Greta Alfaro, A Very Crafty and Tricky Contrivance (2012). Black and white photograph© Courtesy Greta Alfaro
In a ghostly derelict Grade II-listed London building, a rat scurries around. A video camera has been attached to it via a harness, its lens beaming back Edwardian office workers as they go about their business.
The installation is the work of the young Spanish artist Greta Alfaro, created as the final part of a £20,000 scholarship she won as a first-year student at the Royal College of Art. And in a second rodent-based installation, footage recorded by the creature inside a rat-scale recreation of a similar office space plays.
Combined with black and white shots by Alfaro – she graduated from the College with a Masters in Photography – the show compares public perceptions with behind-closed-doors reality. It has been curated by Flora Fairburn, last seen putting on an exhibition of emerging Cuban artists in Havana.
- Fish and Coal Building, Granary Square, London. Open 11am-7pm (12pm-5pm Saturday and Sunday). Admission free. Find out more about the show on Facebook and visit the artist's website.
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A specially-created camera device was attached to the rat inside the building© Courtesy Greta Alfaro
Edwardian workers are portrayed in daily life© Courtesy Greta Alfaro
The show is the first UK solo exhibition for Alfaro© Courtesy Greta Alfaro
