Atomic Light (installation view) by David Blandy at the John Hansard Gallery Reece Straw/David Blandy
David Blandy
John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, UK
Until 6 May
ONE of four short films by video and installation artist David Blandy, called The Edge of Forever, opens with a mournful panning shot of Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex. A less apocalyptic place is hard to imagine: Cuckmere is one of the most ravishing spots in the south-east of England. Still, the voice-over insists we contemplate “a ravaged Earth” and “forgotten peoples” as we watch two children exploring a post-human future.…
