10/13/2026
Yuko Mohri’s solo exhibition, ‘In Concert’ is on view at the Barbican Centre in London.
Mohri’s exhibition for The Curve has been shaped through the artist’s site-responsive process during a residency at the Barbican. Having attended a rehearsal of the London Symphony Orchestra, Mohri was struck by the Concert Hall’s proximity to The Curve, which wraps like an ear around the Hall and is porous to its sounds. ‘In Concert’ speaks to the sonic element of Mohri’s practice, while also sharing an affinity with the Latin word ‘consertare’: to mend, bind, or fasten together, referencing the idea of repair at the heart of Mohri’s work, and resonating with the Barbican’s current renovation as part of its Centre-wide Renewal programme.
The artists’ interest in repair coincides with the current renovation at the Barbican, a monumental Brutalist structure made fragile and increasingly porous by the passage of time. Mohri embraces this in three site-responsive installations with leaky outputs - sound, light and water - resulting from the interplay between salvaged Barbican objects and interacting atmospheric phenomena in The Curve. As they continuously transform, the works convert the gallery into what Mohri describes as a biotope: a community in relation with its physical environment.
Image: Installation view, Yuko Mohri, In Concert, The Curve, 2026. Photo by Thomas Adank / Barbican Centre.
