Mirrorcity
dal 13/10/2014 al 3/1/2015
Segnalato da
Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq
Michael Dean
Tim Etchells
Anne Hardy
Susan Hiller
LuckyPDF
Lloyd Corporation
Helen Marten
Ursula Mayer
Emma McNally
Karen Mirza
Brad Butler
Katrina Palmer
Pil and Galia Kollectiv
Laure Prouvost
Aura Satz
Hannah Sawtell
Lindsay Seers
Tai Shani
Daniel Sinsel
John Stezaker
Volumes Project
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
James Bridle
Stephanie Rosenthal
13/10/2014
Mirrorcity
Hayward Gallery, London
London artists on fiction and reality. ecent work and new commissions by key emerging and established artists working in the capital today. These artists seek to address the challenges, conditions and consequences of living in a digital age.
curated by Stephanie Rosenthal, Chief Curator, Hayward Gallery.
London is one of the world's centres for contemporary art. MIRRORCITY shows recent work and new commissions by key emerging and established artists working in the capital today, who seek to address the challenges, conditions and consequences of living in a digital age.
JG Ballard believed that reality had already exceeded the visions conjured by science fiction by the end of the 20th century. Drawing on the digital era we now live in, the artists in MIRRORCITY respond to and address this new perception of the world.
Artists have always created alternative realities but recently they have been exploring where the digital and the physical space crossover and fold into each other.
The exhibition considers questions specific to our time such as: ‘How can we navigate the space between the digital and the physical?’ and ‘What is the effect of advanced technologies on our lives?'
The engagement, innovation and complexity of the works selected for MIRRORCITY also directly or indirectly reflect the multi-faceted character of London itself.
Artists
Presenting artworks in a wide variety of media including painting, film and video, sculpture, drawing, sound and performance, artists in the exhibition are: Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq, Anne Hardy, Ursula Mayer, Katrina Palmer, Laure Prouvost, Hannah Sawtell, Lindsay Seers, John Stezaker and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
New works in MIRRORCITY are by Emma McNally, Helen Marten, Daniel Sinsel, Susan Hiller and Michael Dean. New commissions are by LuckyPDF, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, Tim Etchells, Lloyd Corporation, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Aura Satz, Tai Shani and Volumes Project.
A specially produced ‘alternative’ newspaper has been created by Tom McCarthy for MIRRORCITY. The project was conceived as a collaboration between the author and the artists featured in the exhibition. Artists have contributed a diverse and distinctive array of texts and pictures that McCarthy has edited into an otherworldly reading experience.
Image: Ursula Mayer, Gonda (film still), 2012. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam; Krobath, Vienna/Berlin. © the artist 2014.
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Opening times
Monday 12 noon – 6pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 11am – 7pm
Late night Thursday and Friday 11am – 8pm
Please note the following exceptions to opening hours:
Wednesday 24 December CLOSED
Thursday 25 December CLOSED
Friday 26 December CLOSED
Wednesday 31 December 11am – 4pm
Thursday 1 January CLOSED
Exhibition Tours
Tours of MIRRORCITY take place on Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 1pm. They are free with a same-day exhibition ticket.
Prices *Supporter Full Price £12 Standard Full Price £10.90
Booking Fee £1.75 (Members £0.00)
Concessions *Supporter Senior 60+ £11 Standard Senior 60+ £10 *Supporter Conc/Student £9 Standard Conc/Student £8