On the 7th November I went to the Tate museum to see an exhibition titled ‘ANYWHEN’. coomisioned frm the 4th of october until the second of april.
Upon entering the main body of the museum I began looking for signs pointing me in the direction of the room where the exhibition was taking place. I quickly felt stupid as someone pointed out I was actually in the middle of it.
Parreno’s work took up the entire room from ceiling to floor. Multiple light configurations and sound environments suggesting people coming to visit in the morning would see a completely different thing and have an entirely different experience as to someone coming later that afternoon.[ntc] 
It was almost like a cinema however the movie had no actors and people sat on the floor.
‘The exhibition is conceived as an automation which guides the public through a constantly changing play of moving elements’- Phillipe Parreno
My experience consisted of sitting on the floor, the blank canvases constantly move making it feel at times like you are in a tight, closed room. The screen first showed a video of an apocalyptic nature, dark features and almost a different planet feeling. Noises like growling and deep bass sounds felt like they were coming from under the earth. It really captivated me and gave me the feeling of uncertainty and weariness. A sound portraying shimmering crystals like the sound of smashing glass along the dark floor, felt like a glimpse of hope. Suddenly the screen goes black. A light in the background accompanied by sounds of birds in the morning both escalated adjacently revealing an image in a field with the light now at the top of the hill, like a sunrise. I interpreted it almost as a nightmare coming to an end. However I was only there for 45 minutes, Parreno does mention that the entire period that the exhibition is available the scenes will be constantly evolving and feelings will be different. Ultimately, one’s portrayal of the exhibition is completely dependent on when they go as it is constantly changing, so its very difficult to give an accurate representation of his work as a whole as it ‘evolves’ during its time commissioned.
DamN DaN 