Mark W Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Just thought I'd put this up on here seeing as it might interest some people.Went to an art exhibition/installation thing today called 'Seizure', by Roger Hiorns. It's based in London, near Elephant and Castle.Southwark Council were demolishing a low-rise block of flats, but before they're totally demolished, Roger Hiorns was commissioned to create an art installation/exhibit inside the flats. What he chose to do was to empty the flat of all it's furniture, carpet, etc., then totally seal it off and fill it with copper sulphate. He left it like that for 2 and a half weeks, as the solution cooled and allowed 'cooling crystalisation' to take place. They then re-opened the flat, and were left with this:This is the main living area.This is the bathroom/shower room.When you go there, you get given some thick gloves and some wellie boots, then you can just cruise around this flat and check it all out. It's totally free to enter/go around/do whatever.This obviously isn't going to be for everyone, but yeah, if you're around London and you're bored, it's well worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Looks funky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Any more info on exactly how to get there, and how long its open for? A website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gray Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 looks like the inside of those rocks that have crystals in, maybe irony putting that inside some flats i donno lol looks ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Can't appreciate it from photo's i bet! Looks mental though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 They should of left the toilet so he could do it on there too.But as said above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Manual Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 151 – 189 Harper Road, London SE1Description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoby Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 (edited) Any more info on exactly how to get there, and how long its open for? A website?Take me, for a day out, we not had one of them for a while . Edited September 25, 2008 by Smoby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I'm into that shit.Normally when people mention art I think of stupid sculptures in city centres that cost a few hundred k, look shite and serve no purpose. This is actually pretty interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 If I had a scanner, I'd scan the catalogue for it 'cos they have Rob Hiorns "In conversation" with the director of ArtAngel and he explains the reasoning, technique, and so on. It's pretty nuts - he'd never done anything this big, so they didn't know if, after the 2 1/2 weeks were up, they'd have a room full of silt or sweet crystalisation. Danger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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