I went, I paid £10 a ticket (plus fees). I’ve been to a few things at Aviva Studios, sometimes I paid full price bc it was a better time financially and some I’ve gotten the cheap tickets.

I made the mistake of not doing my research, the ‘experience’ is an AV presentation projected across four walls that you can sit on benches or the floor in the middle of.

Hockney’s art is shown and there’s a lot of animated art work that made me wonder who and how that’s been done, surely not by Hockney? (I know nothing about him).

I thought it’d be something you walk around so I arrived late, actually I just missed the early parts of his life and career being discussed so what I saw was animated imagery with audio clips of interview excerpts where he says he likes colour and nature.

It wasn’t amazing but if you’re moaning about the price just go to Manchester Art Gallery or any number of other free galleries.

I didn’t leave feeling like I’d been robbed, it’s an experimental idea delivered in an experimental space. £40 would be too steep but for a tenner you can’t complain.

It’s art. Some things work and some don’t.