On our second day, we had a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum to visit the Memory Palace exhibition.
Being in group A mean that we were the first group to go inside the Memory Palace. I found the exhibition to be highly intriguing, exiting and inspirational. I spent a long time looking at the work, reading thoroughly and paying close attention to everything. We had to remember all we saw since photography wasn't allowed. It wasn't too much of a problem for me since I thoroughly went through the room and took everything in.
Every piece of work pulled me in and kept me staring for a long time, I really enjoyed my time inside the Memory Palace and found it to trigger many parts of my mind and really get me thinking and questioning many things. It was rather disappointing that we weren't allowed to take any photographs because every piece was unique and inspirational, but on a more positive note; I'm very sure I won't forget the experience.
I can still walk through the exhibition in my mind and see everything in the room placed the way it was. The exhibition was by far the most interesting one I've been to, which makes it very difficult for me to forget it.
My favourite piece in particular were the two of the destruction of London, or the Fall of London as I commonly refer to it as. The construction of the artworks really got me thinking on it's own. It seemed like watercolour or very thin acrylic/oil pain, made in the style of a comic and places over a large illuminated surface. Trying to figure out the meaning behind them also kept me pacing back and forth. Me and a few others had gathered and were sharing ideas and discussing the meaning behind the two. Interpretations like; that's how the artist sees the city in the future by the path it's leading and a lot more.
Another piece that grabbed my eye was the comic of a prisoner; through the eyes of the prisoner. The imaged, aided by some text remain deeply within my heart and had struck a chord of emotion; the way the work is presented and the imaged were drawn not only got me connected with the character, but put me in place of the character and made me feel the pain and struggle he went through. This was possible because most of the drawings were shown from the prisoners eyes and closed up into small details as though that's what I would be thinking in place of the prisoner.
Three other exhibitions I went to, at the V&A, were: The Illustration Awards, The Art of Remembering and Making it Up- Photographic Fictions and after that; to the Serpentine Gallery.
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