Rehearsals of Floor of the Forest, 1970 by Trisha Brown.
Dancers dress and undress their way through a grid of ropes threaded through clothing and tied across a 12 by 14 foot metal pipe frame.
As an integral part of this exhibition, dancers perform three groundbreaking works by Trisha Brown every day. Taking place in the lower level with its six-metre, double-height ceiling, the BarbicanÕs gallery space echoes the large scale of the industrial lofts of SoHo, and also offers visitors the opportunity to view the performances from multiple vantage points.
Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark
Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s
Barbican Art Gallery, London 3 March Ð 22 May 2011.
Photograph by Felix Clay