The museum of dark places
The museum of dark places night events includes:
*The museum of dark places talks*
In Dark City: London after the Apocalypse, Dr Caroline Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London) will explore the post-apocalyptic London imaginary, from H G Wells, Virginia Woolf and Doris Lessing, to the disturbing urban fantasies of contemporary writers such as China Miéville and Alan Moore.
In Night. London. 1616, writer and academic Matthew Beaumont (author of Nightwalking) will present a thought experiment that evokes what it would be like to wake in the night and walk through the streets of London before the era of public lighting. Talks begin at 7.30pm
Location: St Botolph Without Aldersgate.
Free. Booking essential.
*An ear to the night guided walk*
Join Rosie Oliver and Dotmaker Tours on a listening tour of the London night. From the bells that mark the passing hours to the hum of buildings at sleep, tune into the City’s nocturnal soundscape and rediscover lost and forbidden sounds.
Starts at 8pm.
Free. Booking essential.
*Performance by Musarc*
Musarc, one of London’s most progressive and experimental choirs, will reference "when night makes a weird sound of its own stillness" (Percy Bysshe Shelley), creating a magical atmosphere where the senses are heightened and darkness prevails. Performances at 8.15pm and 9.20pm. Meeting point: St. Botolph Without Aldersgate.
Free. No booking required.
*The memorial to heroic self-sacrifice*
Historian Dr John Price will tell the story of Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in London’s Postman’s Park, revealing the story of the memorial and how artist and radical socialist George Frederick Watts realised his ambition to commemorate ordinary people who died saving the lives of others.
Starts 8.20pm.
Meeting point: Postman’s Park (entrance is via St Botolph Without Aldersgate church).
Free. No booking required.
*In the darkness they swing their manes like pendulums*
Mythical creatures will stalk the night in two specially commissioned performances by artist Nicky Deeley, with percussion by Tazelaar Stevenson. Inspired by H G Wells’ The Time Machine and 60s sci-fi film Quatermass and the Pit, two species will engage in a rite of exchange and ingestion.
Performances at 8.30pm and 9pm.
Meeting point: St Botolph Without Aldersgate.
Free. No booking required.
Suitable for
18+
Any age
Website
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/night-museum/museum-dark-places
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