By Lucy Wilson
It rained as we walked the inhabited but somehow
derelict Queenstown streets, to the old disused West Coast District Hospital to
see Matt Warren and Darren Cook’s installation Still.
As we entered others exited muttering, “…it’s
noth’n, just noth’n, just two rocks in a corridor”. Yet we found it intriguing.
In the abandoned wide corridor with its smooth shiny reflective floor and walls
painted in pink tones, a dark eerie feeling set in. We were able to explore,
but our wandering was interjected by the local volunteer who pointed out what
each room used to be: Intensive Care, maternity, the nursery, surgery and so
on. Her commentary loomed large and focused on the flurry of the hospital's
yesteryear rather than allowing viewers to be still and quiet to allow the sound, video and installation to
prevail.
