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In late 2018 composer, performer and improviser Laura Cannell was commissioned by The Wapping Project to capture the resonance of their former building through her improvised music, it would be the final project in response to the iconic space that defined their commissioning for over two decades.
Photography by Leonora Chan for The Memories Issue guest-edited by Jules Wright
Recently,of course,The Tate has unveiled it's new,large performance and installation area,situated in the empty subterrannean tanks of the former power station.Architecturally it consists of a series of raw,industrial spaces dedicated to 'ART that MOVES'. It's cool.It's the new kid on the block.But like today's teenagers,it's the finished article -on the move, mediated, buffed, and edgeless.It's Justin Bieber.
THE WAPPING PROJECT, on the other hand, is John Cooper Clarke.It has asperity.It is 'mono no aware'. Anarchic. And the ART has a sense of STILLNESS. You listen.And you contemplate. As I understand it,the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics implies that entropy is continuously increasing - that the universe is always moving from order to disorder. Disorder is the fate of everything...and THE WAPPING PROJECT is right on the edge.
Passage now open at The Wapping Project
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
Wapping Wall
London E1W 3SG
00 44 207 680 2080
www.thewappingproject.com
Wapping Overground / Shadwell DLR / Buses: D3 & 100
Opening hours: Monday – Saturday noon till 10:30pm, Sunday noon till 5:30pm
Admission free
Something For The Weekend?
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas ! This weekend we are going to buy our tree, a nice big one ! We're going to keep it local, with Tommy's florist on Homerton High St or Growing Concerns near Hackney Wick, just the other side of the park.
We've already made our decorations , if you haven't it's a lovely thing to do together, click here for more details.
If you are more organised here's our edit of what's on around town,
Every Year we go to Christmas at Kew Gardens , it's a beautiful place at any time, but just a little more magical at Christmas !
An absolute MUST is the new Treasures Gallery at the Natural History museum, if we don't see it this weekend , we'll definitely go during the holidays, I can't wait ! It's showing very important pieces from the museums collection, pieces that ( according to NDB) the museum would save if there was a dire emergency.
Each stunning piece is shown with it's full history.
We'll be doing a post on this exhibition , we're so excited!
There are still tickets available for skating at Somerset house, which is lovely with the huge christmas tree and the most delicious cafe Fernandez & Wells. While you are there you could pop in to the Tim Walker exhibition & the Valentino exhibition!
If you feel like a grown up treat, book for sunday brunch at the Wapping Project , from 10- 12.30.It's a former hydraulic power station ( that used to power the curtains of the west end theatres - how glamorous!) so the tables as nestled amongst the machinery!
The food & wine are stunning, it's one of my favourite places to go !
Have a great weekend !
