Priceless Exhibition
2 Mobile sound installations, 4 Film Soundtracks and 6 Compositions written in canon form, by Poulomi Desai
12 films directed by Dan Saul
Monday 7 – Sunday 27 August 2006
10am – 5pm Admission Free
Exhibitions and sound installations on Exhibition road at the Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Serpentine Gallery, V&A and The Royal Geographical Society
Nine partner cultural institutions up and down Exhibition Road were invited to select an object that they considered Priceless. These include, among others, a provisions list from Harrods for Scott’s National Antarctic Expedition, 1901 – 1904 (Royal Geographical Society with IBG), a Probot (Imperial College London) and a Chinese Jade Monkey (V&A). There will also be large-scale floor graphics throughout South Kensington Underground station’s foot tunnel (Platform for Art). These displays will be presented in conjunction with the results of our Roadshows, in which local groups were also asked to share their own objects of value and unique stories inspired by the Institutions’ choices.
This is a motiroti commission directed by Ali Zaidi
Concept & development
Daniel Saul, Poulomi Desai, Ali Zaidi.
Producer Penny Andrews Learning Director Janice Galloway
Production Management Johnny Goodwin, for JOULE
Royal College of Art placements Jane Cheadle and Louisa Stathopoulou
Collaborators
Motiroti, Goethe-Institut, Imperial College London, Natural History Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Royal College of Art, Royal Geographical Society with IBG, Serpentine Gallery,Royal Parks, Science Museum, TimeOut Park Nights, V&A and Westminster City Council.
Come to the Launch Event and Street Party!
Friday 11 August at 7pm Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA
9pm Exhibition Road Street Party featuring large-scale projection work, a buskers’ orchestra and two futuristic bamboo mobile trailers generating image and sound.