St John on Bethnal Green
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03 May - 06 June
Animated bacterial paintings of Ophelia were filmed in time lapse over six days. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet Ophelia drowns and is suspected of suicide. This Ophelia finds her true self in a place between life and death receiving messages across time and space on an electronic answer phone.
The performance provides an audience interactive piece based in the belfry to add a new dimension to the Ophelia story, drawing from the dark side of classic fairy tales with a blend of music and improvisation.
(Bacterial research funded by The Wellcome Trust in collaboration with Dr Simon Park) more information: www.jowonder.com
3rd May Opening Night, 6pm – 9pm
8pm: Performance of JoWonder And The Psychic Tea Leaves -
St John on Bethnal Green is a grade one-listed church designed by Sir John Soane and opened in 1828. The church owns and permanently exhibits Chris Gollon's '14 Stations of the Cross', commissioned in 2000 and installed in 2009. St John's regularly holds exhibitions, music events and film screenings. The Belfry hosts contemporary art exhibitions and is a free gallery space allowing artists to respond to the architecture and ambience of its location, within the context of the building, the local community and geography.
200 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9PA
020 8980 1742
saintjohnon.bethnalgreen@virgin.net
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