We go to the Whitechapel Gallery, which is right next to Aldgate East tube, practically on top of it. This is presumably so that all the middle class people who go there dont have to experience any of the other things Whitechapel has to offer.
We see Mona Hatoum's "Current Disturbance" which is Act 3 of Keeping it Real.
It is a collection of wooden cages, kind of like battery chicken cages, built into a large wooden square which sits in the centre of the room. In each little cage is a single lightbulb. The lightbulbs go on and off, fade in and out at different times, accompanied by a single sound effect, which is meant to be the sound of electricity. It is like you might hear electricity in a cartoon. It groans as the lightbulbs go on, it quietens as they go off.
We watch the lightbulbs go on and off. It is timed so that most of the time around half of them are on. Most of the time the room is half in darkness. But then for a short time the room is completely dark, and for a short time, it is completely bright.
It reminds me of my day. There's a brief amount of time when I'm awake, bright, lit up. But most of the time I'm only half there.
see it here
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