Last Friday (or the Friday before), I spent the afternoon wandering the Tate Modern. It was cold and gray and wet outside. The perfect weather for exhibit viewing. The Tate Modern was built in an old power plant (or energy factory as my friend Lucas calls it). It was never intended to be a museum, rather the owners planned to use it to house excess art from the Tate Britain.
construction outside the museum. everywhere you look in London something is being built or renovated.
The entrance is cold and industrial. And spacious. There are no seats, only hard concrete floor.
These photos are by Simpyn Gill. They are part of her "Dalam" series. She traveled through Malaysia and knocked on the doors of strangers asking if she could photograph their living spaces. All of the photographs are of the main living area, using natural light, and without any inhabitants pictures. Beautiful work.
I also bought a ticket for the exhibit "Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera". It was a very interesting exhibit discusing the boundaries between art and voyeurism and the development of the paparazzi. But by the time I left the exhibit I felt overexposed; both in the sense that I had seen to much and that too much of me had been seen. The exhibit was probably the best exhibit I've ever seen. It effected me and I spent the rest of the day thinking about it.
construction outside the museum. everywhere you look in London something is being built or renovated.
The entrance is cold and industrial. And spacious. There are no seats, only hard concrete floor.
These photos are by Simpyn Gill. They are part of her "Dalam" series. She traveled through Malaysia and knocked on the doors of strangers asking if she could photograph their living spaces. All of the photographs are of the main living area, using natural light, and without any inhabitants pictures. Beautiful work.
I also bought a ticket for the exhibit "Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera". It was a very interesting exhibit discusing the boundaries between art and voyeurism and the development of the paparazzi. But by the time I left the exhibit I felt overexposed; both in the sense that I had seen to much and that too much of me had been seen. The exhibit was probably the best exhibit I've ever seen. It effected me and I spent the rest of the day thinking about it.
I've always wanted to see the Tate, must go when I visit you in London!
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The Simpyn Gill exhibit looks/sounds so interesting! Wish I could see it for myself!
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