Main: The Overlook hotel from The Shining, bottom left: The MacNeil residence from The Exorcist. Bottom right: The Bates residence from Psycho
This was my favourite exhibition of the weekend! Nowhere near as famous as Anish, but I was filled with excitement and joy at this small exhibition in Dalston!
This is the first solo show of London-based paper engineer, Marc Hagan-Guirey ( aka Paper Dandy), and it consists of 13 kirigami works, each representing an iconic location taken from a cult horror film that are inspired from his lifelong fascination.
Main: The Dakota building from Rosemary’s baby. Bottom left: The fire station from Ghostbusters. Bottom right: The Addams Mansion from The Addams family
The delicate and wonderful works are displayed in coloured light boxes across two floors in the dark, very atmospheric and fit the theme perfectly! My personal favourites are The Shining and Rosemary’s baby, perhaps it’s because they are also two of my favourite horror films ( as well as Polanski‘s The Tenant).
If you want more ‘horror’ at home, you can buy the works which are sold with the light boxes, not sure if they are the best X’mas presents though…
The exhibition ends on 14th Nov, so catch it if you get the chance:
Gallery one and a half, 1 1/2 Ardleigh Road, London N1 4HS.