Colourscape x
On Saturday we headed up with friends to Clapham Common to experience ‘Colourscape’ – walk-in structures originally created by artist Peter Jones in the 70’s to celebrate colour and light.
We had no idea what to expect..to go in you’re given an overall to wear. The practical purpose is to keep track of the number of people inside, but there’s also a transformative effect, blurring everyone away from normality as if you’ve stepped into another dimension…
The first thing that happens is you lose everyone as they’re swallowed up by the multiple spaces and lured away by the colours..adults slow down..children scatter like birds..
There was also live contemporary music, adding to the air of other worldly..
In the centre was a sort of meeting point of white curves and elliptical wonder.
Where there were games on the floor for the kids to play with..
You could wander, you could sit and just be..or you could just lie and go to sleep like the husband! But slowly everyone comes back together again..
The closest thing I’ve ever come to it was the permanent light installation exhibition at Villa Panza in Italy..one of my most favourite exhibitions ever..
Totally mesmerising. It was a rarified thrill to do something utterly engrossing for the whole family involving all the senses..I loved it!
Laters, Kate x
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OMG this is so cool. Why didn’t I know about this earlier? Is it soft and spongey or more tent like? Hard to tell from the pics! x
More tent like..but it’s a round tent and sitting on grass so it’s spongey..and you can lean into the walls..it’s still there and there’s even a free concert on thursday night with a giant zorb on the pond mixed with aerial acrobats and flautists! A must I’m thinking.. xxx
ZOOOOOOOOOOORB! Ok. Sorry, got a little excited there…
Very much like on the “vintage” James Bond Movie introductions. With the color play and circles. Very cool.
You felt you were in a 70’s album cover! It was pure cool xxx
Wow! So cool.
I’m by no means an illicit drug user or advocate, but I bet that would be quite the experience on LSD. I wonder if it was created with that in mind?
It was started in the early 70’s so I’m thinking it’s highly likely..I found it a very soothing place – the colours come from the material the tents are made in and then are just lit from the sun…very powerful xxx
It looks like a very stimulating, yet relaxing place to be.
Far out man! I would have loved that!! Very trippy xxx
I could’ve quite happily spent hours in there! Very special.. xxx
How amazing! Really special. There are a couple of cool things made in the 70’s *ehem* 🙂
So cool!
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Colourscape : walk-in structures originally created by artist Peter Jones in the 70’s to celebrate colour and light.
Wow fantastic! It reminds me of another work, again from the 70s (*hehe*) by Bill Culbert, we saw at the Southbank Centre’s ”Light Show” – but not as spectacular! xxx
This looks like so much fun!
So neat. I think I would get dizzy.
This looks great! I had no idea and it’s practically on my doorstep, I hope I can catch it before it disappears.
Wow what a surreal selection of colors and structure! I really like how you can not only see the art work but walk through and experience being in its presence. Love it! 🙂 – Lena
What a trip. I love the photos of the people wearing capes. They could be stills from a sci-fi movie. Did you feel differing vibes when you entered each colour?
Wow!! That is tooo cool!
how amazing! I had to Google, wondering how big is this structure? love it – how did the music sound bouncing around?