London Tate Exhibition “No Ghost just a Shell”

The Tate galleries are always interesting in my opinion. They hold pieces of old art and design from the age of cubism, futurism, Vorticism and then have the modern exhibits. This gives me a sense of old and new coming together and seeing how the world has developed through the ages.

It was a great day and I managed to find a really interesting exhibit called “No Ghost jut a Shell” which dealt with image identity. The film and music industries, and the internet, face us with copyright questions nowadays. The project addresses those issues as well overlaps with questions about how identity and difference can be formulated today, given the current demand for the mastery of multiple individual subject realizations. It was different and fascinating to see for instance, a book with the branding of Ikea, being called ‘DIY of how to kill yourself anywhere in the world for under $ 399 by Jo Scanlon. The idea of using the a brand name that is know for it’s simple instructions is a clever and well thought idea. The best design in this, in my opinion, was the one, which included the title you can see above. To me it just symbolizes how shell have done bad things in the past and leavening a shell of a person. The concept of it is beautiful to me some how and every thought has gone to thinking where to put the text, image and paint. Great exhibition and the place it’s self is full of inspiration. Worth a visit.