This was my favourite work of the day by Mark Wallinger, where four screens showed the view driving round a roundabout in four different times of year. This was evident from the big tree which was a focus of the image. I loved how you stepped into the centre of the work, were forced to be among it before figuring out what it was about. That first minute of discovery was thrilling - dizzying also because of the constantly revolving motion.
There was another such moment of discovery from Wallinger in the room next door, where a life-size projection of a barbers shopfront seemed to be a still image. We stood looking at it for a while taking it in and then left... and then we read the handout from the front desk and immediately made our way back through the exhibition to the video... there was a clock inside the shop whose second hand moved two seconds before the video repeated. That transformation from not knowing and not seeing to seeing and perceiving was magical. It affirms to me the validity of the accompanying information...it is not a cheat sheet, it makes the work.
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