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Terry Duffy wrote at the time, "I was exhibiting at the Air Gallery London and for somewhere to stay I was 'flat minding' for a friend. The only draw back was that the flat also included an Alsatian dog, but I don't like dogs and dogs don't normally like me. As needs must I persisted and took the dog out every night for its constitutional. The dog was so desperate for attention and grateful for its regular walk that we bonded and, as I had never had a dog before, I became more and more fascinated by its loyalty, fidelity, its potential stupidity and the power I had over it. Combine this with my burgeoning interest in Art funding and a then national crisis involving restrictive changes in Arts Council funding for artists, I began to devise a performance involving the dogs unquestioning trust." |
