This event journeyed towards a beautiful future through music, mysticism, culinary creativity and ponder on planetary possibilities at our Friday Late. We explored Vital Signs after dark and contemplated the future you wish to forge through compassionate collective action.
ZONE 68 head honcho Usher Lavelle has held down his DIY-celebrating and eclectic late-night radio show on London’s Reprezent Radio since 2016. His sets guided visitors through a researched yet chaotic blend of genres, with sounds to discover, re-discover, and at the very least dance to. For this Friday Late, Usher bought the ZONE 68 Family from the url world - a selection of past guests on his show - to the irl world, for a night of undeniably body-moving sounds.
Future Tea
Cafe |
You could come and have a cup of Future Tea, an opportunity to pause, drink and consider alternative futures via tasseography (tea reading). Joanna Brinton, guided you as you selected from a blend of local plant ingredients to sip, dream and then read your leaves!
Low Carbon Chinatown
Studio |
Food futures were explored with artist Ling Tan at her Low Carbon Chinatown tasting session. They taught how to adapt traditional Chinese recipes to reduce their carbon footprint and you could chat with food writers, artists and others about relationships between food, climate change and cultural traditions.
Taio Tarot
Atrium |
You could experience a personal tarot reading with the Taiao Tarot deck and discover the different roles we can play in navigating the climate crisis, strengthening our relationships with the natural world and each other. This was with Chloe of Moonbloom Tarot, Imogen of Taiao Tarot, Agne of Agne Aurelia Tarot and Jess of Tia Xixa Tarot.
RE:Pig Zine
Workshop |
Empathy and kinship in food systems were centred by playfully reimagining and reflecting on our relationship with animals in our Re: Pig zine-making and mapping workshop with researchers and artists Ekaterina Gladkova and Naho Matsuda.
Social Cinema present Imperfect Futures
Theatre |
There were also visionary short documentaries and artist's films [themed around landscape, climate, science and technology] curated by The Social Cinema London. The programme reflected upon what has been lost, what we can still change, and what our distant futures might hold.
Science Gallery London is a place to grow new ideas across art, science and health. At Science Gallery London you can explore the collaborative work between artists, King’s College London researchers, and our local communities.