>> I know I've been slacking off but like I said on my Twitter, all I could think about is dunking myself in an ice bath... or alternatively, running through a fountain like the one at Southbank... I have nothing remotely sartorial to write about when I'm wearing what are essentially shoes that appeal to the inner child... yup, the type of floral Docs that inspire hate threads on The Fashion Spot and are considered trite and 'try hard' (when did a verb and an adjective come together to become a properly established adjective?). I'm only going to say this much... they're incredibly useful for making me feel five again propelling me to run through fountains...
Anyhow, onto weightier matters... since the mind is most occupied with ice baths and fountains, an easy exhibition at the Hayward, that's heavy with largescale and literal installations made sense... 'Walking in my Mind' is on at the moment and for the occasion, Yayoi Kusama has tacked her polka dots on the trees alongside the Thames , in an astro-turfed garden and inside the gallery. Illustrator Yoshitomo Nara has reconstructed the coolest hut that mirrors his working studio. The work that astounded me the most was the room that Chiharu Shiota had constructed which was an expanse of black thread cat's cradle...each line held taut to intertwine in a super complex web that protects a circle of white wedding-like dresses in the centre. I don't have images of the actual room at the Hayward but with her past work at other galleries here... you get the picture... the cat's cradle technique is a repeated motif that crops up to different degrees...
I wonder what the dress trapped inside this entanglement of thread is supposed to represent... I'll attempt to think about it in my ice bath...
**EDIT** Ooops...gender bender mistake... I knew Yayoi was a woman but wrote 'his' but wasn't sure about Chiharu... apols...
