The Name of the Band is The Limit, From Mexico to Sheffield

was Laureana Toledo s addition to Art Sheffield 05.

The context of the event was Spectator T, a fictitious art goer

without exposure to contemporary aesthetics, and the idea was to

present artworks that would challenge this person s preconceived

ideas about art.

Thus, Toledo created a cover band that sang songs by local

Sheffield groups, and named it after the cult Sheffield nightclub,

The Limit, which closed in 1992. The band was created in Mexico -

with musicians from four of the best known bands in the Mexican

rock scene - where it played one local concert, then came to

Sheffield, where it played two shows before disbanding.

Like most of Toledo s work, The Limit appropriates and

reinterprets a pre-existing entity. With this volume, Toledo

continues to play with the idea of authorship by pirating an

already iconic magazine layout -The Face- and turning it into a

labyrinth of information that leaves the reader unsure if he or she

is reading about music, a band s story, an artist, Mexico or even

just pop culture.

Contributors to this volume include Eduardo Abaroa, Frances

Richard, Mónica de la Torre, Gavin Wade, David Byrne, Catherine

Lampert, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Pablo Vargas Lugo and Dr. Lakra.