The U-Galley was one of the most daring and genuine pieces of underground art. As a prerequisite to attend the gallery, you would have had to venture into the underground system of Berlin and bravely walk along its tracks. However, on arrival at the gallery, you would have been greeted by white walls, grey floors and a plinth on top of which was placed a guest book. All the traditional accoutrements of a so-called white cube gallery, but relocated in a hidden room underground. Although visually astute and working within the accepted language of display of contemporary art, this was far more focussed on the experience of attending the event, making the journey and putting your signature in the book.

For three months in 2010 you would have had the opportunity to visit a truly performative space. With so many soi-disant underground galleries this had veritas and conviction. Intercontextualising was an exhibition that replicated the dimensions of the space in which the U-Gallery taken place, but in a concrete and inaccessible form. This emphasised that such a project had to be experienced first hand and to replicate it within the confines of the galley environment is almost an impossible task. This display of a 1:1 concrete representation of the U-Gallery was an impenetrable spectre of the U-Gallery, tantalising the viewer and reminding them that they had not had the courage or opportunity to attend.