Sherry

In the last few months the Brixtonians have woken up with paintings on the shutters of the Atlantic Road shops. They are from Malark a street artist, illustrator, skateboarder and idiot as he describes himself.

He was born in South London but he now lives between London and Barcelona where he paints, on and off street, foxes with robots, weird beasts with three eyes amongst other bits and bobs in his peculiar style.

This time of year, the London parks are packed of new year resolution joggers – and Hyde Park might very well be the most crowded one. In the midst of all the determined get-rid-of-Christmas-excess runners, mixed with the resident ducks and squirrels, you find perfectly positioned mirror sculptures by Anish Kapoor – a welcome excuse to stop running, take a panting break and take in the beauty of the park – upside down, inside out, reflected and distorted.

This is art in it’s purest, simplest form, challenging the viewer to look at the world in a new way. The installations invite people of all ages to interact with the mirrors, with their own reflections, and with the stranger next to them.

The range stainless steel sculptures is wide, each piece offering a new view, reflecting sky, water, trees and people – and the most favoured by the joggers seems to be the C-Curve– if you move on the outside of it, on the concave side – you look like you’ve fulfilled that new years resolution already.

We recently discovered the magical world of Carl Warner’s foodscapes after one of those happy accidents in a google image search. As you may well know we at Sherry have a very healthy appreciation of anything culinary, so thought we would share the love. Carl’s website showcases a variety of amazingly imaginative scenes each created entirely by food. Click here to see more.

Continuing the theme of spinning wheels, check out this excellent video by Clemens Kogler. Produced using two turntables, a bit of cardboard and some rather adept handiwork, the visual performance has been created entirely sans computer. It is a stunning example of what can be achieved with simple animation techniques and a bit of nouse. Can I get a rewiiiiiind!

As part of the Barbican Centre’s bite10 festival I went to see a fantastic performance of Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe. As a bit of an Edgar Allan Poe enthusiast I was really excited to see what this musical fable would have in store for us, especially given the rich canvas Poe created within his work. Poe, who was known as the master of the macabre, lived a life of infinite challenges all of which were beautifully dramatised for this production.

‘All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream’ seemed to be a key notion translated not only into the narrative, but into every facet of the experience the audience were witness to. The costumes were incredible, and when combined with the lighting and set design it made for an unmissable visual feast. Well worth checking out if you can.