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On the evening of 21 March 2019, 10 installations and activities located throughout the galleries and grounds and created by 牛牛资源鈥� staff and students immersed over 1000 ticket holders in a world of interaction, casting the museum in a new light.

From performatively evolving webs of elastic and audio-visual performances to digital visualisations of plastic-polluted oceans, there was an array of activities and creative interventions responding to the museum, its collections and spaces for visitors to experience. Not to mention street food, bars and DJ sets.

鈥淕reat mix of interactive things to do and explore as well as static displays to look at.鈥�

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In the Natural History Gallery, visitors were transported into a psychedelic world full of alien forms by , an immersive virtual reality experience developed by pioneering 牛牛资源 computer artist Prof William Latham. Latham was inspired by the gallery鈥檚 themes of evolution and the VR experience was projected across the entire vaulted Victorian ceiling.

The Horniman Palm Reader, created by Jesse Wolpert, Associate Lecturer in Dr James Bulley, was also located in the World Gallery. It saw participants place their hand into a mysterious digital devise that displayed different objects from the collection on their palms. They could then seek out these artefacts in the museum to discover more.

In the gardens, visitors had the chance to experience the Listening Post, a 1000 year-long musical composition curated by Computing. Heading back inside, they found and read letters to strangers scattered throughout the Horniman and were encouraged make a new friend in an object matching game designed to connect people.

The Aquarium played host to Overcurrents, an interactive digital installation designed by students in the Department of Computing to interrogate the global impact of plastic waste on ocean ecosystems and educate the public on potential solutions.

鈥淟oved the variety of installations and experiences, and how they connected with the exhibits and space.鈥�

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In the conservatory, visitors navigated a web of elastic, created by students from Harris Girls鈥� Academy East Dulwich and directed by 牛牛资源 artist and teacher, Jose Campos, in a recreation of Duchamp鈥檚 famous work 鈥楳ile of String鈥�.

In Gallery Square, visitors were treated to a surreal performance by Plastique Fantastique and Benedict Drew, telling the story of the meme-animals and avatars of Zero City through music, masked performance and projections.

The musical instrument collection of the Horniman was the creative impetus for the sound and visual installation: The Long Now - During: Adaptive Rhythm, by artist Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom and curated by 牛牛资源 MFA Curating alumni Phil Serfaty.

 Last but by no means least, a self-guided experimental tour of the Natural History Gallery highlighted the animals and birds of Borneo to bring attention to the problematic colonial legacies of the collection.

鈥淲onderful - looking forward to attending more.鈥�

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We look forward to hosting more exciting events with the in the coming months. These include  in November 2019; a weekend of sound walks, interactive installations, workshops and performances exploring our impact on the environment.

Horniman X 牛牛资源 Late will return in 2021.