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Friday Late Surrealist Ball

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Friday Late Surrealist Ball

Performance / music
film / installation

Friday 25 May 18.30-22.00 Admission Free

On Friday 25 May 2007 the V&A invited you to a decadent night of the unexpected and inexplicable. This was a one-night-only showcase of the surreal featuring performance, music and image.

  • Friday Late Surrealist Ball: Events

    Visitors experienced a beautifully orchestrated chaos; a spectacular, monumental and theatrical evening of performance, music and image curated by Rosie Cooper.

    Film: The Point of Departure (2006) by Karen Russo
    South Asia, Room 41
    18.30-21.50 (duration: 6 min)

    Film: Elegi (2003) by Ane Lan
    Raphael , Room 48a
    18.30-21.50 (duration: 3 min 31)

    Performance: The Interpretation of Everyday Life by Marcia Farquhar
    Lecture Theatre
    19.30 and 20.15 (duration: 30 min)

    The Sad Fan Raffle
    The John Madejski Garden (weather permitting, alternatively Grand Entrance )
    18.30-21.00
    £1 for 5 tickets

    Performance: A Sugar Beast Exhibit by Lady G Luck (aka Geneva Foster Gluck)
    The John Madejski Garden (weather permitting, alternatively Raphael, Room 48a)
    21.00 (duration: approx 10 min)

    Performance: Fancy Chance's Incredible Lobster Telephone Act by Fancy Chance (aka Veronica Thompson)
    The John Madejski Garden (weather permitting, alternatively Raphael, Room 48a) 21.30 (duration: approx 10 min)

    Film: Down Down Down (2006) by Jacopo Miliani
    Room 18
    18.30-21.50 (duration 4 min 55)

    Performance: The Floating Lady by Marisa Carnesky
    Cast Courts
    18.30, 19.00, 19.30, 20.00 and 20.30 (duration: approx 10 min)
    Free but places are limited; tickets from the Grand Entrance Information Desk; meet in Room 47g.

    Film: Reception (2005) by Andrew Mania
    Sculpture, Room 21
    18.45, 19.45 and 20.45

    Film: Mirror (2005) by Andrew Mania
    Paintings, Room 82
    18.30-21.45

    Performance: Dead Booth by The Society of Wonders
    Ceramic staircase, off Room 11
    18.30-21.15

    Film: John Russell Kills Fabienne Audeoud in the Style of William Burroughs (2001) by John Russell and Fabienne Audeoud
    Sculpture, Room 24
    18.30-21.45

    Performance: Vexations by Eric Satie, performed by Amie Yu
    Café
    18.30-21.50
    Amie Yu is a member of the Guildhall Artists Programme

    Performance: The Museum of Devotion by Kathe Izzo
    Throughout the V&A
    18.30-21.45

    DJ set by Daniel Fitzgerald and Gordon Peden
    Grand Entrance
    18.30-20.00

    DJ set by Mark Webber of MusicBRUT
    Grand Entrance
    20.00-21.50

    Amanda Rogers was your compere for the later part of the evening.

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