Wednesday 14 September 2016

Serpentine Galleries - Miracle Marathon: Join Christo, Neil MacGregor, Genesis P-Orridge, Edna O'Brien, Es Devlin and more

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MIRACLE MARATHON: LINE-UP ANNOUNCED
JOIN CHRISTO, NEIL MACGREGOR, GENESIS P-ORRIDGE,
EDNA O'BRIEN, ES DEVLIN AND MORE...
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER AT SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY, 10AM – 10PM
SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER AT SECOND HOME, MIDDAY – MIDNIGHT
LIVE ON AIR RADIO.SERPENTINEGALLERIES.ORG
DAY TICKETS £15/£10 CONC. 
Our annual festival of ideas is back! This year Adrián Villar Rojas, Jacqueline Rose, Andrew O'Hagan and over 60 practitioners from the fields of art, architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theology and science come together for a weekend of live discussion, events and broadcast. Join us to explore the themes of miracles, ritual, imagination and magical thinking.

The Marathon will be broadcast live throughout the weekend on Serpentine Radio. The first day takes place at the Serpentine Galleries and the second day takes place at the cultural venue and workspace Second Home.

Further confirmed participants include artists Etel AdnanJames Bridle, Syowia Kyambi, Gustav Metzger, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and Meriç Algün Ringborgz; writers A. Igoni BarrettMario BellatinMarie NDiaye and Adam Thirlwell; thinkers and theorists Timothy MortonJussi Parrika and Mark Cousins; mathematician Marcus du Sautoy; poets Bhanu Kapil and Ruth Padel; film-maker and theorist Manthia Diawara; musician Lekan Babalola, urban and media theorist Norman M. Klein; physicist Carlo Rovelli and scientistRiccardo Sabatini. Performances and presentations from Sophia Al-Maria, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff andKemang Wa Lehulere with many others yet to be announced.

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