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teuchter said:
I know they've done that in the past, but as far as I can see there is no offer at the moment. The most recent one on the tfl website is from last year -

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/microsites/oysteroffers/museumGallery/theHayward/


(However, on that page I see there are some other offers including one for somerset house that I'd quite like to see, so thanks!)
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here you go:

http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/psych...e-by-artists?gclid=cise_ya95jmcfqppqgodggovza

you have to print the voucher and travel by overground train i think, although the guy at the tate once told us that in reality the most important thing is the voucher...
 
Onket said:
I'm planning on going back & doing this.

And going in the top half of the big plastic ball thing.
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Yeah, they wouldn't let us in the top of the ball thing because it was too close to closing time. In any case apparently it's a "lucky draw" to see who gets to go up there, so it wouldn't be guaranteed that you'd be able to.
 
I heard that too, but I was thinking of just trying to time it right, when there's only a few people around. It was closed when we went cos it was a bit wet.
 
went last week, liked the dolls houses, and the globe thing, although didn't have the chance to roll around on top of it as it was a bit rainy:( couldn't be arsed queueing for the boat thing - liked the squatted place - reminded me of some flats i'd been into after tenants left:D
 
Went today, it was cool. I liked the dolls houses and the metal tunnel and the boating lake and the film about the beams in concrete and some of the film about the scary claustrophobic house but gave up before the end of that. Ran out of time.
 
pah!

i went the other day and thought it was contrived shite. i just didnt get it.
i liked the tent with the films in, liked the plywood on the walls, that was the mosgt interesting thing in there.
i liked the coloured paper on the wire because that was quite cosy and atmospheric.
i liked the house with the explosive stuf in, more specifically i liked the bathroom door and the suspended splinters which gently moved when people passed, that was nice
that was all.
i liked my friend getting told off for making too much noise in the tunnel :D

i didnt like the staff because they seemed to follow us round because we had a child, probably assuming he would touch things and whatever. he didnt but my friend got told off more than once for inappropriate conduct.

also, the game that they were supposed to have for kids and was mentioned in their ads and website was not forthcoming, had to go and enquire sepertely about it and it turned out they didnt have a spinner to go with it so he couldnt play the game :rolleyes: the map was good though. we're going to colour it in.
 
Onket said:
Films? :confused:
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The two films I saw were one where the guy filled a pit with cement then dropped about 30 iron girders into it from a height, which looked like a fun, if expensive hobby and another where some mentalist has spent 20 years turning his house into a labyrinth. It looked exceedingly claustrophobic and I would think 5 minutes in there would have most people in a panic.

Funnily enough, the paper on chicken wire columns bit was my least favourite. Apparently 'your path is influenced by the walls'. You don't say. Not like in my flat where walls and doors influence my path not one jot.

Oh, I forgot about the Korean house that crashed into the american one. I liked that.
 
quimcunx said:
Funnily enough, the paper on chicken wire columns bit was my least favourite. Apparently 'your path is influenced by the walls'. You don't say. Not like in my flat where walls and doors influence my path not one jot.
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This is kind of what I thought too.

In fact it prompted a rant to my companion about the amount of nonsense written on many gallery "information" boards which often just contain the subjective opinion of some curator or the other but presented as fact.
 
Onket said:
I don't think I saw that then.
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Sounds good though :)

ShiftyBagLady said:
i went the other day and thought it was contrived shite. i just didnt get it.
i liked the tent with the films in, liked the plywood on the walls, that was the mosgt interesting thing in there.
i liked the coloured paper on the wire because that was quite cosy and atmospheric.
i liked the house with the explosive stuf in, more specifically i liked the bathroom door and the suspended splinters which gently moved when people passed, that was nice
that was all.
i liked my friend getting told off for making too much noise in the tunnel

i didnt like the staff because they seemed to follow us round because we had a child, probably assuming he would touch things and whatever. he didnt but my friend got told off more than once for inappropriate conduct.

also, the game that they were supposed to have for kids and was mentioned in their ads and website was not forthcoming, had to go and enquire sepertely about it and it turned out they didnt have a spinner to go with it so he couldnt play the game the map was good though. we're going to colour it in.
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yeh we found the staff a bit tetchy about you getting near to any of the 'exhibits' :rolleyes:

Shame you didn't enjoy it, it wasn't really about 'getting' anything, it's just meant to be interesting and fun.

Contrived - well yeh it is. But then you could argue nearly all art's contrived :D

I'd complain about the game thing, maybe they'll give you some free tickets? ;)

quimcunx said:
The two films I saw were one where the guy filled a pit with cement then dropped about 30 iron girders into it from a height, which looked like a fun, if expensive hobby and another where some mentalist has spent 20 years turning his house into a labyrinth. It looked exceedingly claustrophobic and I would think 5 minutes in there would have most people in a panic.
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I love the sound of that :cool:

quimcunx said:
Funnily enough, the paper on chicken wire columns bit was my least favourite. Apparently 'your path is influenced by the walls'. You don't say. Not like in my flat where walls and doors influence my path not one jot.
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So you didn't get lost in the paper and chicken wire? It was pretty maze like to me.

Agree that a lot of stuff written on cards in galleries is bullshit, it shouldn't need explaining, but that's not what it sounds like here, maybe it's been taken too literally, I dunno.
 
teuchter said:
This is kind of what I thought too.

In fact it prompted a rant to my companion about the amount of nonsense written on many gallery "information" boards which often just contain the subjective opinion of some curator or the other but presented as fact.
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Sometimes I quite enjoy them, poncified nonsense that they often are. And occasionally making up my own.

And I didn't find myself lost in it either. I was a bit annoyed at having to revisit it after climbing up the tunnel, which I enjoyed despite not feeling like I'd rebirthed, the first and second times.
 
quimcunx said:
Sometimes I quite enjoy them, poncified nonsense that they often are. And occasionally making up my own.

And I didn't find myself lost in it either. I was a bit annoyed at having to revisit it after climbing up the tunnel, which I enjoyed despite not feeling like I'd rebirthed, the first and second times.
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I thought that tunnel was shit! :D

Interesting article Stanley. Start another thread so we can argue! :)
 
zenie said:
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Interesting article Stanley. Start another thread so we can argue! :)
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:cool:

I'll save it for late evening with a little red wine brain lubricant. Off to do some performance sketching shortly. I may even put a little placard of pretentious words alongside my paper as I draw.
 
Get Involved said:
did they actually ask for the overground train tickets? going on friday and won't bother getting train tickets if i don't need to....
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They looked at the voucher like it was from an alien planet and then shrugged and gave us the two-for-one price.

If challenged about train tickets, you can just say that your train ticket was eaten by the ticket barrier at whatever station you claim to have arrived at. That is what would happen anyway, even if you did buy a ticket.
 
teuchter said:
They looked at the voucher like it was from an alien planet and then shrugged and gave us the two-for-one price.

If challenged about train tickets, you can just say that your train ticket was eaten by the ticket barrier at whatever station you claim to have arrived at. That is what would happen anyway, even if you did buy a ticket.
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good point! Cheers.
 
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