Bedwyr Williams: The Gulch

This autumn, Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams sends visitors on a quest through the 90-metre long Curve gallery for his first solo show in a public space in London. The gallery is transformed into a series of theatrical installations conceived to transport and disorient the viewer. Taking the vertiginous gorge-like form of the Curve as his starting point and title, Williams plays on the winding, linear nature of the space. He subverts any expectation of conventional narrative by creating a series of physical and metaphorical twists and turns. Gallery visitors descend into the space, navigating from one seemingly disparate scene to the next on a journey that summons surreal visions and imagined plots. From a pair of singing running shoes to a depressed hypnotist and a talking goat, visitors are confronted by various protagonists and in turn find themselves invited to stage their own performances.