Yoko Ono - Odyssey of a Cockroach

'Ono has pulled off a difficult and delicate task, creating a highly theatrical mise en scene that makes the viewer feel personally involved rather than overwhelmed' Time Out, NY Odyssey of a Cockroach is an installation that takes the form of a theatrical mise-en-scene , the experience of a cockroach as it makes its way through the city of New York. But more than that, 'it's a phantasmagorical passage through time - specifically the last century' NY Time Out. In Odyssey of a Cockroach, walls are covered with billboard-size colour photographs of gritty urban scenes - a bloody crime scene, a bombed-out building, a starving child. Towering sculptures depict similarly unsettling subjects - a six foot rubbish bin overflowing with plaster body casts, an enormous replica of a human rat trap, and hundreds and hundreds of old discarded shoes, the owners long forgotten. Describing the genesis of this project, Yoko Ono says: 'I have taken various pictures of the city's corners and presented them from a cockroach's point of view. Through the eyes of this other strong race, we may learn the true reality of what our dreams and nightmares have created. I invite you to join me on this odyssey.' The exhibition is an offsite project, which will be held in a 3 storey gallery space at: 14 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW. (Nearest Tubes: Angel/Old Street) Odyssey of a Cockroach was first seen at Deitchs Projects, New York, 2003. Pressetext

Yoko Ono - Odyssey of a Cockroach
Ort: ICA East - 14 Wharf Rd N1