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Curated by Ben Judd, Stories in the Dark brings together artists Jordan Baseman, Adam Chodzko, Benedict Drew, Louisa Fairclough, Dryden Goodwin, Haroon Mirza, Lindsay Seers, and Guy Sherwin. Vintage magic lanterns, slides and related archival material are also on display. If your bedroom or chill room is feeling too much like a dark tunnel, brighten it up a bit with this fantastic light! Use it in your TV room while you're watching the tube, in your home gym while you're train-ing, or in your bedroom while you're (railway) sleep(er)ing! Artists and collectives include: Daria Martin; Dryden Goodwin; Rachel Maclean; Julian Opie; Brian Griffiths; Stefan Gec; Michael Fullerton; Thomson and Craighead; Cao Fei; John Gerrard; Paul Pfeiffer; Aleksandra Mir; Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Edwin Li; Ryan Gander; William Blake; Ed Atkins; Shezad Dawood; Toby Ziegler; Fiona Rae; Eddy Kamauango Ilunga; Rose Finn-Kelcey; Gary Perkins; Massinissa Selmani; Alan Currall; Marcus Coates; and Clare Strand. Goodwin’s work has been shown nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, The Photographers' Gallery, London, The National Portrait Gallery, London, the Venice Biennale and the Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg. His work is included in public collections such as MOMA, New York, The Tate Collection, The National Portrait Gallery, and Science Museum, London. Festival screenings of his feature-length film ‘Unseen: The Lives of Looking’, include nominations for ‘Best Documentary Feature’ 24th edition of Camerimage, Bydgoszcz, Poland (2016) and nominations in the international DOX:AWARD at CPH:DOX 2015, Copenhagen.

Three animated poster from 'Linear' was one of 150 selected from the 3300 Underground-specific posters from the London Underground's 150 year history. The largest London transport poster exhibition in over half a century. Work, Rest and Play features over 450 images by thirty-seven acclaimed photographers and artists working across a wide range of genres and disciplines, including photojournalism, portraiture, fashion and fine art. This mood light is 100% officially licensed by TFL and is a perfect replica of the famous tube signs you see around London. Can't decide on which tube station is your favourite? No problem! This lightbox comes with 10 different, interchangeable signs that you swap and change to suit your mood. A group show, consisting of 1 work, at the Tate Modern, London, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland, FACT, Liverpool, Vivid, Birmingham, Also on display is The World in London, a major public art project initiated by The Photographers’ Gallery in 2012 to coincide with the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. The project presents 204 photographic portraits, from both established and emerging talents, of 204 Londoners, each originating from one of the nations competing at the Games. It is a celebration of photographic portraiture as an artistic form of expression as well as the city’s rich cultural diversity.

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Commissioned by Launchpad - launch event, exhibition and permanent installation at private residence in Shanghai, to coincide with art021, Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair. The exhibition contains work from national collections such as the Imperial War Museum, the British Museum, Arts Council Collection and the National Galleries of Scotland. Much like the Underground, it runs on electricity. But, you won't have to watch out for the rails because it uses a very safe USB cable (included) or runs off 6 x AA batteries for awesome portability.

Stories in the Dark focuses on the magic lantern, a projection device invented in the 17th century that is often seen as a precursor to the cinema. Historically, magic lantern shows were the first time people saw projected moving images, and were used for storytelling, education, and entertainment. In profound contrast to our digital age in which the technology is largely incomprehensible, the magic lantern’s relatively simple analogue mechanisms and projected images paradoxically allow a sense of wonder, in which the viewer suspends disbelief and engages their imagination. Unlike cinema, which is pre-recorded, the creative act takes place live with the audience, encouraging a sense of participation. Work, Rest and Play: British Photography from the 1960s to Today will be the inaugural exhibition in the new C2 Space, Shenzhen OCT-LOFT, China. The exhibition will continue to tour to Beijing and Shanghai at dates to be announced. This exhibition presents a survey of over fifty years of British photography through the lens of documentary practices. Featuring work by some of the most significant photographers and artists of the time, it reflects photography’s growing cultural position both within the UK and on the international stage.Stories in the Dark is a collaboration between the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge and Whitstable Biennale. Finding your way includes Underground maps and etiquette posters. It also includes posters carrying messages to reassure passengers by showing them what the Underground is like. The piece, entitled Breathe, was part of a programme of artist and scientist collaborations called Invisible Dust. Curator and Director of Invisible Dust, Alice Sharp linked Goodwin with Professor Frank Kelly, an expert on lung health at King's College London and an advisor to the Government on air pollutants.

Starting in the late eighteenth century Air charts the public’s fascination with experiments with air (including the development of air balloons), before progressing on to the industrial revolution, which introduced the concept of air pollution. The nineteenth century embraces intensive studies of clouds (newly classified by meteorologists), whilst the twentieth century encapsulates our wartime pre-occupation with aeroplanes and the intriguing trails they left upon the skyscape. Later works consider the physical possibilities of flight which shifted our perceptions of the landscape as aerial photography expanded our view of the earth from above. Part of the Whitstable Biennale 2016, exhibited at the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury Keeps London going features posters about how the Underground has kept London on the move through its reliability, speed and improvements in technology. Coinciding with the London 2012 Olympic Games, Film and Video Umbrella and De La Warr Pavilion presented four commissions of moving image artworks on the theme of sporting excellence. Working in collaboration with top athletes and scientists, four internationally acclaimed artists considered the state of being ‘in the zone’ - the way in which athletes achieve a heightened sense of performance in which body and mind are operating in unison, at maximum impact and with optimum ‘flow’. Dryden Goodwin (b. 1971) lives and works in London. He graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 1996 and has exhibited nationally and internationally. The works in this exhibition were co-commissioned by The Photographers' Gallery and Photoworks UK.The posters were selected from the Museum’s archive of over 3,300 Underground posters by a panel of experts; the 150 that appear in the exhibition show the depth and diversity of the Museum’s collection. The title is inspired by ‘I Want! I Want!’, an etching created by the artist William Blake over two hundred years ago. It depicts a tiny figure standing before a celestial ladder that leads up to the crescent moon. The image acts as a metaphor for humankind’s ability to dream and turn ideas into reality. Works selected date from the mid-1990s to the present day and are drawn from the Arts Council Collection, Birmingham’s museum collection and other public and private collections. Commissioned and curated by Film and Video Umbrella and De La Warr Pavilion. Supported by the Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England Discover classical flight and the fall of Icarus. Learn about the Wright brothers, Yuri Gagarin and the history of aviation and space travel. Explore the uses of flight from everyday travel and transportation to sky battles and air raids. Enjoy spectacular aerial views and satellite imagery.