Eyebrow Arts @ NAC
Laughter and delight.
An intimate gathering took place at The Norwich Arts Centre on St. Benedicts Street the other night to celebrate the Eyebrow Arts collective. Guests were greeted at the door by a glass of Prosecco and plates of canapes. Kick-starting the show was a poem showcased on the left wall as you entered the door to the centre. It introduced the viewer to an alternative persepctive of language, one of momentum and fluctuation. Visceral language was used to depict the scene as it prepares you to embrace other mediums of communication. The exhibition was about exploring communication in a more subjective manner; it's been designed to cultivate the meaning of lanugage and define new boundaries for ways in which humans can interact with one another and the world around them. The show was playful and interactive, drawing upon the viewer's senses and exploring the relationship this creates between artist, reader and subject.
Each piece was designed to tantalise a different sensation. Some required voice, others require touch or sight. The collection was about living in the moment by encouraging the audience to play and interactive with the display, they are held in the present and made to think about the things before them. One particularly hypnotising piece was the film that demonstrated two hands moving across a page, following the lines beneath them. There was something tranquil and personal in watching them explore the page, and you observed an interaction that you would not otherwise obtain if it had simply being drawn or spoken. It is this insight that really made this exhibition intriguing, as it offered up some exciting points and surprising results.
Something as simple as pulling some wings from a wall and flapping them in the air can change the ways in which we see and feel the work before us, and I think this was the big point that this collective was trying to make. It was an exhibition that in many ways challenged a lot about how we as people engage with and relate to the world. It encouraged the individual to involve themselves personally with the art and use all their physical sensations to create something that is quite beautiful and fun to mess with.
The opening night was a joy, and the smal intimate gathering made it a close knit personal affair full of laughter and delight, which seemed the perfect atmosphere for this art to be contained within. After all, it was what this show is all about.
