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What
Other Worlds installations at Rochester House, Story Museum in Oxford
When
1 to 31 May 2012
Where
The Story Museum, Rochester House, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP
The Fanfare
A unique artistic collaboration (Other Worlds) will turn a dilapidated building in Oxford into a giant compendium of strange, amusing and haunting stories in May this year.
Other Worlds is a series of installations in 25 rooms in Rochester House, an empty Victorian building that is destined to be a museum of storytelling.
Throughout May, 25 writers will be paired with 25 other artists to produce works inspired by the current state of the building.
Among those taking part are writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen, composer Nick Bicat and Oxford city poet Kate Clanchy.
The concept for the exhibition was devised by Dark Angels who run a creative writing programme of master classes at Merton College, Oxford.
Part of the Victorian building was a pub listed in the 1846 Oxford Directory.
In 1899 Merton College bought the site from Magdalen College and developed it for residential accommodation, including the Master’s lodgings.
In 1921 the site was sold to the Postmaster General for £6,400. Additional buildings were added for a sorting office and a telephone exchange.
The Story Museum is due to open in the refurbished Rochester House in 2014.
It aims to be a world centre for story and storytelling and hopes to attract 100,000 paying visitors a year.
Authors Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson are patrons of the Story Museum.
Stuart Delves a director of Dark Angels says:
‘Discarded equipment, the last leavings of former occupants, abandoned spaces awaiting some magic… even when they’re empty, these buildings are atmospheric. When they are adapted, with a storytelling purpose, they become extraordinary. We wanted to show our support for The Story Museum in an exciting, practical way.’
Other Worlds, 1 – 31 May 2012
The Story Museum, Rochester House, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP
Tel: +44 1865 790050
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk/otherworlds
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