Drift
dal 29/8/2001 al 16/9/2001
Segnalato da
29/8/2001
Drift
Dilston Grove, London
A collaborative installation by Maslen and Mehra, Dilston Grove South London
Maslen and Mehra's new installation at Dilston Grove develops the themes
established in their previous collaborative projects at VOID London, last
summer, in Sydney during the Olympics and their piece exhibited at The European
Forum For Emerging Creation in Lyon in January of this year.
A collaborative installation by Maslen and Mehra, Dilston Grove South London
30 August - 16 September open to the public 2nd September Launch 6-9pm
Maslen and Mehra's new installation at Dilston Grove develops the themes
established in their previous collaborative projects at VOID London, last
summer, in Sydney during the Olympics and their piece exhibited at The European
Forum For Emerging Creation in Lyon in January of this year.
Their first collaborative installation, 'Gorge', was set in a gallery context
and transformed the space into a fictitious
landscape. Eroded rock faces created out of layers of books, some reaching over
eight feet tall from which cast resin plant forms emerged. 'Woodland' exhibited
in Sydney, was a natural progression from the London show. Maslen and Mehra
created a rolling landscape out of similar materials in a series of seven self-
contained window display units located in the centre of the city. The overall
effect was like something out of a geological text book - specimens of land
contained in giant glass vitrines. This site-specific work explored the
displacement of nature in highly populated cities and the controlled artificial
pockets of nature that you find in parks.
For Dilston Grove they are creating a series of sixty, ten foot tall,
translucent blades of grass that with the aid of fibre optics will light up and
shift colour and tone. Dilston Grove is an unusual space, it will play an
important role in this installation. Originally a church, the space is a large
open hall with the 40ft ceiling giving it a narrow appearance. The oversized,
mutated plant forms encroach the space like weeds in an abandoned ruin reclaim
the site and challenge our perception of scale. The innovative use of materials
together with the unusual context will produce an extraordinary spectacle.
A film of this installation by Alex Chappel of Decima will be on show in a
satellite exhibition at 291 Gallery (291 Hackney Rd), also a converted church.
'Drift' can be seen on one of the giant screens at this East London Location.
For screening times ring Lisa Jensen on 0207 613 5675
For further information and images or to make an appointment contact
Jennifer Mehra 07957 298029