LAURIE PREECE
presents LIMBER
GYM
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LIMBER GYM : THE TOUR click
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Baudelaire, a long term member of Limber Gym, remarked
on the extensive facilities provided by the Gym, we were “ accessorised and
syphilised” (his spelling not ours), he went on to observe that he enjoyed the
Gym because you could improve yourself just by hanging around and looking: this
exercise, he thought, was not taken seriously enough, so he did just that and
made an art of it. TESTBED is set up for a promenade, resembles an arcade:
Baudelaire and Benjamin would feel at home as does Limber Gym, which came into
being on a building site.
It is our conceit that, in the name of progress, we at
Limber Gym believe we have become “objectified and civilised”: we are not what
we were and, in the name of freedom, we do not know what we will become. There
is iron in our soul, in our machines and in our brochure.
It is our nature that nature is to be avoided at all costs
or if it is unavoidable to make some use of it, for our own ends, and make a
night of it.
TESTBED 1 is the
first stop on the tour, an absolutely superb venue for Limber Gym, for those
willing to try out something new as well as become acquainted with something
old, in an adequately equipped environment guaranteed to make you feel at home
if you live on the streets: those from a more comfortable background may take
some time to get used to its rugged functionality. Limber Gym is not exclusive,
all are welcome: we want to serve the community. Limber Gym is dedicated to the
concept of ‘how to, when to, don’t do’.
That is not to say you will not be tested, challenged,
questioned or generally taxed beyond belief, all in a good cause,
self-improvement: ‘an epistemological extravaganza’ is on offer for those who
are conscious and prepared to pay the price.
Schopenhauer would have been a member had Limber Gym been
around in his day: it would have replaced his walking habit without losing his
will to be. Heidegger would have supplied the principle if not the actual tools
and equipment in use today.
We at Limber Gym like to drop names and make esoteric
references to give ourselves a semblance of respectability and purpose: to
justify our existence, but we know, at its heart, Limber Gym is just an empty
shell waiting for you to fill it with purpose and meaning: give it a useful
function, a raison d’etre. That will be your contribution, don’t let Limber Gym
down: it is nothing without you. Limber Gym needs you.
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