Video installation "eyes" some of the changes that the 2012 Olympics will bring.
>From 23rd April Artist Larisa Blazic, supported by SPACE and Free Form, is projecting an exciting new video installation 205A Morning Lane onto a SPACE artists studio to mark its closure. "It is widely known that 2012 Olympic games will introduce tectonic changes in the urban tapestry of East London. What will happen to the artists studio spaces and how this affects contemporary art production are some of the questions raised in this project." Said Blazic 205A Morning Lane aims to add an extraordinary element to the cityscape and make a profound contribution to public life of LB Hackney, but also more quietly improve upon public spaces in collaboration with participating artists. It is contributing to a lively urban society, binding the screens more to the communal context of the space and therefore creating local identity and engagement. Its digital nature makes these screening platforms an experimental visualisation zone on the threshold of virtual and urban public space. As a site-specific video installation 205A Morning Lane uses the building as a projection screen to explore possibilities of temporary urban video interventions, architecture and art. It marks the end of SPACEs 205A Morning Lane studio building with two sets of visuals projected to the building's windows. First floor projection of 205A Morning Lane artists' eyes closing and second floor projection of artists eyes opening - as eyes, window to the soul ñ the metaphor for cycles - endings and beginnings. 10 Video projectors are distributed in 10 artists' studios and projecting directly onto windows from inside - out thus creating two stripes of projections on the main facade. The projected material is changed on a nightly basis (seven consecutive nights of projections) to play slower and slower motion so that at the end of projection all eyes close. The video installation can be seen each night at 205A Morning Lane, London E9 from 23rd - 29th April 2007. Private view: 26th April 2007 7-9 PM To get there: Hackney Central Station or busses 30, 48, 55, 106, 254 Map: http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=535543&y=184874&z=1&sv=535543,184874&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf http://www.e-w-n-s.net http://www.ex-centric.net With a spud, a tin box, and an elementary book on botany, there are instructive days to be spent. 337 ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
