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So, I had a very eventful Friday morning. It started off with lots of moaning cause I had to get up at 7:15 (instead of 8:15 like every other morning) to be in time for my very intellectual and private tour of the Anthony Gormley exhibition. (The only thought that kept me going was the fact that there is a Starbucks conveniently situated next door to the gallery...).
So let me refer you to my email of yesterday where I said that I know NOTHING of art and I'll be doing the nod-occasionally-as-if-I-know-what-they-are-talking-about. The first work of art is called Space Station.
"The idea of this temporary settlement in the architectural space of The Hayward, that has allusions to an orbiting, constructed steroid, for me begs the question about human destiny, communities and futures. And it's permanently open; it's not a desperate work. It's a question' - Antony Gormley.
Basically it's a 27-ton structure, about 4 metres high and from the wrong angle (where I was standing at the time), it is quite impossible to do the nodding thing and pretend like its beautiful or meaningful. I got such a fright upon entering the room, the voices inside my head were screaming "WOA! WHAT IS THAT?! TAKE COVER!". I calmly put on my "intrigued-intelligent" face and stood through the talk - rubbing my chin occasionally as if i'm in deep thought - after which I kinda understood what the lady was saying. If you stand at the correct angle, it looks like "...the compressed, foetal form of a human body." But that's only if you have a good imagination. But being a pisces and all, I managed to see the giant metal foetus.
Then we proceeded to the second work of art. Its called "Blind Light". If I could explain in very simple terms: It basically looks like a glass room with a big white cloud inside. You can actually go into the room!! (We were not allowed to take pics, so I've downloaded some from the net). Its an incredibly weird feeling being inside; kinda disorienting as you cannot see 10 cms in front of you! Some people might even get claustrophobic and panicky. There's also only 1 exit, so you have to kinda "feel" you way through the mist to get out. Quite funny if you're standing on the outside and watch people emerge, as the light is so blinding you cannot see a thing (from the inside out) until you're finally out. It's a bit difficult to explain. But AMAZING!! Really, really amazing!
I'm not going to go into more detail on the exhibition, but I must say that I learnt a lot and it was quite an experience! (For those of you currently in London: definitely worth it! I would without doubt go back for a second time!)
Then on the way back to work I was running down the escalator at Waterloo (Starbucks Latte in hand) and as I was reaching the bottom, this poor old man's suitcase got stuck and he fell!! I spilt half my latte on his wife in an attempt to help him up - because as you can picture, people were descending and they were just piling up at the bottom falling on top of each other (and some were trying to turn around and go back up - the escalator was moving of course)! So we pushed the emergency stop and helped him up. Shame! They must've been on their retirement-travels as they were quite old - must've gotten such a fright. I sure did!
Ok, that's enough news for one week! My weekend is pretty jam-packed again with exciting things: meeting Marcos tonight for a quick drink, tomorrow shopping and supporting LoveDJ, Sunday b'day party, Monday: CHEESE-ROLLING!! Exciting hey!
Have a fab weekend! Oh, and the BEST thing about this weekend is that it only gets dark after 21:00!! Bring on the sunshine!
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