A couple of days in
London to see in the beginning was the
end, an immersive site specific theatre piece. Held in abandoned spaces under
Somerset House the work was a labyrinthine broken narrative exploring
exploration, science, invention and global trade in scientific ideas, very good with some
moments of darkness interspersed with naked wit.
Some visual recommendations
– Schwitters at the Tate was meaningful and often beautiful http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/schwitters-britain but not Lichtenstein which was just very bad.
.... some of the worst sculptures I have ever seen. The real joy is the Merce
Cunningham the dance projection in the oil tanks http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tanks-tate-modern/eventseries/tanks-art-action. Běla Kolářová at Raven Row was superb – http://www.ravenrow.org/current/bela_kolarova/
intricate collections of small objects and wonderful photographs that show
collections of objects - the whole display is delicate and thoughtful. Bernadette Corporation at the ICA presented an
interesting way of doing things. An overview of how a group of people got
together, using fashion as a model along with corporate language to disseminate
ideas, strangely it felt like punk would of looked like if it had of started in
the 90s. http://www.ica.org.uk/?lid=35536 An odd
but vast number of eccentric puppets at the curve gallery by Geoffrey Farmer: The Surgeon and the Photographer http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=14389. Finally a 360 projection by Charles Atlas at
the Bloomberg space that dances with a wonderful rhythm within the space whilst
meditating on the power and abject beauty of global capitalism http://www.bloombergspace.com/artists/current/charles-atlas-2/
