VENUE MAGAZINE

Spanner in the Works.

Heath is Bristol's most prolific art-provocateur.
For six years he has taken part in artistic scams
which range from the bewildering to the out
and out mischievous. He has reproduced those
familiar footpath signs adding subversive messages.
He has taken photographs of cars and
stuck them onto windscreens attached to
obscure texts, much to the alarm of some
motorists. He's organised events that never
happened because they were conceptual and
he's drawn little chalk spanners all over the
city.

Now working in London with fax art and,
computer networking, Heath's influence is as
pervasive as ever. His work can still be seen all
over town. "I was interested in getting my message 
across in the most effective way," he
explains. "I used to work in the streets because
you could set up your own situations."

So what separates his work from graffiti?
"Graffiti is mostly about reclaiming space and
alienation from the decision process. Some of
the motivation for putting art outside comes
from that, too. A lot of graffiti artists do it
because they like getting chased by the police.
The last thing I want to do is get chased by the
poIice."