Muybridge and Nelson

These past few weeks I've been to see various exhibitions around London with help from the fact our university is right next to the Tate Britain.

In relation to our animation project at the start of term I went to see the Muybridge exhibition which was really interesting in terms of looking at the first photogrpahy animation.

This then led me to find Mike Nelson's exhibition called Coral Reef which was a maze of interconnecting rooms with strange, fascinating and unsettling objects inside. It felt rather like a dream going through it, recognising certain aspects of things but still now knowing where you are. The most unsettling part about it for me was two rooms which were almost identical apart from a few subtle details which in a maze atmosphere can be every disconcerting.

It also felt uncomfortable when you come through to a much larger room with painting and decorating materials; it feels like you have stumbled across the backstage of the Tate but you know that can't be possible. Even the exit to the Exhibition is strange - a plain white door that makes you wonder if you've even just been there. Overall it's definitely worth a see.