'Before We Wake' at Frameless London

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We visited Clare Luxton's new exhibition at Frameless London

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00:00Come with me to an immersive art exhibition in London.

00:02Last week I was invited to Frameless in Marble Arch to experience their immersive art galleries

00:07and specifically to see the latest addition to their artist residency program

00:10Right Before We Wake by Claire Luxton.

00:12Frameless is the largest permanent multi-sensory experience in the UK

00:16and their aim is to allow you to step inside the works of some of the world's greatest artists.

00:21Their four permanent gallery spaces invite you to interact with the art in different ways,

00:25for instance moving through pieces of abstract art

00:27and expanding landscapes to create a 3D world around you.

00:30They use classical music and movement tracking technology to heighten your experience

00:34and envelop you in the artworks.

00:36And now for some highly insightful reactions from me and my friend Declan.

00:40This is quite satisfying.

00:41This is like my ballet practice coming back in.

00:44A little bit of like a rond de jambes.

00:48Oh they do look like stupents don't they?

00:50I feel like I'm in the dressing room with Strictly.

00:51If it's all greens and blues, I'm gonna say water lilies.

00:54Yeah, back on.

00:55I knew, I knew this one.

00:58Floor's lava.

00:59Oh that's really clever.

01:04Oh my gosh.

01:05My mum said that he wanted to express curious anxiety and that's what that felt like.

01:11Oh! Subverting expectations.

01:15Frameless's blank canvas gallery across the hall is currently showing Claire Luxton's Adobe-sponsored

01:20residency show, Right Before We Wake, which explores the space between waking and sleeping

01:24using a palette of blues, greens and purples to represent relaxation, growth and introspection.

01:29The show is kind of a response to the fact that 37% of UK adults experience insomnia,

01:34with only a quarter getting the recommended eight hours a night.

01:36And in this over-connected era, we all need time for that restoration and replenishment.

01:41So there is so much like in these exhibits.

01:43They are variations on a bit of a theme.

01:45Some of them are more interactive than others.

01:47Some of them play with light in different ways.

01:48They play with music.

01:49Some of them are more abstract.

01:51Some of them have artists that you can recognise and we did get quite a lot of joy out of trying

01:54to figure out which artists we knew.

01:55So it's going to be Van Gogh's self-portrait.

01:57I know this one.

01:58It's Mondrian.

01:59Oh wait, is it Klimt?

02:00No, it's not.

02:02It is Klimt.

02:02Is it Klimt?

02:03Yeah, I don't know enough about art to say whether that's Klimt.

02:05I think it might be Klimt.

02:06Who's Klimt?

02:07Claire Luxton's installation is a really unconventional take on woods,

02:12a theme that has been founded upon throughout history.

02:14If I was going to be a dork, I'd reference Marcel Proust and his opening line of

02:18Alain Chasse du Pompierre du when he talks about that space between waking and sleeping.

02:22But I'm not going to be a dork and I'm not going to bring up Marcel Proust.

02:24Her take is different.

02:26It's slightly edgier and I think takes into account bodies more.

02:30The use of spoken word as well and colours.

02:33I think her use of colour is particularly interesting.

02:35I thoroughly enjoy the use of music throughout.

02:37There's some derriere shakers in there as well.

02:39So much to enjoy here at Frameless.

02:42After that, there was just time to whiz through the gift shop before heading home.

02:45Claire Luxton's residency is set to run until the end of June

02:48and Frameless is open 7 days a week until 6pm with some late showings available.

02:51Tickets are available at Frameless.com

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