NEW LEXICONS OF DARK

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NEW LEXICONS OF DARK exploring darkness in art and music BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 30TH MAY 2011 RED GALLERY / HOXTON GALLERY / COURTYARD THEATRE 12PM - 12AM TICKETS - £ 6 / 7 (ticket price covers all events) http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118574 NEW LEXICONS OF DARK brings together a collection of artist's dealing in all hue's of darkness and blackened imagination. Till all the carv'd fairies and daemons Leer'd redly from the backgrounds of shadow. Now redden'd my vision, and madly I strove to peer thro' the dense curtain à‚ à‚ à‚  à‚ à‚ à‚  à‚ à‚ à‚  à‚ à‚ à‚  à‚ à‚ à‚  à‚ à‚ à‚  à‚ à‚ à‚  H.P. LOVECRAFT from nathicana We bring fore a rich display of darkly secretive works in sound and image -à‚  with over 50 artists taking part in a feast of sublime elegance We set out the create a haunting landscape in live music / visual works / live art / debate - evoking the divine darkened world that lurks in the soul and mind's of all things à‚  DETAILS - 12PM - 6PM @ HOXTON GALLERY à‚ 2 SPACES VISUAL / SONIC WORKS www.hoxtongallery.com OVER 30 WORKS AND ARTISTS EXPLORING AND DEPICTING VARYING DEGREES OF DARKNESS, ACCOMPANIED BY SONIC ART WORKS ALSO A SPECIALLY COMMISIONED INSTALLATION WORK BY ARTIST XOE DORELLI ABOUT 'JOAN OF ARC' TO CELEBRATE HER DEATH DAY MUSIC PERFORMANCE // LECTURE by THE ENGLISH HERETIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CLASSIC HORROR FILM BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW IN RELATION TO ROBERT GRAVES MYTHOPOETIC DELINEATION OF THE 'MAY EVE WITCH CULTS OF NORTHERN EUROPE' 3PM @ THE COURTYARD THEATRE SYMPOSIUM: PANEL DEBATE: DARKNESS VISIBLE: living with and dreaming into the dark PANELIST: MARTIN SEXTON artist, LESLIE GOOSEY curator / writer, KEVIN QUIGEY artist / musician, ANDY SHARP composer / musician LIVE PERFORMANCES: JOZEF VAN WISSEM (with spoken word performance by artist Jeanne Madic) GUY HARRIES/YUMI HARA CAWKWELLà‚  (LIVE ART//SOUND PERFORMANCE) www.thecourtyard.org 6PM - 12AM @ RED GALLERY LIVE ACTS BLACK ABBA (alexander tucker's new doom metal occult rock outfit) NECRO DEATHMORT (SKELETAL DUB / DOOM METAL) THE HAXAN CLOAK (OCCULT ROCK / AVANT UNCANNY / DOOM) SPASTIC BURN VICTIM (GRINDCORE / SCREAMO/ NOISE ) SLOPPY SECONDS (LIVE ART / RABBIT HEAD / NOISE TERRIORISTS) FLIGHT (GREY NOISE / DRONE DESCENT) www.redgallerylondon.com/ + THE FUNERAL PARLOUR:DOOM AND DRONE LOUNGE with JO THOMAS (live electronics set) SHELLEY PARKER (drone/doom/live set) DJ - FAIL HDJ SEVEN DEADLY SKELETON'S INSTALLATION