Friday Late

Chill out with the original contemporary late night event

Live performances, cutting-edge fashion, debates, one-off displays and installations, special guests, bar and food, guest DJs, late-night exhibition opening.

Held on the last Friday in every month (except December) from 18.30 – 22.00. All Friday Late activities are free.

Forthcoming Friday Lates

Friday 26 April: David Bowie is Making a Scene
Friday 31 May: White Nights

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FRIDAY LATE: Eat, Ride, Sleep, Repeat

Friday 29 March
18.30–22.00

To many the bicycle is just a method of transport, but to others it is a way of life. Cycle over for an evening that will explore the diverse design culture that surrounds and is inspired by the bicycle - from flatland BMX performances, to illustration, film and fashion. In collaboration with Bike V Design.

All events are free and places designated on a first come, first served basis, unless stated otherwise. Filming and photography will be taking place at this event.

MUSIC & PERFORMANCE

Tom Whalley
18.30 – 22.00
Tom Whalley doesn’t know what he loves most, bikes or records (or chess). As the producer of The Huey Show on BBC 6Music, Tom will be spinning funk, soul, disco, soundtracks and party jazz from his vast vault of vinyl.

Hoxton Radio Cyclr Show
18.30 – 22.00
Listen to a live broadcast direct from the Museum with David Preshaah and Gerry Newton from Hoxton Radio’s Breakfast and Cyclr Show. David and Gerry will be playing a mix of new indie, punk and classic rock, featuring bands and artists from East London as much as possible. 

Battleground
19.30 & 20.30
One Wheel Motion bike crew demonstrate their flatland BMX moves and tricks in a two team performance of skill. Going for more than 25 years, this south London-based group meet regularly at their local West Norwood spot to get together, hangout and most importantly, ride.

BIKE LIFE

Discover the diversity of cycle culture as you tour through the Museum and pass by a series of curated stands:

Ted James Design
18.30 – 22.00
Ted James Design is a one-man operation – having grown up racing mountain bikes and riding BMX, he now designs and builds custom and specialist bicycles. Check out his hand-built lady’s bike, a customised ESB frame for *Dface (collaboration with 14BikeCo) and a bike built for Vans. Alongside demonstrations and photography, get a real feel for what a bicycle framebuilder’s workshop is like.

Indian Bicycle Shop
18.30 – 22.00
The Indian Bicycle Shop imports roadsters from India – a recognisably British design made by Raleigh and Philips in the 1920s. Celebrate the bicycle’s influence on everyday life in India through a display of historical and contemporary design modifications. Test out the huge buffalo leather saddles and have your photo taken on one of these traditional Indian bicycles.

Vulpine – RIDE & DESTINATION
18.30 – 22.00
Visit Vulpine’s visual library of cycling ephemera to find out what inspires them when creating technical cycling apparel with a classic British tailoring twist. Draw from books on British design and cycling, the bikes Vulpine ride, and their musical influences to start a conversation and record your favourite rides and destinations.

Look Mum No Hands! and Eliza Southwood
18.30 – 22.00
Cycling and coffee are inextricably linked. There’s something in the deep rich darkness of a well-made espresso that sets the mind wandering to the dusty roads of Tuscany and the mountain finishes of grand tours. Sample expertly crafted coffee courtesy of Look Mum No Hands! and create your own coffee peleton with artist and illustrator Eliza Southwood.

Boneshaker Magazine
18.30 – 22.00
Boneshaker is a perfect-bound, ad-free quarterly celebrating bicycles and the people who ride them. The publication features stories from around the world exploring the wonderful things that happen when people and bikes come together. Take a look at work by artists who have contributed to Boneshaker to date, and admire a selection of handpicked framed prints as well as copies of the magazine to thumb through.

Velo Venture
18.30 – 22.00
Grab a Barclays bike or jump on your own, and discover the hidden gems of Albertopolis through the eyes of Alice Lobb and Ruby Baker. Which designer was greatly influenced by the Islamic tiles he saw at the Museum? Can you find the statue of a famous eternal youth that the Lost Boys lived with? Follow the trail of clues as drawn by illustrator Alix Bigois-Jeambrun’s to find the answers.

