Day of the Dead Late, at the Horniman

Thursday 7 November, 6-9pm 
The Horniman’s next after-hours party for adults, Day of the Dead Late, is inspired by the annual Mexican festival. Follow a procession of fluorescent skeletons and Mexican musicians through the galleries, dance with a giant skeleton, experience a magical puppet performance with Theatre of Dolls, join in a Day of the Dead party with DJ Stylus in the Conservatory, discover fascinating skeleton facts, and enjoy short films. Food and bar open including Mexican street food and Day of the Dead cocktails.

Find out more about Day of the Dead Late at http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/day-of-the-dead-late. Tickets are £3. Over-18s only due to the nature of the events.

Night at the Horniman

Via the South East London forum:

The Horniman Garden Party featuring rAndom International
Thursday 16 May, 6-9pm
Horniman Museum and Gardens

Join us after-hours for an exclusive garden-themed evening of art, music, film and poetry.

rAndom International’s recent installation, Rain Room at the Barbican had visitors queuing for hours. Tonight, this world-famous artist collective will be weaving its magic at the Horniman with an art experience inspired by the gardens and our collections.
PLUS
- Live Brazilian music
- Film screenings
- Alternative tours
- Poetry in the Garden
- Gin Garden
- Cafe and bar open

Check our website nearer the time for up-to-date information about rAndom International’s art experience. http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/event/museums-at-night-the-horniman-garden-party

Tickets: £3. We strongly recommend booking online in advance at http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/event/museums-at-night-the-horniman-garden-party

Suitable for over-18s only.

Khufu, can you hear me?!

Mentuhotep III, Rameses XI, Qa'a, Jean Michel Jarre, Seamus Heaney, Nadine Coyle, Martin McGuinness... your boys took one hell of a beating, etc, etc.

The Horniman Museum has won the public vote to secure the next work by installation artists rAndom, collecting 1,615 vote in an online poll. The collective strength of South East London's hyperlocal communities overwhelmed the supporters of rival prospective hosts: UCL's Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, the Royal Victoria Docks and Void Derry.

As a result, we'll be getting "an installation with music and storytelling inspired by the museum garden spaces and natural history collections." Well done Team South East. If anyone has any other suggestions for votes we can rig, please let us know.

Help Horniman rain supreme

The Horniman Museum is one of three London institutions in the running to host the next installation by rAndom, the team behind the hugely successful Rain Room at the Barbican, with the winning venue chosen by a public vote. The artists explain:

rAndom create artworks exploring behaviour and interaction, using light and movement. Stuart Wood, Florian Ortkrass and Hannes Koch, use fragments of Artificial Intelligence to encourage relationships between the converging worlds of animate and inanimate. 

The installation at the Horniman would feature music and storytelling inspired by the museum garden spaces and natural history collections. 

BCer Michael is trying to get out the vote on behalf of the Horniman. He writes:

Last week saw Horniman's share of the vote go from 15% to 30% in this competition, with the help of Sydenham, East Dulwich, Se23.com, and South East Central Forums. It would be great to enlist the support of Brockley Central. Just a couple more percentage points by Tuesday will push us from 3rd place to 1st place, and I think Brockley Central readers could make a big difference to the numbers. 

Please vote here.