Photo by Snowshot
On Friday evening I went to the launch of The Ikon’s off-site project Hey for Lubberland! at The Bond with local photographer Snowshot, who you’ve to thank for the pretty pictures.
Artists Simon & Tom Bloor decorated a canal boat with ‘design and dazzle’ camouflage, a technique I’m told was used in the First World War to confuse people watching through a periscope with their finger on the trigger. Apparently the blocks of colour and mono stripes made it difficult for enemies to tell which direction the boat they wanted to sink was travelling in.
You learn something new every day. It will be based in Brindleyplace from tomorrow (post Supersonic). If you fancy a ride on the vivid vessel look at the timetable on the Ikon website.
Photo by Snowshot
After taking a look at the boat we went over the road to Ikon Eastside to see the new exhibition from Raqs Media Collective’s exhibition When The Scales Fall From Your Eyes. It’s kind of like walking through a 3D Dali painting – there’s lots of scales that look like heads because they’re attached to clear moulds of torsos, which are sat on everyday objects like beds, photocopiers, tables, etc. Inside each set of scales are a collection little objects which you should NOT TOUCH to see the scales swing (at least that’s what I was told). Pity that, I found it that tempting my fingers were twitching. When The Scales Fall From Your Eyes is on display until 6th Sept.
