The Converse x Dazed Emerging Artists Award
Interesting exhibition at the Royal Academy for the winners of this prize for unrepresented artists not currently in education. Each winner was awarded £1000 towards the production of new work created for this exhibition. You walked in to an installation by Jonathon Trayte called “The Shoppers Guide” which was full of facsimiles of food piled high and acting as a commentary on over production of food. They were very real looking and yet as you looked closer the items were in slightly odd colours and giving a look of decay. To the right of this was a wonderful interactive video installation by Lawrence Lek showing a version of the Royal Academy building repurposed as a high-end estate agent complete with Anish Kapoor sculptures and a helipad! You could navigate your way round it or just let it run. Really fascinating if you know the building well and made you look at the space around you again. To the far left of the gallery was another installation by Tamsin Sno...