A calendar at the top of the steps at the Mackintosh Museum and a secretly planted book in the school's library were installed as part of the MFA interim show. The calendar was filled with 365 days of advice that had been given to me so far while attending the school and the book was non-descript but awarded the curious with it's unusual contents: a counter.

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Prepared for the Moment

"Concept Structure Torture Survival Title" A solo show in New City Space which involved an installation, a video piece, a calendar, a performance and a lecture. In the images featuring a laser-cut version of Settlers of Catan artists were invited to play non-artists in a game to win prize money that was actually divided up evenly in case anyone felt particularly generous at the end of the game. An artist won, and he kept all of the money. The installation was a room sized spiralgraph that spread sawdust along the floor as it went around. The show reflected on the many parts of an artistic practice that tend towards extremes of either extroversion or introversion.

2013

"FTFY" installation in New City Space, Glasgow

This was a link to a book that I scanned which does not have an e-book version yet. It is a kind of passive public distribution that is related to the theme of the book and brings up outdated policies in copyright law. The work exists as a loophole, but it is also using the fontface 'offline' to suggest that there is an irony to the concept of accessibility in a digital age. FTFY is shorthand for "Fixed That For You".

Materials: Spraypaint installation on window, font "Offline" and a scanned version of "What We Want is Free" put illegally online.

MFA Degree Show in the Glue Factory, 15 Burns Street, Spiers Wharf, Glasgow. June 5-16, 2013

Click here to read more about "Go on Vacation, Rearrange the Furniture".

"Orange, four-inch, door hinge in storage" Spray paint, ink, Quink and silkscreened imagery on paper.

"Site-Specific Miracle" Materials: concrete and mirror

Click here to see the accompanying video.

Images of the whole exhibition can be found on GSA's flickr page.

"Indirectly Yours" An intervention by John Nicol of Cedric Tai's exhibition. Intermedia Gallery,CCA, Glasgow. 6-26 July, 2013

Almost all of the photographs were taken by the very talented Gabriel Leung.

Painting based from Weizi Xu's palette

Painting based from Hee Joon Lee's palette

Painting based from Seth Schwaiger's palette

Painting based from Lauren Well's palette

Accompanying Text from the exhibition

"Indirectly Yours"
An intervention by John Nicol of Cedric Tai's exhibition
Intermedia Gallery, 6-26 July, 2013

This show is a microcosm of issues focusing on what is gained and lost when the framing of artwork becomes destabilised; a subversion of the authors' original intention as an exorcism of artistic preciousness.

What happens to everything in your studio when you're done making the real work? What does it mean to create work in the absence of others? These are some of the questions that come to mind as the new UK visa laws begins to affect the location of Glasgow-based artists.

This is a solo show featuring the work of Cedric Tai, but this is also a solo show featuring the work of John Nicol.

We hope you enjoy the exhibition, thank you for visiting.

- John and Cedric

"Kenneth Davidson in conversation with Cedric Tai from 2-1-4-1.com (may be updated in the future to clickable links...)

"Restart, Plug-In" At the former mattress and furniture emporium, 134 Renfrew, Glasgow. 2-17 August, 2013

See the whole exhibition and other events with "Restart Plug-In" as part of the Glasgow Masters Series, the group show included Steven Papadopoulos, Anthony Schrag, Ian Swanson, Cedric Tai and Lisa Ure.

Cedric Tai