The letter X is a Valentine’s show. It’s dedicated to the ex, the one that got away, the one that didn’t happen and the one we never met. Not Lamenting the past, but rather acknowledging the fact that life it takes twists and turns and with another twist of faith, another turn along the way, we could have ended up in another bed, with another boy or another girl or with nobody at all. We could have moved to the countryside and raised a dozen kids or we could have taken  the time to learn to play the electric guitar or ten finger typing…




Presented in Holly Holmes and Tom Burtonwood’s domestic project space What It Is, the exhibition consisted of three installation works, each inspired by a lyric by Brian Eno.The audience was invited to take part in the show, by exchanging a Valentine in the form of a song lyric dedicated to their ex.





‘Given the chance/ I’d die like a baby/ on some  faraway beach/ when the season’s over// unlikely/ I’ll be remembered/ as the tide washed sand in my eyes/ I’ll drift away// cast up on a plateau/ with only one memory/ a single syllable/ oh lie low lie low’ -Faraway Beach