Quite a few walks, presentations, exhibits and art installations have taken place at the weekend and in the run-up to last week to commemorate 350 years since London burned in 1666. I've got quite a busy schedule at the moment and have not been able to see all of the exhibits that I wanted to see, but I did do a few. This post covers the art installations that were shown for the Great Fire 350 event held.
Fire Garden at Tate Modern: The French company Compagnie Carabosse are known for their art installation featuring fire and metal structures. I've seen them before, and they were in the grounds of Tate Modern on the South Bank for four nights.
Martin Firrell St. Paul's Cathedral Flames: Flames are projected onto the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral for four nights. This is the work of Mark Firrell. The original St. Paul's was destroyed in the fire before Christopher Wren built the new one we have today, which luckily survived other fires and World War II.
Of All The People in the World: I was unable to see this, but grains of rice were weighed out to represent the number of statistics in the world, such as how many people perished in an event or how large a poplation is. The artistic group behind this installation is known as Stan's Cafe. This was held at Inner Temple.
Dominoes: I've already covered this but was gutted that I was unable to go. This art installation featured trails of brick dominoes set up across the City of London, which toppled. It shows the effect of the fire. The group behind it is Station House Opera.
Holoscenes: Created by Los Angeles-based 'Early Morning Opera', this installation features the conflict that we have with water in today's world. It shows the performers put into a cube of water to complete day-to-day tasks, which require adapting to the water.
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