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Friday Late: Beautiful Futures

  • Science Gallery London Great Maze Pond London, England, SE1 United Kingdom (map)

Journey towards a beautiful future through music, mysticism, culinary creativity and ponder on planetary possibilities at our Friday Late. Explore Vital Signs after dark and contemplate the future you wish to forge through compassionate collective action.

Join our Friday Late:

Usher Lavelle x Club Sol 

Ground Floor | 6.30pm -9.30pm  

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 will guide you through a researched yet chaotic blend of genres, with sounds for you to discover, re-discover, and at the very least dance to.

Future Tea  

Cafe  |  6.30pm - 8.45pm

Come and have a cup of Future Tea, an opportunity to pause, drink and consider alternative futures via tasseography (tea reading). Joanna Brinton, will guide you as you select from a blend of local plant ingredients to sip, dream and then read your leaves!

Low Carbon Chinatown  

Studio | 6.45pm-7.45pm and 8.15pm -9.15pm

Explore food futures with artist Ling Tan at her Low Carbon Chinatown tasting session Learn how to adapt traditional Chinese recipes to reduce their carbon footprint and chat with food writers, artists and others about relationships between food, climate change and cultural traditions. 

Sittings are limited and first come first served. Arrive early to avoid disappointment!

Taio Tarot   

Library  |   7.15pm - 8.45 pm  

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. With Chloe of Moonbloom Tarot and Jess of Tia Xixa Tarot. 

   

RE:Pig Zine   

Workshop | 6.30pm -8.45 pm 

Centre empathy and kinship in food systems 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 | 6.45pm -9.15 pm 

Sit back and experience visionary short documentaries and artist's films  [themed around landscape, climate, science and technology] curated by The Social Cinema London. The programme reflects upon what has been lost, what we can still change, and what our distant futures might hold. 

FREE ENTRY, BUT BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

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.

FREE ENTRY, BUT BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

FREE ENTRY, BUT BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

Later Event: 13 May
VITAL SYSTEMS