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A trip to the Tate

Instead of having our usual lesson in a classroom, on this particular day, I travelled to Tate Britain. The exhibition that I saw was: Heather Phillipson: Rupture No.1: Blowtorching the bitten peach. when I had first seen the name of the exhibition, I was very confused. My initial thought was that there might be a peach on "fire", but the reality was far from that. 

The opening of the exhibition was a bunch of speakers hanging from a rope, with an array of screens showing various animal eyes. In the background, there was a colossal (possibly paper mache)sculpture of an unknown creature. As I continued walking through the exhibition, I noticed a rather peculiar sound that was playing in the background. To be honest, I  can not describe the sounds that I heard, but I remember them being really strange. I then saw a pitch-black pool filled with an unknown substance. above it was a projector flickering lights. I was slightly afraid to get too close to the pool since I was not sure of the purpose of it. 


Moving on to the last part of the exhibition, this part of the room had changed from red to blue. Pink and purple clouds were projected on the wall, with wasps "flying above". I noticed there was foil on the ground, and it made me feel as if I was supposed to be in another dimension. The room felt a bit futuristic.  At the end of the room, there was a metal "shed", filled with sand, salt lamps, and fire extinguishers hanging from above. I was still very much confused. Lastly, behind the "shed" was a projected video of a peach setting and rising over the sky as if it were the sun. 

I wish I understood the unique concept/ theme of this exhibition, but sadly I do not. However, what I did take from it was that it had something to do with nature, and I felt like different parts of nature collided into "one". Overall, despite feeling confused I did like the exhibition as it made me feel as if I was taken away from my world, and put into the world/ mind of someone else. 



References 
Tate, H (1897), Tate Britan, London, United Kingdom
 


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