No Letters

Curated by Clarke, No Letters was originally conceived as a book and later developed as a gallery exhibition. The project investigates the dissemination of public information through various forms of reportage, carried out on both local and global levels. The collective works which spanned 40 years, sought to debunk the public perception of current affairs, advertisements and everyday information as they are perceived by the public, revealing realities obscured beneath familiar yet effective tactics of distraction and deception employed by the media. The selected artworks tackled these issues through reprographic and audio-visual techniques commonly used by the media at the time of their conception.
The book and exhibition paid homage to the artist Ian Breakwell who died in 2005. Both the book and exhibition showed Breakwell’s 1968 Diary which had not been exhibited since 1968.
The exhibition No Letters existed as an exhibition at Nettie Horn Gallery London coincided with the publication of a 48-page full colour hardback book with audio CD, foreword by the curator and text by critic/artist Peter Suchin. A recording of Clarke’s audio work entitled Save The Kidz was included on the CD within the book. Funding for the book and CD was provided by LOKAAL 01, Netherlands.
As a contributing artist, Clarke exhibited five large screen-prints on canvas and editioned a set of posters distributed on opening night. The private view featured a collaborative performance by Clarke with Bob and Roberta Smith.

Works exhibited at Nettie Horn Gallery were selected by Caroline Douglas, Head of the Arts Council Collection for Space Now at SPACE Triangle, London which also included works by Bridget Riley, Yinka Shonibare and Mark Wallinger. An online interview with Clarke was presented by SPACE on their website. The book was exhibited by invitation at the London Open 2012 at the Whitechapel Gallery.