Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. This episode is about our perception of time, how memories get lodged in our minds, and how important purposeful distraction is to creativity. I discuss the exploration of time in the work of the performance artist Marina Abramovic. Plus a jarring sculpture by the American artist Henry Taylor, which brings memories crashing into the present. And I consider the latest installation by the New York-based artist Sarah Sze in a disused space in a Victorian railway station in South London. Wise words and inspiration from the renowned music producer Rick Rubin and the historian of timekeeping and antiquarian horologist Dr Rebecca Struthers.
The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.
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06/21/23 • 15 min
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