PETER GESCHWIND AUTOMATIc

19TH APRIL - 28TH JUNE 2008

AUTOMATIC . PETER GESCHWIND . 2006 . PHOTO: MIKAEL OLSSON

The first solo UK show by the Swedish artist Peter Geschwind will fully utilize the
scale and industrial aesthetic of The Exchange.

Western consumer culture is brought alive in an installation made of everyday household objects, construction material and power tools - all activated by sensors,
detecting the visitors movements.

At first this automated labyrinth is playful, an absurd amusement park, full of whistling and jangling noise, but as you explore deeper a darker undercurrent emerges. With projections and shadow-plays the physical room clashes with a hallucinatory, virtual world.

Automatic was originally presented at Fargfabriken, Stockholm in 2006, but has been dramatically re-worked for Penzance.

For more information about the artist, click HERE.