The Light Switch Project

Investigate basic everyday activities, including flicking on a light switch, with artists and scientists. From practicalities to the ethics of climate change, this collection of short performances will explore consumer habits, energy efficiency and sustainability.

The idea for The Light Switch Project is to take a seemingly simple, domestic activity and explode it into a series of microscopic moments. How do our eyes perceive darkness? How do physiological processes drive our decision to turn on the light? What happens inside the light switch? And where does the electricity come from? This project aims to challenge understanding of the relationship between the simple and the complex.

Encounter Eitan Bulchalter's Swerve piece before Avaes Mohammed kicks off the evening with his delivery of Distance Lends Enchantment.

Mike Betts from better thinking ltd. wraps up the night with an explanation of luxury redefined. What exactly goes into the making of a t-shirt?

Join us for an evening of scratch performances featuring artists from BAC (Battersea Arts Centre).

Event organised by:
The Science Museum

Participants

Mike Betts, Director, better thinking ltd.
Eitan Buchalter, performance artist
Lucy Foster, Associate Director, Improbable Theatre
Pete Harrison, actor, Propeller
Avaes Mohammed, spoken word artist
Timothy Vize-Martin, actor, Propeller

Facilitator: Laura McDermott, Producer, BAC

The Science of Survival

Find water, create future food and build an eco-car at the Science Museum’s new hands-on exhibition, The Science of Survival.
Until the 2nd of November, charges apply.