Paul Purgas: In the Temple of the Earth
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Paul Purgas, Untitled (2023) © and courtesy the artist
Summary
Paul Purgas presents a new immersive commission incorporating sound and gathered materials which builds on research into the histories of design, music and spiritual philosophy within South Asia.
Event Details
Address:1 Park Approach, Southwark Park
London
Post code:SE16 2UA
Tickets:N/A
Email: admin@southwarkparkgalleries.org
Open hours:11am - 5pm
Instagram:www.instagram.com/southwarkparkgalleries
Description
Artist and musician Paul Purgas presents a new commission for Dilston Gallery, incorporating sound and materials gathered from the local park land to create an immersive installation, which builds on his ongoing research into the histories of design, music and spiritual philosophy within South Asia.Through a multi-sensory composition of spatial and sonic elements, the project evokes the holistic, meditative and eco-conscious principles that manifested through South Asia's prescient interpretation of Modernism, considering the movement's awareness of environmental dialogues between architecture and design and its deep-rooted commitment to a harmonic relationship between humanity and nature. The work considers these lost threads of futurism as echoes which continue to speak into the present.
In the Temple of the Earth builds on the artist's recent touring exhibition We Found Our Own Reality, which uncovered the utopian design and music that emerged in India post-Independence and focussed on a tape archive discovered by Purgas documenting the history of the nation's first electronic music studio.
Commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries, London, and generously supported by Arts Council England, The Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment, ADi and OMNI.
Transport
By Bus:1, 47, 188, 199, 225, 381, P12, C10. All stop at Canada Water station.
By Tube:Canada Water on the Jubilee and London Overground Lines (step free station) or Surrey Quays on the London Overground (This station is not step free). Canada Water station is seven minutes walk from Southwark Park and Surrey Quays is six minutes walk to Lake Gallery and Dilston Gallery.
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Accessibility
Access for wheelchair users
Adapted toilet
Assistance dogs welcome
Disability awareness training received
Large print available
Level access toilet
Positive about disabled people
Seat available
