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