Friday, August 10, 2007

Go into the light

To the Antony Gormley Blind Light exhibition at the Hayward.

Going in to the cloud filled box is a strange experience - you really can't see much in front of you and stumble around hoping to find the way out. The Event Horizon installation - lots of life size casts of the artist on top of various buildings across central London - is also intruging, and quite beautiful on such a pleasant evening weather.

However, I've got mixed feelings. The effect of Blind Light is similar to hill walking in low cloud/visibility or being in a really smoked filled room. It's clever, but does it make it 'art'? Similarly, I can't help but think that if an art student submitted it or Event Horizon for their final degree show...

Nonetheless, worth a look.

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