Nocturnal Creatures

Where

Events for Sculpture in the City’s programme took place in the City Cluster area of the City of London, around the sites of the 11th Edition sculpture trail.

When

Saturday 23rd July 2022
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Activities

Sculpture in the City hosted events and activations by Jun T. Lai, Bram Ellens, Pedro Pires, Emma Louise Moore, Elisa Artesero, Emma Smith and Jocelyn McGregor.

Sculpture in the City was once again an associate programme partner for Whitechapel Gallery’s free annual contemporary arts festival, Nocturnal Creatures. Each summer for one night only, a host of extraordinary east-end spaces are transformed by an exciting programme of dance and live art performances, workshops, participatory activities and sound installations.

In partnership with Whitechapel Gallery since the festival’s first iteration in 2018, Sculpture in the City activates artwork locations in the City Cluster through a series of interactive workshops, sound installations, performances, talks and tours. For the 2022 iteration of Nocturnal Creatures, the 11th edition of Sculpture in the City was celebrated through an exciting programme of free events on Saturday 23 July 2022, and featured performances Permanence by Emma Louise Moore, The Garden of Floating Words by Elisa Artesero, We by Emma Smith, The Picnic by Jocelyn McGregor, and audio installations An Orphaned Mixtape by Bram Ellens and Oasis by Pedro Pires.

There were also artwork tours around the 11th edition of Sculpture in the City, and the 11th edition multimedia guide on Bloomberg Connects was activated during the evening, bringing the sculptures to life through a self-guided audio tour with sound clips from the artists.

Emma Louise Moore, *Permanence*, Photo: © Nick Turpin

Jocelyn McGregor, *The Picnic*, Photo: © Nick Turpin

Bram Ellens, *An Orphaned Mixtape*, Photo: © Nick Turpin

The Sculpture in the City programme for Nocturnal Creatures is supported by: