Art in Peckham Rye Multistory Car Park
Posted 08/08/2009 – 3:34 pm in: ArtNot everyday a car park is being converted into an exhibition space. ‘Bold Tendencies III’ is a series of installations and sculptures scattered between the 7th-10th floor of the Peckam multiplex car park. Getting there was quite an adventure; you have to go inside a doggy lift with a large ‘heaven’ sticker on one of [...]
No Comments | Tags: bar, car park, peckamSaatchi Gallery next to Sloane Square tube
Posted 28/07/2009 – 10:07 pm in: ArtThe Saatchi Gallery has been moving locations from St John’s Wood 1985 >> Country Hall, South Bank 2003>> Kings road, Chelsea 2008. The first great thing I have seen there was Richard Wilson’s 20:50, which was a room filled halfway with oil, making the observer feel disoriented because the ceiling was reflected in the oil. [...]
No Comments | Tags: gallery, installation, saatchiAnnette Messenger at Hayward Gallery
Posted 11/06/2009 – 10:00 pm in: ArtAnnette Messenger is a French artist who was born in 1943. I have seen her latest exhibition in Hayward Gallery on May 2009. My favorite piece was her inflatable sculpture which you can see in the picture. Various forms were sewed one to another and inflated automatically by a machine. It was interesting to see [...]
No Comments | Tags: hayward, inflatable, scultureA Banana story
Posted 07/04/2009 – 9:57 pm in: ArtI’ve come a long way from the sunny shores of my native land. Plucked, packed, snap, frozen… Shipped away to a place where my colour is so foreign. Yet, I have become so commonplace. Once exotic, I am now ubiquitous… Overlooked, underrated. Yes, you can think about what it means to have me in your [...]
No Comments | Tags: banana, imported, shippedPuppetry courses at the Little Angel Theatre
Posted 05/04/2009 – 8:18 pm in: ArtOne of my friends is attending a puppetry course at the Little Angel Theatre and I was invited to see some work in progress. It was really amazing what can be done with simple techniques like silhouettes and paper cuts. My friend’s story was about an old woman who often goes to Harrods and can’t [...]
No Comments | Tags: course, puppet, theatreThe Paper Cinema
Posted 15/03/2009 – 8:44 pm in: Art, UncategorizedA cast of hand-drawn marionettes are magically brought to life by the Paper Cinema.It is amazing to see what can be done by using simple techniques like illustrated moon on a stick animated in real-time. It is quite an unusual way of viewing cinema which makes you think that there are unlimited possibilities without the [...]
No Comments | Tags: animated, charming, illustrationHOFESH SHECHTER:IN YOUR ROOMS / UPRISING
Posted 01/03/2009 – 4:56 pm in: ArtHofesh Schecter’s ‘In Your Rooms’ is a captivating and original performance. It combines a live band at the top of the stage with contemporary dance. There is a really interesting relationship between the band’s music and the dancers- sometimes you can only see one drummer with the dancers and in other parts they all perform [...]
No Comments | Tags: contemporary, dance, original, performance, stageFrequency and Volume
Posted 20/01/2009 – 12:04 am in: ArtFrequency and Volume by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a motion tracking installation which I saw on december 2008 at the Curve gallery, Barbican Center, London. When you walked around the gallery, your position controlled which radio station was playing. Coming closer to the wall made your silhouette bigger and also increased the sound. If you were [...]
No Comments | Tags: Art, Curve galery, Motion TrackingSharmanka Gothic Circus
Posted 18/01/2009 – 5:50 pm in: ArtSharmanka Gothic Circus at Shunt Vault
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