Art.
In the past few days I've wandered around London looking at the exhibitions. I went to the Tate Modern to see french artist Pierre Huyghe's first solo exhibit in the U.K. "Celebration Park" It consisted of 10 rooms with installations including neon signs, film, architecture, and posters. What was exceptional about this show was the fact that he had chosen to present an integrated installation of new and recent work rather than a conventional retrospective.
There were a lot of references to things I have been thinking about lately like "Modern Times" which is the title of Bob Dylans new album and Charlie Chaplins old film(one of my favorites)which examines the organization of labour under capitalism. In Pierre's case he had a giant neon sign I do not own Modern Times Which could also invoke how we use and divide time, or set aside free time, in modern capalist culture.
One of his videos titled This is not a time for dreaming tells two parallel stories, one historical and one contemporary, which unfolds together as a single puppet show. It made me want to really try puppetry. Here are some photos of the exhibit that i gleaned from the internet. They can explain more then I can through words.
the artist and himself.
still from This is not a time for dreaming
these were GIANT revolving doors, they would dance around the room slowly. I found them to be quite beautiful and surreal.
Terra Incognita/Isla Ociosidad Topography of Idleness Island translated into data then used to create this structure and animatronic panguin.
still from film Streamside Day about a U.S. suburbs special day of celebration.
After that exhibit i went to a miniature exhibit held at the Jerwood space where one of the artist's Tessa Farmer took apart dead bugs and created whole worlds of them reconfigured into other creatures and fairies suspended out on birds and hedghogs.I had never seen something so fascinating, delicate, and small.
I cant wait to get back into school and begin creating...it's been too long.
There were a lot of references to things I have been thinking about lately like "Modern Times" which is the title of Bob Dylans new album and Charlie Chaplins old film(one of my favorites)which examines the organization of labour under capitalism. In Pierre's case he had a giant neon sign I do not own Modern Times Which could also invoke how we use and divide time, or set aside free time, in modern capalist culture.
One of his videos titled This is not a time for dreaming tells two parallel stories, one historical and one contemporary, which unfolds together as a single puppet show. It made me want to really try puppetry. Here are some photos of the exhibit that i gleaned from the internet. They can explain more then I can through words.
the artist and himself.
still from This is not a time for dreaming
these were GIANT revolving doors, they would dance around the room slowly. I found them to be quite beautiful and surreal.
Terra Incognita/Isla Ociosidad Topography of Idleness Island translated into data then used to create this structure and animatronic panguin.
still from film Streamside Day about a U.S. suburbs special day of celebration.
After that exhibit i went to a miniature exhibit held at the Jerwood space where one of the artist's Tessa Farmer took apart dead bugs and created whole worlds of them reconfigured into other creatures and fairies suspended out on birds and hedghogs.I had never seen something so fascinating, delicate, and small.
I cant wait to get back into school and begin creating...it's been too long.
posted by s.s. at 5:19 PM
1 Comments:
Tessa Farmer creates some really cool stuff. Seeing it IRL is an experience though I felt a rather unsettling atmosphere round the creatures as if they wanted to turn on me. The feeling reminded me of one time I was in a supposedly haunted house. Glad I am not an insect :)
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