Conrad Shawcross: Chord

Time, fate and rope in a disused Central London subway

by Josh SperoFriday, 09 October 2009

Is site-specific the new collaboration? What I mean by this is that where it was once the fashion for artists and dancers (think Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham) or film directors and opera houses (Anthony Minghella and the ENO) to mix art forms, now it is fashionable to have work inspired by and installed in a particular place.

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