{"id":17387,"date":"2016-10-14T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17387"},"modified":"2016-10-13T22:20:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T21:20:01","slug":"wonderful-welsh-surrealism-with-bedwyr-williams-the-gulch-at-the-barbican-curve-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wonderful-welsh-surrealism-with-bedwyr-williams-the-gulch-at-the-barbican-curve-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams&#8217; The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-01.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a fair few shows at The Barbican&#8217;s unusual Curve gallery, but The Gulch by Bedwyr Williams proved to be one of my favourites.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-02.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The installation runs until until 8th January 2017 and is most definitely worth a visit, with plenty of surprises and twists in store as you navigate the space. Entry is free.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-03.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/artgallery\/event-detail.asp?ID=18735\" target=\"_blank\">Barbican website<\/a> has a good stab at describing what&#8217;s in store:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This autumn, enter the weird and wonderful mind of Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams as he brings the Barbican\u2019s Curve gallery to life with his quest into <i>The Gulch<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Navigate a succession of surreal and theatrically staged scenes as you embark on a journey conjured by one of the contemporary art world\u2019s most exciting and innovative artists.<\/p>\n<p>From a pair of singing running shoes to a depressed hypnotist and a talking goat, Bedwyr\u2019s curious and often subversive internal dialogue plays out along the Curve\u2019s space in this fantastical installation.<\/p>\n<p>Physical and metaphorical twists and turns will guide you through the gallery and ultimately inspire you to give your own performance, one that will fill the cavernous gorge of the gulch for those following in your footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Minute observations are elevated to a monumental scale and compelling scenarios come to the fore on this intriguing and immersive journey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-04.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loved the camp fire, sea sounds and gentle\u00a0folk songs that echoes around the camp fire by the entrance to the work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-05.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-06.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-07.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-08.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shown in a corporate boardroom, Williams&#8217; film\u00a0\u2018Flexure\u2019 is a real joy to watch.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0devastatingly funny film tells the story of a Macclesfield-based New Age hypnotist who becomes addicted on his own rubbish\u00a0relaxation CDs, with the presentation accompanied by cheesy\u00a0psychedelic graphics.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-09.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visitors and invited to partake on the bongos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-10.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The microphone is linked to a talking goat (below).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-11.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-12.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-13.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A musical shoe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-14.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition ends with a short running track.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-15.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-16.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful Welsh surrealism with Bedwyr Williams' The Gulch at the Barbican Curve, London, October 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>More info<\/h2>\n<p>Bedwyr Williams<br \/>\nThe Gulch<br \/>\n29 September 2016 &#8211; 8 January 2017<br \/>\nThe Curve, 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>Sat\u2013Wed 11am\u20138pm (bank holiday 12 noon\u20138pm)<br \/>\nThu\u2013Fri 11am\u20139pm (bank holiday 12 noon\u20139pm)<br \/>\nAdmission:\u00a0Free<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/artgallery\/event-detail.asp?ID=18735\" target=\"_blank\">Barbican website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen a fair few shows at The Barbican&#8217;s unusual Curve gallery, but The Gulch by Bedwyr Williams proved to be one of my favourites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17389,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[194,456,17,193],"tags":[34,361,1499,1500,10,1501,815,1498,1194,1502],"class_list":["post-17387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-art","tag-barbican","tag-bedwyr-williams","tag-curve-gallery","tag-london","tag-surrealism","tag-the-curve","tag-the-gulch","tag-wales","tag-welsh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/bedwyr-williams-gulch-barbican-01-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-4wr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387","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=17387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17392,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387\/revisions\/17392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}