PREVIEW: Anna Adahl - Common Patterns

Currently on display at the CCA Derry-Londonderry is Common Patterns.

An exhibition by Swedish artist Anna Adahl, Common Patters examines the conditions of the ‘mass ornament’, a concept by Siegfried Kracauer in which he created theoretical methods of analysing circuses, photography, films, advertising, tourism, city layout, and dance.

Anna explores the Mass Ornament in her own work where she looks at how urban patterns and the choreography of our own bodies within the city shape our behaviour and status.

Using video, sculpture and readymade objects which may be associated with control, order, decoration and display, the exhibition also acknowledges the gallery space and incorporates the relationship with the viewer making them interact with the exhibit.

Common Patterns opens on 6th June, and will also incorporate a walking tour and conversation in which Anna will speak to Declan Hill of the Forum for Alternative Belfast.

Common Patterns by Anna Ådahl opens at the CCA Derry-Londonderry on 6th June from 7pm to 9pm, with the walking tour taking place at 6pm. The exhibition will then run until 25th July.

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