Exhibition

EDGELAND | DNALEGDE

29 Oct 2015 – 5 Nov 2015

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The Gallery is open 10-5 Wednesday to Thursday and during White Rabbit restaurant's opening hours. Book a table and enjoy the show privately.

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Free

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Rough print

London, United Kingdom

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Exploring the themes of Symmetry, Light & Shade in conjunction with Regeneration, Gentrification & Redevelopment.

About

‘Edgeland’ reviews Crabtree and Dent’s work over the last year. A journey of exploration into housing estates built post WWII in London. Most of the sites that they visit are Brutalist; the architecture provides the perfect foundation for light to intercept its cold, harsh structures creating shadows that are fragile, contrasting the permanent physicality of the constructions; which are determined by the hour in the day and strength of the light. These moments are captured on camera. Crabtree and Dent seek to see beauty or uncover unseen territory in places often deemed as toxic.

The results do not directly address the complicated issues that arise politically, due to the formal abstract tendencies of their visual language but this does not mean that these issues are ignored.

The estates that they have focused on are Broadwater Farm, Alexandra Road Estate, Thamesmead and Woodberry Down, all of which have a different story to tell; their concrete weight sitting on London soil, providing thousands of homes but dividing many. Thamesmead was the furthest they travelled to and the most isolated yet Woodberry Down was on their doorstep but they barely knew it existed. A factor that ties all of these places together is the uneasy quietness.

What this on-going project has made Crabtree and Dent realise is that they must stop, look, see and engage with their surrounding and they invite you to do the same.

 

 

 

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Flavia Dent

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Flavia Dent

Helena Crabtree

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