Exhibition

[Hu]Manned Mission

28 Oct 2021 – 31 Oct 2021

Regular hours

Fri, 29 Oct
12:00 – 18:00
Sat, 30 Oct
12:00 – 18:00
Sun, 31 Oct
12:00 – 18:00

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Lumen Studios

London
England, United Kingdom

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  • 8, 106, 254
  • Bethnal Green, Whitechapel
  • Cambridge Heath Road, Whitechapel
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A three-person immersive and interactive exhibition exploring the myths and mysteries of our moon.

About

Opening Night: Thursday 28 October 2021, 6-9pm (entrance on Cambridge Heath Road)
Exhibition Continues: 29 - 31 October 2021, 12-6pm (entrance on Roman Road via buzzer)
Venue: Lumen Gallery, The Crypt, St John on Bethnal Green, 200 Cambridge Heath Rd, E2 9PA

The moon is a distant object, gazed upon by more humans than any other solid object in the universe (Morton, 2019), yet its surface has only been walked on by 12 white American men. The only people to have experienced it first-hand. However, does that make the rest of our knowledge less valid? 

[Hu]Manned Mission is a pseudoscientific exploration into humans’ interactions with the moon. An appraisal of lunar myths and missions, combining fact with fiction to create new narratives. It offers an invitation to reconnect and communicate with your moon, to consider the importance of language in your quest, because … it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots, what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions, what ties tie ties. It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories (Haraway, 2016).

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Exhibiting artistsToggle

Sarah Edmondson

Niamh McGuinne

Mary Martin

Taking part

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