(That Mr. Prince is planning the show's installation himself is especially intriguing).
The manager, Toni Lozica, is a bit of an installation himself: 6ft 6in of bearded, long-haired SlavicV C machismo, an opera singer ("Bryn Terfel? I am always being confused with him.
Depending upon the complexity of the system,the handy homeowner can sometimes do the installation by himself, but it may take several days or even weeks to run the necessary wires.
In a series of unapologetically epic and trenchantly emotional installations, Kentridge puts himself – and his country South Africa – into a grandiose history of life, the universe and everything, reinventing the shattered perspectives of early 20th-century modernism in an original, funny and profound way.
Mr. Kalmár took the participatory directive to heart, dividing the show into four two-week installations — one orchestrated by himself, two by artists and the final one by staff members.
The last exhibition before the museum closes is an installation, by Chipperfield himself, entitled Sticks and Stones.
It is the biggest cross-arts project ever staged by the Barbican, with more than 100 artists scheduled to take part, including Olafur Eliasson, Martin Creed – who will work with dancers – and an installation by Aitken himself featuring live DJs.
Mr. Neuhaus himself preferred the term "sound installations" for the nonvisual artworks he created from electronically generated sounds emanating from an invisible source at a particular location.
(Both installations are the work of Mr. Storr, who, himself a painter, has brought some neat subliminal touches to the proceedings).
Their stories were supplemented by art installations by Michael Matchen and a dance performance by Dunn himself.
