http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/gormley/I went to see Antony Gormley's cool cool exhibition yesterday at the Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre. I love huge installation work, particularly if it's interactive and/or technically impressive -- this was all of the above. Gormley uses the body as his starting point -- his or those of others -- and experiments with spatiality (and thus somewhat with perception). The Blind Light piece was pretty crazy -- a glass box filled with fog that you can explore and walk around in. You really lose the sense of your surroundings -- after about 10 minutes it got quite disorienting.
Another really fascinating one is Event Horizon, in which 31(?) cast-iron life-size models of Gormley were placed on top edges of buildings, bridges, etc. around a 1km+ area of the gallery, so, stepping out on the roof (or even from the ground), you can see all these human figures observing you.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/may/03/art?picture=329805771Also, the Southbank Centre is really cool. But more on that later.
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