editorial

tippex the papers and correct the news I AM NOT A POET, Totalkunst Gallery, Edinburgh 20/21 August 2011

various tippexeditorsfacilitated and arranged by nick-e melville

Notes

words made from tippex deletions words in brackets are words added in tippex by participantswords in bold are words added by participants with black marker, one provided or their own words in red are words added by participant(s) in red marker words in square brackets describe images made by tippex

each variation comes from a separate notational revolution round the gallery

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tidedded

fiend kills girlfriend’s mumover wedding snu

lax

it’s good to payfor careless drivers

over steam

first de playwright JB Priestley.poet Samuel

Taylor Coleridge

80 LapMixed Lots

RIP

sentencing backlashas riot mothis set free

oil stopped

David Mellor famouslywarned that the Britishpress was now “inkingin the loon”.

South Africaselected art up to 2012the Big wordAndy Devl

like a nitGeorge’s plan isn’t quitestacking up

A u u with no and thos’

our guid heap

ventureseeingeeringGo:

outrage as Tussaud’sdefends its rightto say Heil Hitler

Last minute saleBank Bargains!

Honeymoon horrorKiller was White

a moral boundthe pup that won

Cilla’s ear

the man who spent £15,000 to shed pounds

park boss heckover light sides

fat spread as city’s tin walls join the striketens of 1000s of portcelebratedman who relishes a fighteverything it touchesturns to ash

the new capitalone worldmastercard willpay you back hands

charge the bank

Saturday your weekend starts hereDead- Disbud Add- traphead to

How I fought to save shark TimA Doctor told yesterdayhow he battled in vainto save honeymoon shark

Marry your child or die

There was magnets on our firstmarge and eggsage 78[inside a white tippex heart]

Tourists killed by daughter’s ish boyfriend

whatever my fatherthere’s no shame if you’vehad one too many

each day

Announcements Dying WellVenue: Ridley Hall CambridgeDate: September 15-17 2011

New diggers fuck to high-tech gold rushI’m used to it

nowI know names,players who want

rebuilding communitieslooters will be evicted

the works admittedailing marked and siren activatedEDF Energy’s fixedprice 2014 tar ischeaper than all other

major suppliersnew standard pies

have temporary bright ideasthrow us a bonethe obvious one of the reality showsthe decline of civilisationpinstriped intone

WE GETWills’ message

When we hear the call, God gives us strength to ply

Bunk mentality

voidrod ax

out in

arrest

Miners putunder the foot

Get HuntedHelp top find you first.

China’s new face urge boom suit Western ideas

Brutally fair on them – and quite right too

she apologisesthis is her latest roleScotland to culnew centre of excellencefor green-fingered gurus

Keep ting, William and Katetell riot victims

kate spotdressed Queen

Arsefree balls with butter

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double glazing rescuemisty, draughty, windows and doors?change only your faulty ass!!

see our Home Imp Sect every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday

numbers for tomorrow, August 21st

82, 40, 38, 9, 80, 12, 27, 85

fiend kills girlfiend’s mumover wedding snu

we want you even if you don’t

DIVA

fair bathour made to meservice means your

kitchen, can truly beyours

happy return to marrd life

Andy Murray breezes into Cincinnatilast night – a lot betterMurray strolled over Gilles Simon

serial reraiser torched 3 tenrial fireraiserrock and pop rab collection

women are more than menfall, nervousness, infects the

when you retire shouldn’tyour ho pay its own way?

Jamie: Dragons Stuff

Ta(r)ge(t)s

four witless sixth-formerslying about sexual pukingafter eatingmy own furious hood

Death of a nation: whyAmerica lowered the curtain on art

Riot sent Court in troubleTomorrow afternoon, shoppers

reclaim the streets parking charges suspended, rail free. Ten days on the riots, Love Manchester speed. It needs to. city centre’s astonishing visitorscity pride devastationmorale with a bumper sticker, danger

community security by mean punitive week out of proportion offencescommitted. Nor effective challenge our idea of justice, aggravating the sense disengagement contributed to unforgivable eventsthe first of the looters appearon Wednesday,describe the riots “heartbreaking”community: heartbreak lost ruined damagedthreatened prime

flight to safety sees bond benefit – andthe doll plunge

ID You?

Officer arrested over eaks to Guardian

The newspaper identifiedMetropolitan Police pressrelease, which did notidentify the suspect was issued

A business man while ridinga Segway scooterbuilt his own company

Death squad ink

as a ‘boy’ had alreadyacquired a reputation inthe British Army by the end of the First World War

Marry Pot

Take the strainhandle press

oated – the liveliest moments – materialdiffusing, getting lostturning up again, odd angles

The X-factor gambles

buy now, pay nothingno cost!

I thought I neededa new kitchen until...I discovered (you)

as the moon arkvictim ill over

dame tuss

radio phantom socks dumper

PERVS killed honey monster last night

she can help her

Jay-Z’s business piremore money to spend on the oldmust earn the hard wayI would love to getthat monkey

Is your business apeon 2012?

Solanki leads shire fight

I’m says Clinton, ex –has a history of quadrupledietweekend glance

whatever my father

how I ought to saveshark Tim

Tourists illed by laughter’s boyfriendThis is starting to get embassing

the right man

Mount Athos

a good bunchfor a well handicappedperformer

cop probe leaks

Jiri knew there’d be El to pay

Mother vs Rangers

rag lacks top ten hits

close close closeabout global economy

Britain’s most successfulmale jo as become one of the most reliabletalents in the weighing roomsorry I took tae Mick

Kate couldn’t really careKate and Wills owner

100mdoctor tokeep his lice

He had pregnant children in speeding car

Cameron prison ship

rince William pired a riot-torn neighbourhoodyesterday by declaring‘We all have

The day she was date-raped,fat people digtheir own graves with their teeth – and the joy of sex at 78.As we serialise her blisterJOAN LETS RIP!

