ELECTRIC BLUE                                                                                 Bargehouse (Oxo Wharf), South Bank, London.                                              

13th -30th March 2008

Open Daily - 11am-6pm
Free admission

Electric Blue is a cleverly engineered sensory and interactive art exhibition from over 30 creative and inventive national and international artists.  Artwork has been carefully selected from all over the UK and overseas.  The exhibition features light, sound and interactive installations, photography and paintings, site specific artwork, live performances and sculpture.

The exhibition is housed over four floors in the magnificent atmospheric venue of the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf on London's South Bank.  The element of surprise is around every corner and intertwined into it's many rooms.  The light and sound installations will lure you in and intrigue you by the artist's clever use of materials and media.

Dave Strang's 'Tiny Moments' which is a kinetic ice, light and sound installation is an ingenious piece of artwork that will take you unaware and shaken your senses.  Take a journey through the enchanting Dae Hun Kwon's 'Lost in the Forest', made from 1000's of carefully placed metal pieces which catch the moving overhead lighting to stimulate the serenity of trees swaying and faces hidden within, or be awakened by the thunderous resonance of Jockel's sound installation 'Nothing'.

Rik Pinkcombe's photography manipulation of landscape scenes are transfered into toy like settings and are displayed along with paintings and images that trick the eye and challenge the way in which we perceive.  The site specific artwork integrates within the environment and within the many textual layers of the Bargehouse surroundings, having a sense of its previous existence within the space.

The live performances of 'Visiting Hours' from puppeteer Brabara Fuchs is beautifully eccentric and wonderfully engaging.  The puppets are hand crafted and created by the artist.  Each performance involves audience participation and are specially catered so no two performances are the same .

Mentioned are only a few of the artworks showcased in Electric Blue, but each artist involved has thought beyond the idea of the average gallery experience, to take you away from the static of art and create an exhibition that will be alluring, stimulating and a truly unique experience.

DATES AND TIMES OF PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATION.

Barbara Fuchs 'Visiting Hours', Daily 11am-6pm from the 13th-30th March.
David Strang 'Tiny Moments', Weekdays 1.30pm-6pm Weekends 11am-6pm from the 13th-30th March.
Georgia Rodger 'Blinkers', 15th, 21st, 29th March from 1pm-6pm. 16th, 30th from  11am-2pm.  Half hour performances with half hour interval breaks.

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