Well well... It's been long time indeed. So much has been happening that trying to account for it all seems somewhat futile. However, I'd like to play a quick catch up with you and let you all know that I am now going into the final year of my honours degree in Art Criticism and Curation, that I've been lucky enough to chance upon several opportunities to curate exhibitions and work with some brilliant artists and that I've recently been appointed as the President of the Arts Curation & Exhibition Society at the University of the Arts London.
With that covered, I can finally arrive at the reason for today's post. For the Londoners amongst you, I trust you've all heard of the well known Israel-born designer Ron Arad and you possibly already know that this August, Arad teamed up with the Roundhouse in Camden for his larger-than-life installation Curtain Call.
If you haven't, this post is directed at you! As I can say whole-heartedly, this is by far one of the most mind-blowing thing I’ve ever experienced.
“Internationally renowned artist, architect and designer, Ron Arad has invited his favourite artists, musicians and friends to create unique work for his 360° interactive installation. Arad’s constant experimentation with materials and his radical approach to form and structure have put him at the forefront of contemporary design. For Curtain Call, he’s responded to the Roundhouse’s spectacular Main Space by creating a curtain made of 5,600 silicon rods, suspended from an 18 metre diameter ring - a canvas for films, live performance and audience interaction.”
Each day, a two hours loop plays works by Babis Alexiadis, Hussein Chalayan, Paul Cocksedge, Mat Collishaw, Ori Gersht, Greenaway & Greenaway, Gabriel & Shira Klasmer, Christian Marclay, Javier Mariscal, SDNA, David Shrigley and students from the Royal College Of Art.
Here is a little taster:
Having participated in several Curtain events and sat through the loop numerous times, I feel that Arad had truly reinvented the wheel with this work and that this is one of those rare moments where it suddenly danws on you that the course of art history has changed forever. This is no doubt the new way to see art.
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