If you are traveling to London, don’t miss
The Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. The V&A is the national museum of art,
craft and design located in the Exhibition Road together with an extraordinary
cluster of world-class institutions, including the Natural History Museum,
Science Museum, Imperial College, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Geographical Society
and the Royal College of Art. The world's greatest museum of art and design,
displays 3000 years' worth of amazing artifacts from many of the world's
richest cultures including ceramics, furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery, metalwork, photographs, sculpture, textiles and
paintings as well as a broad range of changing exhibitions and displays.
UK Design for Performance 2003-2007, one of the actual displays, brings together the work of over 100
of Britain's most creative theatre designers recognised
worldwide for their skills and innovative designs. On display are designs by
three of the most internationally acclaimed set designers of recent years - Paul Brown, Richard Hudson and Ralph Koltai - including Brown's surreal designs for La Traviata at
the 25,000-seat Arena di Verona (2004).
Physical Thinking in Tate Modern If you happen to be in London on a Monday night
wondering what to do, try a 1, 5 hour course that gives body to ideas in Tate Modern.
After the crowds have gone home, discover the Tate
collection through movement and performance. Let yourself literally be ‘moved’
by the work of artists including Munoz, Beuys, Salcedo
and Rothko. Engage with ideas of
theatricality, architecture, space, action and embodiment in visual art by
investigating these ideas physically. This gentle course encourages
participants to respond to the work through a series of structured exercises.
No performance or arts experience necessary.