artist:

project:
Pox

location:
Transregional - to be viewed from the windows of the transpennine express

date(s):
23 May - 16 August 2003

description:
Throughout the duration of Artranspennine03 there will be sporadic outbreaks of the pox, mainly effecting rural areas. This particular strain of pox looks much like velvet and the source of the outbreak is believed to be a remnant shop in Manchester as the occurrences and the size of each particular outbreak directly mirrors this shop's supply of blood red velvet curtaining. Hanging red curtains was believed by some to ward off the smallpox virus, however this proved to be nothing but folklore. The nature of these attacks will be highly unpredictable, but will be linked to the Transpennine Express, which may have some role to play in its spread.