TURNOUT Edinburgh: Show & Tell Editions, 2005 15 x 10.2cm, 32pp plus printed card covers. A new artist's book from Scottish artist, David Bellingham that solely consists of 4,668 reproductions of hand drawn crosses and an illustration of a ballot box. There are strictly 500 hand-numbered copies of this book - aside from one unique book (no. 1) within the edition which corrects the entire number of crosses to exactly represent the total number of votes cast in Scotland during the May 5th 2005 General Election (2,333,882). Conceptual work and/or concrete poem, this is a peon to democracy and a metaphor of the substantial effort required in maintaining openness in society.  If ever there was time to remind ourselves of the importance of our pluralist societies, it is now.

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Bellingham, David ABSTENTION Edinburgh: Show & Tell Editions, 2005

14.5 x 21cm, 2pp. artist’s postcard as edition. The Scottish Parliament is show overlaid with red “x”s - the postcard was issued in a small number of copies during the period when Bellingham took a break from making his major work TURNOUT at the Heart Gallery, Edinburgh where he re-wrote the entire number of Xs cast in the Scottish 2003  Scottish parliamentary election by hand. "Abstention" is  a counterpart to the "Turnout” project and represents the

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Bellingham, David TURNOUT Edinburgh: Show & Tell Editions, 2005

42 x 29.7cm, black and red offset limited edition poster designed by the artist for the TURNOUT project. Folded as issued.

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