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    COS × SERPENTINE GALLERIES
    PARK NIGHTS 2018, FAMILY WEEKENDS

    COS is proud to support Serpentine Galleries Park Nights 2018, a series of happenings on art, performance, music, fashion and dance explored at the 2018 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by award-winning architect Frida Escobedo. This year for the first time, we are also partnering with the Serpentine Galleries to provide support for Family Weekends, a line-up of interactive experiences as part of Serpentine's Education programme.

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    Serpentine Pavilion 2018, designed by Frida Escobedo, Serpentine Gallery, London (15 June – 7 October 2018) © Frida Escobedo, Taller de Arquitectura, Photography © 2018 Iwan Baan

    Taking the form of an enclosed courtyard and inspired by Mexican domestic architecture, this year’s Pavilion utilises light and shadow, reflection and refraction to create a heightened awareness of the passing of time. Comprised of two rectangular volumes angled to align with the eastern façade of the Serpentine Gallery and the Prime Meridian line at London’s Royal Observatory in Greenwich, Escobedo’s Pavilion is brought to life by a lattice of locally sourced cement roof tiles, chosen for their dark colours and textured surfaces.

     

     
    From left to right: Karin Gustafsson, Creative Director of COS, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries and Yana Peel, CEO of Serpentine Galleries. Photographed by Philip Sinden.

    This year’s Park Nights series takes place on selected Friday evenings from 13 July until 21 September and features site-specific events offering unique ways of experiencing architecture and performance.

     

    PARK NIGHT 1

    FRIDAY 13 JULY, 8PM


    Dorothy Iannone presents Movie People Perpetual Performance, an evening based on her ongoing Movie People project, featuring a series of wooden cut-out characters that the artist started in the 1960s.


    PARK NIGHT 2

    FRIDAY 20 JULY, 8PM


    Artist Meriem Bennani creates an arresting environment in which a live motion capture video game provides the ground for a heated dance battle.


    PARK NIGHT 3

    FRIDAY 27 JULY, 8PM


    Using poetry, drag, science fiction and songs, artist Victoria Sin presents a ballad of embodiment, longing and transformation.


    PARK NIGHT 4

    FRIDAY 3 AUGUST, 8PM


    A musical performance by Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Kamasi Washington.

     

    PARK NIGHT 5

    FRIDAY 10 AUGUST, 8PM


    Unisex line and black-owned fashion project TELFAR host an evening together with South African band FAKA and a live choir, featuring a preview of TELFAR's upcoming collection.


    PARK NIGHT 6

    FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER, 8PM


    Yaeji’s music invites listeners into an intimate, healing world exploring identity and self-reflection through dreamlike productions that morph from whispery confessionals to dancefloor hits.


    PARK NIGHT 7

    FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER, 8PM


    Megan Rooney uses the Serpentine Pavilion as a site for storytelling and fills it with movement, words and sound to trace the boundaries of a forbidden space.


    PARK NIGHT 8

    FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, 8PM


    Sculptor Pedro Reyes explores the risks of artificial intelligence, automation and the post-truth infosphere through a newly created play.

    Serpentine Pavilion
    15 Jun – 7 Oct 2018

    Serpentine Gallery
    Kensington Gardens
    London
    W2 3XA

    Serpentine Galleries Park Nights

    On selected Fridays between
    13 July – 21 September 2018

    Tickets are available at www.serpentinegalleries.org

     

    COS × Serpentine Family Programme

    For the first time, COS is also providing year-round support to Family Weekends, a line-up of free artist-led experiences and events that are open to all.

    The 2018-19 Family Programme Artist in Residence, Harold Offeh, invites children and families to engage in activities, centred around collaboration, performance and conversation that respond to histories and culture by creating environments for shared learning and collective experiences.


    FAMILY WEEKEND 1
    30 JUNE – 1 JULY, 1-5pm

    We are the real sculptures!     - a workshop programmed in parallel
    with the Serpentine summer season featuring Christo and Jeanne-
    Claude: Barrels and The Mastaba 1958–2018 and the work of
    Tomma Abts.


    FAMILY WEEKEND 2
    11 – 12 AUGUST, 1-5pm

    Becoming Chac Mool - Harold Offeh and Veronica Cordova de la Rosa
    invite children and their families to create costumes inspired by Chac Mool,
    a reclining sculpture found on the top of Mexican temples and pyramids.


    FAMILY WEEKEND 3
    13 – 14 OCTOBER

    Exploring the work of artist Pierre Huyghe and Atelier E.B, a
    fashion label under which designer Beca Lipscombe and artist Lucy
    McKenzie collaborate.


    More to be announced soon…
    The Family Weekend programmes are non-ticketed, free of charge and can be enjoyed on a drop-in basis.