Barbican Public Realm
London
19-20 July 2008
For one day, the Palimpsest Public House Project will revive historic uses of public space in the Barbican complex by imaginatively ‘reincarnating’ three pubs destroyed in WWII bombing of the area.
This live art event will combine installation, dance, graphics, creative and social activities to engage visitors in unexpected ways with places they would normally pass without notice. Each pub will be hosted by a small team of volunteers including artists, architecture students and Barbican residents, and will offer a unique menu of activities for all ages, such as drawing, photography, storytelling, games, a sandbox, dance performance and a ‘Barbicue’ pub lunch.
The serious purpose of all this fun is to question present use of public space. By engaging in imaginative conversation with the past, the Palimpsest Public Houses ask visitors to look differently at the future of public places - particularly those considered transitional, void or to be avoided. The project uses the palimpsest as a metaphor for ‘inhabitedness’: the sticky part of shared experience, meaning and memory which, ultimately, gives place identity.
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