Acclaimed Lebanese sound artist Tarek Atoui, together with fourteen internationally renowned musicians, will take audiences on a mesmerising journey through Tarab and classical Arab music recorded from the early 20th century onwards.
Among more than 60 participants confirmed so far are former REM vocalist Michael Stipe; filmmakers Amos Gitai and David Lynch, who will present a new film; historians Jay Winter and Donald Sassoon, who together will explore the theme of ‘War Memory’; celebrated neuroscientist Israel Rosenfield, who will introduce ‘The Problem of Memory’ with writer John Hull, robotics expert Luc Steels and World Memory Champion Ed Cooke; artists Olivier Castel and Ed Atkins on ‘Deception and Self-Deception’; scent expert Sissel Tolaas on ‘Sensory Memory’. Other contributors include Harvard astronomy professor Dimitar Sasselov; The screening of Ways of Listening, a portrait of John Berger in the form of a compelling document of a weekend spent in the company of close friend Tilda Swinton; writer Douglas Coupland; poet John Giorno; writer and cultural historian Marina Warner; author and technologist China Miéville; artists Gilbert & George; architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Fumihiko Maki; composer Gavin Bryars with poet and painter Etel Adnan.
Tickets are £25/£20 for two days and £15/£10 for one day. They're available from the Serpentine Gallery Lobby Desk +44 (0)20 7402 6075 or Ticketweb.co.uk
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