BARBICAN LIFE
R EVERYWHERE
and mysteriously, dry. It takes a leap of faith to walk into the heavy rain, and it really is quite a downpour, to try it for yourself. Even when you know, or guess, that this is working by sensors and clever technology, the experience is still extraordinary. It is, at once, both exhilarating and disconcerting to see and hear the rain all around you and yet remain dry as you walk through it. On my visit I saw people reacting in so many different ways, some tentative, some rushing in, others twirling around with arms outstretched, most getting a photo on their phone and a few just standing, palms turned up in wonder. After the very wet summer we have had, it is no surprise that we are most charmed by the rain when we can control it.
Rain Room is a great show, beautiful and surprising in equal parts. And best of all, free.
Notes and Warnings Due to its popularity be prepared to wait a while for entry to this show. As this magazine goes to press the wait is 2 hours on a weekday and 3 hours at the weekend but check the Barbican Centre’s website for updates on queuing times. Be sure to get there well before closing time as you may not be allowed to join the queue if there are too many visitors already waiting. Only a few people are allowed in at any one time and once they are admitted it seems like they are having too good a time to be in any hurry to exit the gallery. It is worth the wait.
You may come out very slightly damper than when you went in (the technology works less well at the very edges of the field of rain), so don't wear something that would be damaged by a few drops of water. Flat shoes are recommended.
Open until 3rd March 2013 Rain Room Random International The Curve
Barbican Centre London EC2
www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/
Opening times: Daily 11am - 8pm and every Thursday LATE until 10pm, Admission: FREE
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