A truly lovely wedding in London (you know who you are) was
a great excuse to see some exhibitions - 180
The Strand has an awesome VR piece by Gormley
and Natarajan. One of the most
comprehensive, all-encompassing experiences I’ve ever had - bouncing on the
moon was a highlight, the effect of the equipment totally controlling my
movement was dizzyingly wonderful. http://www.thestores.com/london Norah Keil at the ICA was a little underwhelming, although the audio guide was a good
idea. Soft Opening, a window space
at Piccadilly underground station had some nice fans by Jonathan Small. Alison
Jacques had a beautiful visual conversation between Donald Judd and John Wesley.
The stylish fashion photography at Somerset
House by Moon and Ng was intriguing. The Serpentine had Hito
Steyerl’s stunningly technological florals and Emma Kunz’s mesmerising geometric doodles - both beautiful but
strangely unimportant, there was just so much of it. I recommend the truly
excessively layered work of Christian
Marclay at White Cube, Masons
Yard. https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/christian_marclay_masons_yard_2019 Haegue Yang at South London Gallery has some work with blinds last see in Venice
in 2009. Franz West at Tate Modern was a mixed bag. As is
often the case of these huge retrospectives of men there are many uncomfortable
pieces - unsure if different times is an acceptable excuse.
Got to see the Bloomberg
space to check out the Roman Temple of Mithras recreation. If you consider
the whole thing as an elaborate art trick rather than a rather misguided
over-sold archaeological one it makes the whole experience so much more
interesting.
Fleabag was a gem, Destroyer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7137380/?ref_=rvi_tt is
so beautiful but pay attention the screenplay has a beautiful twist if you can
get past the general intentional grime of the films tone. Escape Room was a rush of WTF moments but inevitably the ending was
fairly signposted.