TALKS

Bike V Graphic Design
19.00 – 20.00
Join an informal discussion about the appeal of cycling in the graphic design world. Touching upon branding, photography, illustration and advertising, and led by Alice Marsh from Bike V Design, speakers include Andrew Diprose (The Ride Journal), James Greig (Cycle Love), Tom Donhou (framebuilder) and Mike White (Boneshaker Magazine).

Bicycle Cultures: A Secret History (1869 – 2013)
20.30 – 21.30
With cycling teetering on the edge of mainstream respectability, what does the future have in store for bike culture in Britain? Taking a wide view of the history of the bicycle in Britain, writer and broadcaster Jack Thurston presents a selective and secret history of the bicycle, with the help of a small cast of experts including Tim Dawson, cycling columnist for the Sunday Times, artist Ruth Beale and Patrick Field from London School of Cycling.
Please note coats and bags are not permitted in the Library. Please leave these items in the cloakroom on the ground floor.

INSTALLATIONS

Portraits by George Marshall
18.30 – 22.00
Rapha blog photographer and Associate Editor of Albion magazine George Marshall’s ongoing series of medium format cycling portraits will be projected throughout the evening. Keep an eye out for the most recent additions – V&A staff and their bicycles sited within the Museum, which can also be found on the Rapha blog.
georgemarshallphoto.com

Bicycle Taxidermy
18.30 – 22.00
Seek out RCA graduate Regan Appleton’s guerrilla installations throughout the Museum. Salvaging long discarded bikes from the dust and rubble, he turns them into family heirlooms – a nod to the bizarre habit of stuffing ones pet. Pick up a trail designed by Mireia Corcoles to find out more.

WORKSHOPS

Bobbin Bicycles Drawing Studio
19.00, 20.00 & 21.00 (duration 30 minutes)
Bobbin Bicycles owners Sian Emmison and Tom Morris, together with special guests from The Old Bicycle Showroom invite you to unlock the mysteries of the bicycle using traditional life drawing techniques. Workshop participants will use observation and mark-making to understand the form, function, aesthetic and narrative of six different bikes.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchbooks and drawing materials. A limited number of easels and boards will be available. Paper and pencils provided.

Make Your Mark
18.30 – 22.00
Join Edinburgh-based illustrator and designer Rebecca J Kaye in producing a specially-commissioned print inspired by the bicycle and designed for the event to take away and keep. With a love for simplicity and colour, bicycles and the outdoors, Rebecca creates limited edition screen prints with a cycling theme.

SCREENINGS

Wheels and Reels
Sculpture, Rooms 17–20 & bottom of Ceramics Staircase
18.30 – 22.00
Discover moments of bicycle inspired magic in video and sound, featuring:
Nowness, a film by United Visual Artists (UVA); Cyclotrope by Tim Wheatley; Bicycle by Camille Durand Rivale featuring artist Ugo Gattoni; Bicycle built for Two Thousand by Aaron Koblin; Sonar by Renaud Hallee; Lemonade by Ill-Studio with DJ Erol Alkan and Boys Noize Records, and Golden Tree by Martin Brooks and Ninian Doff.

Electric Pedals
19.00 – 21.00
Earn your place by pedalling to power ‘Cool Unicorn Bruv’, a short film by Ninian Doff. The film relies on you – without your input, the screen will switch off! Take part in this interactive experience with Colin Tonks from Electric Pedals.

Bicycle Thieves
19.30 (duration 93 minutes)
Bicycle Thieves (1948) tells the story of a poor father searching post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family. Pop in for just a moment or sit and watch the full feature film by director Vittorio De Sica here.

Bicycle Film Festival
19.00, 20.00 & 21.00 (duration 45 minutes)
Watch a specially commissioned reel of bicycle inspired films selected by the Bicycle Film Festival, including Inspiring Ride with Ines Brun and Candy Rides by Jason Giampeitro. Having originated in New York, the Bicycle Film Festival is now celebrating its 10th year in the UK, encouraging awareness of cycling through their global events.

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