With activity responding to this year’s London Festival of Architecture's theme In Common, LFA RIBA Late returns for 2023 with a full schedule of live performances, installations, talks and tours across multiple floors of the historic 66 Portland Place.
The Royal College of Art collaborates with RIBA for the second time, responding to Cities of the Night with a commissioned DJ set by multidisciplinary artist, DJ and voyager Chooc Ly Tan, taking us into the night and creating new visions of reality by subverting and repurposing systems and tools we use to understand the world around us.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to grab a drink from our pop-up bar and visit The Architect Has Left The Building in the Architecture Gallery with a special programme of live talks, sound and vision - one spectacular evening of activity you don’t want to miss.
The Architecture Gallery
7pm: The Architect Has Left the Building – Artist talk with Jim Stephenson
Join renowned architectural photographer and filmmaker Jim Stephenson for an introduction to his dual-screen film installation which weaves together moments of joy and intimacy, questioning what happens when new buildings open their doors.
Commissioned as a response to this year’s London Festival of Architecture theme, In Common, the installation offers a series of cinematic vignettes documenting how people engage with the built environment.
7.30pm: Simon James sound performance
Mixing field recordings with electronic sources, experience a unique soundscape and response to The Architect Has Left the Building by musician and sound artist Simon James.
First Floor Gallery
7.30pm: Introduction to Cities of the Night exhibition
8.30pm: DJ CHOOC LY
Enjoy a commissioned DJ set by multidisciplinary artist, DJ and voyager Chooc Ly Tan, taking us into the night and creating new visions of reality by subverting and repurposing systems and tools we use to understand the world around us.
10pm: Into the Night: a collective night walk
Additionally, a night walk is programmed as part of the LFA RIBA Late and Cities of the Night exhibition. Led by artist Alisa Oleva, this Marylebone collective night-walk explores through scores and senses what the night brings and how we navigate it.
Meeting point: 66 Portland Place reception at 9.45pm.
Florence Hall
From 7pm: Enjoy a drink from our pop-up bar
8.30pm: DJ CHOOC LY broadcast from the First Floor Gallery
Clore Learning Centre
From 7pm: Den-making in the Clore
Join the RIBA Learning team for den-making in the Clore Learning Centre, building environments together and exploring what we have in common.
This event is part of the 2023 London Festival of Architecture.
Entry is free but registration is essential.
