So this Saturday passed, I was lucky enough to stumble across this magnificant pop-up pandora's box - The installation of Paradise Syndrome, curated by Peana Projects. Located in Williamsburg, 661 Driggs Avenue to be exact, a converted abandoned warehouse had been transformed into a microcosm of art, showing the ever contesting competition of industrialism vs. nature. The given title "Paradise Syndrome" is indeed a condition one feels when at the highest point of paradise - for example, wealth, they feel they can achieve no more.
I have to say, since seeing this exhibition, it has been playing on my mind. As we passed the entrance, we thought it was just an abandoned site, or even some kind of quirky fashion launch that as students, we wouldn't be allowed to enter. However, as we walked in, the sense of peace juxtaposing again the rough, distorting building materials made the introductory experience slightly chilling, but in a way that takes you from your current 'just been for brunch on a saturday' mode to working out the relationship between the greenery and colour against the industrialism and raw materials. It was almost the thought of life against the dead, the idea of paradise (the life in the greenery and calming minimalistic arrangement) against the the 'dead-end' landscape, that stops you in your track.
It was an incredibly enlightening experience, and the overall achievement of creating an emotion and an atmosphere, aswell as a beautiful and invigorating exhibition, is definitely one I wish to experience in the future.
(http://www.peanaprojects.com/projects/2015/10/14/paradise-syndrome)
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