{"id":14403,"date":"2014-04-25T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=14403"},"modified":"2014-04-25T01:09:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T00:09:23","slug":"swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-01.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-01.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-01.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-01-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located\u00a0in a dark, curved corridor\u00a0at the Barbican, Momentum\u2019 is\u00a0a fascinating\u00a0installation that makes for a wonderfully disorientating experience.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-02.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-02.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-02.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-02-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Entering\u00a0the installation\u00a0by\u00a0pushing past a pair of thick black velvet curtains, we were taken in to a world that initially appears to be completely without light.<\/p>\n<p>Although we could\u00a0hear noises, there was no means of working out what &#8211; or who &#8211; \u00a0was ahead of us, and that made for a rather uncomfortable introduction to the space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-03.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-03.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-03.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-03-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slowly, our eyes got accustomed to what light was\u00a0available, and we could\u00a0make out lines of slowly moving pin pricks of light ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Walking cautiously forward, we could gradually make out more detail, with the changing light patterns illuminating different parts\u00a0of the long curved space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-07.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-07.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-07.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-07.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-07-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we saw or heard\u00a0someone walking past, or glimpsed a figure fleetingly illuminated by the moving beams of light, while ambient sounds coming from the lights created an eerie atmosphere.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zzcVEE0SI0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-04.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-04.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-04.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-04-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With twelve\u00a0lights \u00a0moving and swaying in sequence, at times it felt like we were on a ship lost in the fog, other times like we were\u00a0being watched by a floating alien creature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-06.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-06.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-06.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-06.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-06-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although some people just charged through the installation\u00a0(occasionally crashing into other folks), it&#8217;s a great place to settle down and let your mind wander.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/swirling-mist-and-strange-shifting-lights-at-momentum-at-the-curve-barbican-london\/momentum-curve-barbican-05\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-05.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-05.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-05.jpg\" alt=\"Swirling mist and strange shifting lights at Momentum at The Curve, Barbican, London\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-05.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-05-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0spent a really enjoyable 20 minutes or so in the space, although the more our eyes adjusted to the light, the less mysterious it became &#8211; so don&#8217;t stay too long!<\/p>\n<p>Thoroughly recommended &#8211; and it&#8217;s free too!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B5FjivaKSyA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>United Visual Artists: Momentum<\/strong><br \/>\n13 February 2014 &#8211; 1 June 2014<br \/>\nThe Curve<\/p>\n<p>Barbican Centre, Silk St., City of London.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/visitor-information\/getting-here\" target=\"_blank\">Directions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours<\/strong><br \/>\nSat\u2013Wed: 11am\u20138pm<br \/>\nThu and Fri: 11am\u20139pm<br \/>\nBank Holiday Mondays: 12pm\u20138pm<br \/>\nBank Holiday Fridays: 12\u20139pm<br \/>\n*Momentum is closed for essential maintenance on Monday 28 April.<\/p>\n<p>Last admission may be earlier than the stated closing time. Please check in advance of your visit via\u00a0Twitter @barbicancentre or phone 020 7638 8891.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/artgallery\/event-detail.asp?id=15620&amp;pg=5323\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located\u00a0in a dark, curved corridor\u00a0at the Barbican, Momentum\u2019 is\u00a0a fascinating\u00a0installation that makes for a wonderfully disorientating experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17,193],"tags":[34,361,10,816,815],"class_list":["post-14403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-art","tag-barbican","tag-london","tag-momentum","tag-the-curve"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/momentum-curve-barbican-04.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3Kj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14403"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14417,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14403\/revisions\/14417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}