Robert Wilson & Hans Peter Kuhn: H.G.
12 September - 15 October 1995
Clink Street, London SE1
A door opens off a forgotten London street. The room was full but now it is empty. A newspaper rests on the sidetable. The year is 1895...
You descend into the darkness below – into a subterranean expanse of deserted spaces. The cavernous interiors of The Clink Street Vaults – once the site of one of London's medieval prisons – have been transformed in time; indeed different times, from pre-history to the recent past. Above and below, there are intimations of activity, and glimpses into distant places. Darkness and light, object and sound merge to create other worlds both strange, and strangely familiar; visions both ancient and modern.
H.G. was the first ever commission made in Britain by acclaimed US theatre artist Robert Wilson and his long-term collaborator, sound and light architect Hans Peter Kuhn. It was their first major installation since their award-winning project for the 1993 Venice Biennale. Joining forces with British film production designer Michael Howells, they staged a fugitive encounter with time...
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Scenes from H.G.
Video excerpt
James Lingwood on the making of H.G.
Press coverage
About the artists
