The Sky is Falling - CCA Glasgow

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Sat 01 Apr 2017 - Sun 14 May 2017

The CCA's latest exhibition, The Sky is Falling, will leave you walking down Sauchiehall street far more alert to the sights, sounds, and sociopolitical struggles of Glasgow's urban development than you ever were before.

The Sky is Falling approaches the idea of the 'city' from all angles and from all over the world through a collection of different artists' works, both past and present. Although the exhibit temporarily transports you to distant places like Brasília, Calcutta, and Detroit, it encourages you to explore your own city from an alternate frame of mind.

The exhibition space is curated with the works of five artists, each using very different mediums. Three installation pieces, however, are particularly potent.

Multimedia artist Clara Ianni's short film, Free Form (2013), presents a series of audio interviews with the chief architects of Brazil's capital city, Brasília. The film is simple in presentation and forthright in its implications.



Another film, Twilight City (1989), is equally hard-hitting in its message. In this film, directed by Reece Auguiste in collaboration with the Black Audio Film Collective, poetic narration meanders through the streets of London and weaves between bursts of direct, sociopolitical commentary. It is a piece as beautiful as it is ominous.



Similarly, psychogeographer Laura Oldfield Ford creates powerful contrasts in her installation, incorporating spoken words and techno soundscapes into her work. Oldfield Ford generates a sensory story of Glasgow's Gorbals; she creates a mood that makes you feel desperate, frustrated, determined, and hopeful, all at the same time. It's best to stand in the corner of this installation, close your eyes, and listen.



Although these three installations are the ones that will probably occupy most of your time at the exhibition, there are quieter pieces that help balance out the programme. Clara Ianni's Class Drawing series; Dora Mejía's Wandering Stars and Garden of Eden cushion grid; and Carol Rhodes' painting and drawings are less vocal about their message. This is a refreshing aspect of the exhibition, which otherwise runs the risk of overwhelming its audience.



The Sky is Falling will be held in the Centre for Contemporary Art's exhibition space until the 14th of May and will make you reconsider all you thought you knew about cities. If you are left wanting even more, there is an accompanying reader available for purchase at the CCA.

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