Saturday 17 November, 1pm – 5pm
A free festival of performance, film and music for young people, at the Whitechapel Gallery
Live Music
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Space of Light Remixed
1pm–5pm, Gallery 2 (Free)
Students from CM youth and community musicperform in the Gallery, combining traditional instruments with modern sound production. Inspired by the work of artist Giuseppe Penone.
Sound & Sense
3pm–4pm, Gallery 1 (Free)
Up-and-coming bands, singers and MCs from east London perform new songs in response to the fusion of colour and text in Mel Bochner’s paintings.
Hosted by Naga MC.
Workshops
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Colour my Mind
1pm–5pm, Clore Creative Studio (Free)
Create bold text paintings with newspaper headlines and fluorescent colours. Led by Duchamp and Sons, the Gallery’s young peoples group.
Big Ideas on Technology
1pm–5pm, Study Studio (Free)
Work with programmers and hackers from Codasign to create a music synthesiser using everyday materials.
Film
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The Mouth That Roars
2pm–3pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Short films made by young people from east London and the Middle East exploring their lives and the issues that matter to them. Presented by MTR Studio 23, including interviews with the filmmakers.
Performance
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A gasp or a sigh – sounds for drawing and drawings for playing
1 – 5pm (Free)
Artist Jenny Moore presents a new interactive performance merging together language and drawing to create unique musical compositions.
In partnership with CM, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Mouth that Roars
For more information, visit the Whitechapel Gallery website
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