THE GO-BETWEEN'S BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY SOON

To witness this action and participate in a silent walk for the Oxford part of the Go-Between. Meet at Magdalen Bridge, Oxford at 14.00 on Friday, 19th October, 2007 <> To witness this action and participate in a silent walk for the Bonn part of the Go-Between. Meet at the Frauenmuseum, where we will be leaving at 14.30 on Friday October 26, 2007, Frauenmuseum, Im Krausfeld 10 53111 Bonn The Go-Between will begin in Oxford, where we will collect water from the Thames in silence amongst fellow city dwellers, transporting the water as fluid messengers over land to Bonn. On arrival in the city of Bonn we will exchange the water of the Thames for the water of the Rhine. Thus the cities and their inhabitants will become part of an exchange of life giving water aided by the Go-Betweens. Inhabitants of Oxford and Bonn are invited to witness the ritual, inviting communication through action and intention, overriding the need for oral communication. The work will end when we return to Oxford and deposit the water from the Rhine into the Thames. Through this ritual form of exchange and transfer, we embody the role of messenger as we Go-Between countries. These actions, the collecting and exchanging of water between the two cities, raise questions concerning the notion of a cross national connections, encompassing the idea of the 'between space' of travel through countries' borders, land and language. 'The conversation of the gods!- I didn't resent or feel aggrieved because I couldn't understand it. I was the smallest of the planets, and I carried messages between them and I couldn't always understand that was in order, too; they were something in a foreign language - star talk' From The Go-Between LP Hartley.