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Playing with altered perceptions, the studio utilises curtains, rails, vertical lines, horizontal surfaces, shelves, long chairs and a repeated tile
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The work of Iranian-born Switzerland-based photographer Shirana Shahbazi was a direct inspiration. Alternating between abstraction and representation, Shahbazi juxtaposes abstract geometries with natural and constructed landscapes. With these surprising combinations, surface and depth interplay with an opulent field of colour and pattern. BUREAU builds on this sentiment creating a journey through sensations, patches of colour become space-holders and blur the lines between the outside, inside and connecting realities.
From the show window to the Jeff Wall lightboxes, the user is lead through a series of unreal and “bi-dimensional” zones that concludes with the extreme intimacy of the floating water pod. The overall zany composition reminds me of the Wes Anderson like interiors of North Korea – described as a “pastel fairyland” with Origin feeling similarly otherworldly and eerie.
Intimate, calm and, in the words of BUREAU “timidly erotic”, experiencing this float centre is quite the trip, and that’s before you ever reached an actual float tank.
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