Them’s the Breaks, is an energetic and experimental takeover of the Curve, the 90-metre-long exhibition space at the Barbican in London. Free and open to all, its creators Resolve have created a space of community and contemplation from an assemblage of repurposed materials and objects. The exhibition invites you to read (bring your own book or choose from Resolve’s carefully curated library), take instruction from the explanatory notes on the wall or simply find a comfortable place to lounge on seating imaginatively constructed from reclaimed materials.
Resolve is a London-based interdisciplinary design collective whose work addresses social challenges. Led by Akil Scafe-Smith, Seth Scafe-Smith and Melissa Haniff, Resolve have created a practice at the boundaries of architecture, engineering, technology, and art. For them, design is about more than aesthetic value; it can also become a vehicle for political, institutional, and socio-economic change.