Anti is a movementa movement that believes in the prison of cust

the essential toolfor rebuilding societyis a spirit

(shhh Doesn’t want to be seen)

YE NOT(I you)

tug of sausageto stay with new owners

(When will people learnto truly tolerate andrespect each other)

I’ve got to prove, nor has Sven.We were an England success

Mancini handssage to his City misfits

You can clear off Hype actorDepression of the supermums

When disorder threatensseverity of the sentence

Schools need character

ban British Council: compoundin Kabul will bomb and attack

Eco heeds to avoid new expression

Turd A star?pull the other one(OH CRAP)Janet Suzmanwas one of the ants ofthe British age in the 60s and 70sshe apologises this is herlatest rolemy prejudice is highbecause I was brought up

failed writers who’veloved and lostwhat would you leavein the museum of broken arts?

Cupidthe size of a Labrador dog, deliveredby our grinning postman,my siblings. I must be in love, I

(T.P.) [beside tippex drawing of Tee Pee]

Def a graphic imSalmon writes a motto

Is Amy sure she fancy Bobby?(WTF)

It’s my little lack dressSo Louis you got sinI’d sack Sugar

The ‘battered middle’ are losing pence

is it time for the queen of pop to act her age?

fencing lash after motheris set free

Cameron old davesays woman who tackles the gangs

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Lively liver open to sampling

Super widows tories doors

I had sex with my mumafter a football match

free one or(gy)£25 a month

miss out. Visit anhop, ge.co.uk/shp

Opera was riskyhad no alternative

As butchend ills mum over wed snuScottish mixed BritishAl ice we end off

far right to ban test

Gallagher brothers tocourt split

wanted

air ricea good job

air ricer a good job

nappy return to marrd life

700 criminals set free earare now behind bars

Simon Simple(s)

edible India

The rain in old bootsMent ex mer

Locums cure for debt

How to avoid getting money

(HOT)

tweeners Movie is just out and every multiplexin the land will be rammed

sentencing ballsas riot moth is set free

lawyers expect cat sparkflood of peas

il f ico

Dan’s ell of celibacy

in order country

in the absence of true peacethe world is used to beinggrateful for the mere absence of hostilitiesbut it has never beenpossible to take this for granted as the latestevents show

tain is the name of the game

Pa V in deals lo skyas FTSE’s rollercoasterweek ends with a hintof alm

Libyan dram movesto Subratha’s theatre

Europa dopemy mate can eatbelly up

Santa the skytrust

Why I always go on holiday in Tain

ART, ORBOLLOCKS?(both)

the man making rug sex

The Duke and Duchessof Cambridge visiteda munit(ions) centre near

the spot where three menwere killed

Tevez told: not the trike

Tussauds defends its rightto say Hitler dam us

Demon vent w On at undee

Sack dwarf win £4 o Starbucks

I secret e bombers

Lion ward Tony GauciKenny skill freed me

last minute saleBank gains!

Jay-Z’s sinpire

My assessment is thatI am thinkingand I fully believe thatI will ease the painthat some people are feeling right now

more money to pendon the old

Amidst the handnon found yesterday

you cannot go down to Englandwe’ve tried to shop

sad aim to makebig noise at wake

After a long day at the office, Bill Clinton loved to relaxby eating himselfMr Clinton now consumeshealthhe last weighed at 13I like the stuff aroundUnhealthy: Bill Clinton

The poor are getting poorerand the richare getting richer

Steve lush

Blame...in fact Nasrimight even get a am!

Marry your child or I

In on

Da measuresPainted flora nd fauna whosevibrant watercolours combinean artist’s eye for formwith the scientific curiosityof a nat

Saturday CharlieMurray

Nasri may enjoy final cuntNo suck good buyScoladrave on

up count estateboot can learn to fish

Brad leftTechno

Sign up or breakevery morning

Bank of America addsto finance sector woewith cut of 3 jobs

US dollars per ouncegold rusheat the energy price risestravel

the right man

(line of glory)

Yo Jack with TV fud

when both teams scoreit’s . . . galorecoupon

win right up whistle

Turn return to big timego id an un hope

Sad TV race

signifier daunt

(you love more peoplethan you know)

direct from gasgo alf oarto my bustarse painbad and mad

walkthrough the storm

JOAN RIP!

Bu metality

Salmond standslike a fool bomber

Sir hon nan

God? Difficult to love.

Ta the rich’s income

The New ar back

Deprion of the supermums

Mio dive fa l in ice ceun diabete ditaArgos fire fat facefight cancer fireshambles on face56 shellshock getting

the sack writing backis workon the social site returnThe stock was marched out of Romford by guards13 years servicenever missed a daya fortnighta legdismissed for gross conductspotted two privatethe second father of threehad a great day at workkiddingunderstand if I hadsomething really badbut it was just a littlegrumbleI’m the sole in my housemy wife ill healthI’m going to do spokes said

arrived at this actionan extensive internal investigation

Bom at que kills 40

Scots to be jailed by 2020

A star pull one

(living in the UK’s a lot of fun)

(viva la revolution)

land to culAnts available in your area

Max has an extra cent to shineArcherfield masterclass X actor pecial

3 men shot at hair

ned in Kabul as tish teamcomes under fire

The shop is amazingnobody died

It would be nine hoursbefore the last shots rang out from the smoking remains

VerySmallKitchen 2012