Out of the Dark Concrete’)

- Lily Brooke (‘Everything is Medicine’)

- Tate Gallery (‘From the Freud Museum’ 1991-1996 Susan Hiller)

- William Benington (‘La La Land’)

MUSIC

- song ‘Evangeline’ by Angels of Light

- song ‘Volcano’ by Beck