Some muses (I think all seven were there, plus a few fluorescent tubes, unilluminated in grey daylight) on a warehouse behind the OXO building, on the South Bank ... walking down here en route to the Performing for the Camera and the Alexander Calder shows at Tate Modern - the Calder was particularly spectacular, with the mobiles throwing their shadows onto the white walls. In the Turbine Hall, there's an installation that has only about six weeks to go before - well, before one can say that it's weirdly unspectacular. By Abraham Cruzvillegas, and called Empty Lot, it involves 240 soil filled planters - the soil comes from all over London - and it's a game of wait and see - what will grow? What will people plant? (had I known, I'd have at least brought a handful of sunflower seeds, and hurled them over - no Ai Weiwei porcelain imitations, but a return to nature ...). As it was, I could see some herbs, some nasturtiums, some unidentifiable weeds, and a bus pass. According to the Guardian, Chris Dercon, the director of Tate Modern, said the work was about “waiting, patience and hope” because these “are the best words to address the situation we live in today”. Well, o.k. ...
... and just in case you didn't see, earlier, my picture of Tower Bridge with a rainbow ...
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