The Anthony Gormley Blind Light exhibition was a pretty cool experience. I really do need to get out and go to more of these types of things.
There’s not that much to it, a glass box with filled with water vapour from ultrasonic humidifiers and florescent light. Nothing prepares you for how weird, surreal and disorientating it is, and makes you aware of just how much you rely on sight.
You walk in and all of a sudden, you can’t see anything more than 2 feet away from you! Stick your arm out in front of yourself and you can only just make out your hand and fingers. Being surrounded by nothing but whiteness really screws your spatial awareness and can cause you to feel claustrophic.
Wandering around trying to locate the four walls is really funny, you shuffle forwards and all of a sudden someone appears from nowhere right in front of you! As you’re shuffling about you hear all this laughter around you as people bump into each and it really makes you smile.
Luckily I was there with Hils and his mate, which made the experience more fun as you go around playing tricks on each other. I wouldn’t have fancied going into the box by myself as you could feel really alone and lost.
You get a bit damp whilst you’re in there due to the humidifers, your hair and arms pick up droplets of water which were quite pretty. It’s also quite hard to breathe at first due to the density of the water vapour.
There was also a hulking piece of metal named “space station” which was pretty impressive due to the size of it. It was precariously balanced on three points and made you wonder just how they got the thing in there!
I only had my crappy camera phone with me and only took a couple of pictures but Hils had his camera and there are more photos at his flickr photo set