LENS: 18 Feb 2012 – London. Tate Modern. 4 YRS.

(Click on an image to view the gallery)

The 18th February 2008 was the official date that Rache and I ‘got together.’

The 2012 edition of this special date saw us literally Singin’ In The Rain and feeding our creative juices at the Tate Modern. Let’s be honest, if you head into London, you’d be providing yourself a mistreatment if you don’t make a bee-line for the dull, yet eye-catching chimney of the old Bankside Power Station.

The main attraction at the Tate Modern, I.e the exhibition you have to pay for, was a Japanese artist called Yayoi Kusama. Rache and I decided to leave the £10 charge per person, got the vision for the exhibition and were inspired that way instead. However, if you want to stick colourful stickers on a wall, please go ahead.

The spacious Turnbine Hall was used for a captivating film installation by Tacita Dean. The huge, elongated screen displays a seemingly random, unrelated montage of video forcing you to sit and think why this piece of art is drawing you in. What made the experience all the more intriguing and unique were the shadows created by curious children exploring their shadows and shapes. I’d love to have sat their all day watching and basking but we had a show to get to…

…Singing’ In The Rain – what a glorious feelin’!

Creative Collaborations

The weekend just gone has been amazing. We spent it with our fabulous friend Samuel Nudds. It was a time of sharing & bringing about creativity and also for the planning of our STOP.LOOK.LISTEN. exhibition. It has definitely got me excited, Things are really shaping up and coming together and the work is really starting to speak. This weekend was the first time that we’ve had all the work laid out as a collective and have started to envision what the whole thing might shape up to look like. I am excited to see how the pieces will develop over this next month.

Here is a sneak peak of the progression so far ! ….

STOP.LOOK.LISTEN.

STOP.LOOK.LISTEN. is, on the face of things, an art and music exhibition.

Underneath the surface it’s an opportunity for people to express their creativity.

Rachel and I have been learning what it looks like to work together since we married each other on 24th July 2010. This has worked its way into our creativity and also into the friendships that we are trying to keep fresh and alive.

STOP.LOOK.LISTEN. gives us the opportunity to bring all these things together.

Our desire this that we can create a place where we can come together as friends, old and new, and share with each other our passions and creativity.

Rachel and I are going to be exhibiting and showing off our art and music becuase that is what we know best. If we were awesome at ballet im sure we’d create a place for that.

We have joined together with our friends Samuel Nudds http://samuelnudds.wordpress.com/ (who designed these awesome invitations that should be in the post to most of you) and Tom Ensom (all round creative genious) to offer you a night of people coming together, sharing their passions for creativity.

This isn’t going to be the last event.

We want to provide a platform and a stage for people to show off and use the gifts and talents that we have.

Never put your light under a dirty bucket.

We hope you can join us on Sat 30th April for a time of community and creativity (and puddings).

Let us know if you have any questions through our facebook event, profile pages or email darrenallwright@gmail.com.

STOP.

LOOK.

AND.LISTEN.

[D.P.A.]