Went to the science museum last night for one of their "Lates".. much like the V&A lates, but sort of.. infinitely better, because it's the science museum!
I can't believe that its been so long since I went there - probably about 10years.. it really is the most inspiring place. Being able to go late at night and walk about with some mates a beer (or two) just makes it even better.
May I recommend that when (not if!) you go, that you check out "The listening post" on the first floor, which is a kind of science-meets-art kind of project:
"Listening Post is a ‘dynamic portrait’ of online communication, displaying uncensored fragments of text, sampled in real-time, from public internet chatrooms and bulletin boards. Artists Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin have divided their work into seven separate ‘scenes’ akin to movements in a symphony. Each scene has its own ‘internal logic’, sifting, filtering and ordering the text fragments in different ways.
By pulling text quotes from thousands of unwitting contributors' postings, Listening Post allows you to experience an extraordinary snapshot of the internet and gain a great sense of the humanity behind the data. The artwork is world renowned as a masterpiece of electronic and contemporary art and a monument to the ways we find to connect with each other and express our identities online."
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