This project marks Oliver Beer’s return to Ikon, following our 2011 presentation of his remarkable video installation Pay and Display, produced in collaboration with Ex Cathedra. Outside-In, a permanent piece installed in a window of Ikon’s reception space looking out onto Oozells Square, is the outcome of the artist’s recent collaboration with Hermès, giving him access to their crystal-works, with highly skilled artisans and specialist equipment. It is essentially a simple transparent form in crystal, fitted into a window pane like an ear trumpet, so that the echoes of the world outside are filtered and directed to a tiny point where visitors can lend their ears.