Seizure

Turner Prize-nominated artist Roger Hiorns has transformed a derelict London council flat by covering the interior with copper sulphate crystals.

Artangel Stages Seizure in London Flat

The work is commissioned by Artangel, which has a long tradition of transforming urban housing into large-scale works of art.

Artangel's legacy stretches back to Rachel Whiteread's landmark House in 1993, in which the artist made a concrete cast of the interior of an East London terraced house.

Derelict London Flat Encrusted with Crystals

Hiorns filled three rooms of a derelict London flat near Elephant and Castle station with 90,000 litres of concentrated copper sulphate solution. 

Two and a half weeks later he drained it out, to reveal a glittering interior encrusted with deep blue crystals.

At once eerily pure and deeply industrial, a visit to Seizure involves pulling on wellington boots and protective gloves.

Inside, light from bare bulbs bounces off the jagged edges of crystal-encrusted walls, heightening the sense of wonder inside what, from the outside, appears to be just a boarded-up London flat.

Roger Hiorns Nominated for Turner Prize

Hiorns has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2009. 

You can see more of the artist's work in the Turner Prize exhibition at London's Tate Modern.