"Held on board of a capsule of the EDF Energy London Eye, this workshop on non-linear space and time combines live aerial views from the EDF Energy London Eye with the use of optical and perceptual devices designed by Pedro Lasch.
The artist will discuss London's historical role - as the heart of a naval empire, and the place that set the global clock by Greenwich Mean Time - as the leading manufacturer and exporter of rational, linear time. As this workshop unfolds during the London Eye's ascent and descent, consideration of key London landmarks in the history of time are contrasted with a collective experiment against the temporal linearity they have instilled.
Participants use mirror masks - 8inch x 11inch mirrors with holes for eyes and mouth - designed by Lasch to intervene in individual, social and historical habits of perception and thought.
" - http://www.wideopenschool.comFlaneur - detached observer. The arcades project - Walter Benjamin. Philosophical tool / toy.
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