AUGUST art
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03 May - 30 May
In the void that is the re-construction site of a former Victorian-era warehouse in central London, international artist Aeneas Wilder creates a self-supporting structure out of hundreds of pieces of wood. Typical of his work, the installation is created out of balance and tension. Untypically - for Wilder usually destroys his work ceremonially upon completion - the installation will be allowed to stay up until it collapses, as and when. A live webcam feed will be projected in the gallery, of the installation and the builders going about their work, until the installation collapses.
Aeneas Wilder’s work can be read as about identity and architecture. About self-built monuments that create institutional identities, and how they get challenged by time. About how we read our bodies, relative to our environment: protected and sheltered, or humble and vulnerable. In this proposed work, we overlay another dimension: the physical (the work exists) and the virtual (we can only see it through a webcam feed
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Contemporary art hybrid space focusing on experimentation and cross-cultural links.
224 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6PJ
020 7354 0677
info@augustart.co.uk
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Shoreditch House
Opened in June 2007, Shoreditch House occupies the top three floors and roof of a renovated warehouse in London’s East End. Its rooftop space has recently been extended with the addition of the Garden and Lazy Lawn
Ebor Street Shoreditch, E1 6AW
(0)20 7739 5040
reception@shoreditchhouse.com
http://www.shoreditchhouse.com