Friday night activity of the week was 'Because the Night', an uber-contemporary art event sprawling though a disused victorian-era town hall. Old horror films projected on walls, new films of hip-hop culture and pirate radio, cabaret, talks about insomnia and ghosts, music about the life cycle of moths.... and a sillouettist.
A highlight for me was a collaboration between a writer, a soundscapist and webdesigner. They explored the lives of those who inhabit nighttime London, often unseen: cabbies, sewer workers, cleaners, police, lifeline operators, security guard etc. The reflections were melancholic, capturing the entrails of the city, the discarded emotions, the refuse, the rebirth of the city each morning and the interconnectedness of our lives with those untold.
The website for the collaboration is brilliant - make sure you listen to the soundscape.
http://www.nighthaunts.org.uk/flash.php
A highlight for me was a collaboration between a writer, a soundscapist and webdesigner. They explored the lives of those who inhabit nighttime London, often unseen: cabbies, sewer workers, cleaners, police, lifeline operators, security guard etc. The reflections were melancholic, capturing the entrails of the city, the discarded emotions, the refuse, the rebirth of the city each morning and the interconnectedness of our lives with those untold.
The website for the collaboration is brilliant - make sure you listen to the soundscape.
http://www.nighthaunts.org.uk/flash.php
1 comment:
Visuals great, music a bit spooky , stories interesting and a touch melancholic....
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