After the Tower of London, a few of us followed Emily to the White Chapel Gallery. What I thought was interesting was that all the works (sad we only got to see a couple because of installation), were "environments" rather than a separated object. One of them, I can't remember the name, made a ton of deconstructed and overlapping doorways, filling up the whole space with them. It was even used as a stage set for performance artists. Something about it was so melancholic and mysterious, like there was some big potential for some kind of magic to happen as you made your way around, exploring, discovering the weird half-recognizable objects around on the door handle or hanging off a hinge--being denied access to enter through to the other side. Being denied that other level of existance. I find gateway symbolism to be real fascinating, I don't know if I'll ever work with the symbol myself. But I love those kinds of artworks.
We also stopped by the gallery S O, as an extra gallery. It was all experimental jewelry or utensils. I took note of the artists I was drawn to: Andreas Fabian, Christian Gonzenbach, Therese Hilbert, Lisa Walker.. My favorite piece was a delicate, tiny gold ladder with a simple white cord looped through its first step. I dont think it was even an inch tall. It was just so simple and poetic in a way. I felt it shared a thread wth the doorway work I saw in White Chapel Gallery.
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