Imagine a creaky metal door, scary howling wind, and crumbling walls: I was standing in front of the entrance to a desolate warehouse and wondered where the fancy art gallery I was looking for had gone. My gut feeling was of disappointment and just as I was about to give up, artist Liam Golden popped out of nowhere and introduced me to the unique atmosphere of the Old Ambulance Depot displaying his exhibition If you see something, say something.

The tube light flicked on and illuminated a chilly depot with walls that look like a battle field with remnants of a recent gruesome paint ball war. All over the arena hung etchings labelled “If you see something, say something”. I took the resounding refrain literally and went about the pieces thinking about what I would say.

Several prints exhibited naked bodies with empty speech bubbles. Despite the watery colours and the blurred shapes, a paroxysm of vicarious embarrassment made me want to shout “What about you, man? Get your clothes on, you are not on the beach.”

Another print illustrated movement of a person throwing a ball. The juxtaposition of the same print in two different colour spectrums changed the entire setting: one reminded me of a sportsman you would cheer on, while the other looked more like a vicious kid throwing petrol bombs at their neighbour's house.

A huge wall was plastered with prints of hand drawings which recalled a particular feeling, a situation where one would prefer to look down and keep quiet. In this manner I continued to appreciate the work with my gut reactions, though I wasn't really sure if this was the best manner in which to approach Golden's work.

Finally, I decided to flood the artist with my impressions, being curious about his views. The title refers to the ads that were hung all over New York after 9/11. They aimed to arouse the watchdog in each citizen and make the people report even the tiniest trifle that seemed suspicious. “I was fed up with the banners and wanted to create new associations and a different perspective. There is no straightforward answer. I intended to keep the prints ambiguous,” Liam told me.

On my way home I felt greatly divided about this offbeat exhibition that leaves you hovering somewhere between being speechless and flabbergasted.