Is This Tomorrow?
Confused exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery which invited architects and artists to respond to issues we face today. I found the show a bit hit and miss. I liked the idea it was reimagining a similar show at the gallery in 1956 and it might have been interesting to see some archive material from that as a comparison. I didn’t understand some of the installations as their descriptions were just so convoluted that I gave up trying to work through the text. I did however like the idea that the works were ‘numbered’ by symbols rather than numbers of letters. Because each installation looked at a different topic that whole thing felt disjointed however some of them did spark ideas. I loved the fact as you entered the show you were invited to walk through a sheep management system decorated with animal related objects such as dog toys and a hamster tunnel. I’m still not too sure what it meant but it was fun! It was also nice to see a work by Sir David Adjaye, the architect who...