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Jeppe Hein, Follow Me Jeppe Hein's work Follow Me is an enticing mirrored labyrinth permanently sited in the University of Bristol's historic Royal Fort Gardens. Produced by Situations for the University of Bristol as part of the University's centenary celebrations, the work was opened to the public from Monday 5th October. Jeppe Hein’s work encourages playful encounters and often surprises its audiences by playing with optical phenomena, or creating scenarios in which members of the public are encouraged to interact with each other or with the artwork directly. Follow Me comprises a square formation of 76 vertical polished steel plates sited at the base of an incline leading down from the historic Royal Fort House. Entering the labyrinth, the surrounding landscape and participants are multiplied through a dizzying set of reflections. Hein was “inspired by the notion of the University as a place of learning and self-discovery." The work, he suggests, "responds to the history of the University’s site, in particular the original 18th century design of the landscape gardener Sir Humphry Repton, whose garden designs similarly sought to invoke imaginative encounters”. Download an interview between curator Claire Doherty and Jeppe Hein here (30 mins). Jeppe Hein was born in Denmark in 1974. Hein has participated in numerous exhibitions internationally including Frieze Projects at the Frieze Art Fair, London (2008); The World as a Stage at Tate Modern, London (2007); Flying Cube at PS1, MOMA, New York (2004); and the Venice Biennale (2003). Recent commissions include: Chiswick Park, London (2008); Appearing Rooms at the Southbank Centre, London (2008); and the Liverpool Biennial (2006). Hein recently participated in Channel 4’s Big Art Project. For more information on the University of Bristol’s centenary celebrations please visit http://www.bristol.ac.uk/centenary/look/art/sculpture.html |
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