Art Night is a free contemporary arts festival transforming London’s East End for one unforgettable night.
Art Night 2017 takes place on Saturday 1 July, presenting acclaimed international art in various historic and iconic sites, secret locations and public spaces.
Conceived as new site-specific commissions, Art Night 2017 responds directly to east London’s heritage and diversity. Participating artists are Charles Avery, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Benedict Drew, Anne Hardy, Lawrence Lek, Melanie Manchot, Lindsay Seers, Do Ho Suh, Güneş Terkol and Ian Whittlesea.
At the Whitechapel Gallery, artist Benedict Drew presents a site-specific durational performance in his commission The Trickle-Down Syndrome from 6pm – 11.30pm.
Art Night 2017 is in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery and curated by Fatos Üstek. The festival is supported by international auction house Phillips, and receives public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Visit www.artnight.london for more information.
New and existing work
Sculptures, posters, performers and a cocktail bar
6pm-2am: Opening Times
Charles Avery (b. 1973, Oban, Scotland, UK) shows objects and elements from his fictional Island in locations across the East End, from the hunter and the eel seller to egg cocktails at The Egg Eating Eggret bar.
New Commission
Video Installation and live performance of Jake Chapman’s band
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Jake Chapman (b. 1966, Cheltenham, UK) and Dinos Chapman (b. 1962, London, UK) present a new video installation in a listed warehouse at London Dock, accompanied by Jake Chapman’s band. A selection of the duo’s prints are shown at a candlelit 18th-century Huguenot house.
New Commission
Multimedia Installation and Live Performance
6pm-2am: Opening times
8pm-11.30pm: Performance times
For Art Night, Benedict Drew turns his major multi-media installation The Trickle-Down Syndrome at Whitechapel Gallery into a musical score, collaborating with a group of leading experimental musicians on a live, durational improvisation.
New Commission
Installation combining sound, light and sculpture
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Anne Hardy (b. 1970, St Albans, UK) presents a new field work – an installation charged with colour, light, audio and physical objects at the former headquarters of Nicholls & Clarke building suppliers, managed by Location House.
New Commission
Virtual Reality Installation
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Lawrence Lek’s (b. 1982, Frankfurt, Germany) computer-generated video commission Play Station features the artist’s imagined future working environment. Housed in the cavernous atrium of the recently re-invented White Chapel Building, Play Station reflects on the changing boundaries between workplace and playground.
New Commission
Dance performance, video installation and participatory dance classes
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Melanie Manchot (b. 1966, Witten, Germany) brings together dance schools from across the East End. Dancers of all kinds will parade through the streets, meeting in Broadgate to set the stage for a dance performance where the public can join to learn a variety of dances.
New Commission
Video Installation and Performance
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Lindsay Seers (b. 1966, Mauritius) presents a new video installation inspired by occultist, magician, poet and novelist Aleister Crowley in the ceremonial setting of the Grade-II listed Masonic Temple at Andaz London, which still functions for masonic lodge meetings.
Video Installation
5 min 50 seconds, looped
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Do Ho Suh (b. 1962, Seoul, South Korea) presents a large-scale video installation responding to the stunning interior of Christ Church Spitalfields, reflecting on home, architecture and belonging.
Large scale fabric banners, permanent mural, procession
6pm-4am: Opening Times
Gunes Terkol (b. 1981, Ankara, Turkey) works with Middlesex Street Estate, one of the two remaining Council Estates in the City of London to create a permanent mural and a large-scale textile banner in collaboration with its residents.
New commission
Immersive light and sound installation
6pm-2am, every 40 minutes
Duration: 35 Minutes
Ian Whittlesea’s (b. 1967, Isleworth, UK) new work invites the public under Tower Bridge to take part in guided meditation and a mass-synesthetic experiment led by a hypnotherapist.
Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto) and Boiler Room collaborate to curate a night of sonic experimentation from leading artists in a legendary London club.
Alva Noto sets the tone of the night with the juxtaposition of ample sounds and minimal resonances, while Mira Calix, errorsmith, Lee Gamble, Nídia, Paul Purgas, and rRose all have time on the decks.
Book your tickets
Read more about Art Night 2017 artists and commissions and plan your night. Visit www.artnight.london
