and i will do anything to get girls into my bedroom

We had been friends at college, and we had even lived together for two years. Since then our friendship had waned for one reason or another. I wanted to find a way to regain her trust, and let her know that I wanted to be friends again. I decided to invite her to exhibit some of her video work in my bedroom, which at the time (1996) was on the 17th floor of a tower block in South London.

She agreed, we spent some time discussing the idea, she came to stay, made suggestions about how best we should set up the room, we swapped books, made cards to advertise the show etc. I helped to shoot the film that would later become her installation on video. We got along really well and became good friends again. I decided that this was a good way to offer something to women, who's work I like and wanted to show them that I respected their work. I wanted to express myself as a feminist, and place certain demands upon myself with regards to solidarity and action. I lived in that apartment for another two years, in which time I tried to present work by women artists each month. We would have gatherings each month, to discuss the progress of the project and if participants (not just the artists) had suggestions we would discuss them at these meetings.

Men were not excluded from these meetings, but I have to admit I did discourage them. I began to feel less isolated through these actions, but still within my own particular set of circumstances, which I have always felt determined to retain and value, rather than try to change them, in the hope that I could find something ‘better’.

This is a list of the participating artists as far as I can remember, some of whom made work, which I have attempted to describe here, for the lack of documentation.

Michelle Naismith- ‘If you lived here you’d be home by now’ Two video monitors, with a single mattress in between, and ‘top to tail’ pillow arrangement. On one monitor is a close up, fuzzy black and white image of a woman lying on a bed. She is wearing rabbits ears and reading a book of Rembrandt paintings. On the other monitor, there is the same woman, with her hand down her underpants.

Kate Belton- Three Cibachrome images mounted on thin aluminium. Kate’s photo’s are taken from painted, cut-out and constructed arrangements, she makes in miniature. Two are of a woman’s head, almost covered by a sheet, and one is a small portrait of a naked figure, rolling back in a pose, leg’s in the air, with a smile.

Moyra Derby, Jennifer Williams, Claudia Lee, Jyll Bradley- A Poetry reading, for one evening only,

Helena Goldwater- A Performance installation, for one night only.

Emma Leslie and Krista Bagnell- Video and music designed to put on when I was getting dressed in the morning.

Janine Rostron - Her own Music on a walkman. Angela Basson - I would like to come to your place and film myself throwing a bag of feathers out of your window.

Sofia Hulten - Sofia made a bed that floated in the room, using helium filled balloons and a sheet.

There was a group show called ‘It's Been so long since I've seen you, so much has changed, It would be great to see your face again.’ Which included Photographs by Kristin Lucas, Fran Gore, Niamh McMann, Virginie Amant, Paula Roush, Soozi Mead, Anna Lucas, Sandra Hedditch and Vivian Berardinelli Galvagna.

a bedroom above the Skyline of London or OTHERWISE than ART by Leif E.C Liebenshutz