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Lets' face it: 'interactive art' can often be shorthand for 'embarrassing art' ("please climb inside the sculpture and remove your clothes") or maybe, if you're lucky, some overcomplicated piece of hardware that doesn't seem to be working the day you visit the gallery. |
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Former Elvis guitarist Scotty Moore plays at the Jazz Café 7pm. 5 Parkway, NW1. £27. 0870 264 3333 or here. |
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Regress to childhood and go get Inside The Spitfire at the Science Museum. 10am-6pm Exhibition Rd, SW7. Free. |
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| Ronnie Scotts has legendary jazz pianist Monty Alexander playing with Christine Tobin. 9:30pm 47 Frith St W1. £15. | ||||
Thankfully the Centre of Attention collective have managed to turn the concept of interactive art on its head to the advantage of everyone by arranging to bring pieces from their collection to you. Over the next couple of moths all you have to do is give the Centre a ring at their Clapton Common HQ and let them know when they can pop round with a piece from their pretty extensive contemporary collection, which features Ben Morieson, Oreet Ashery and Markus Vater among others. |
The new Short [play] NYTS season is on @Soho Theatre 7pm. 21 Dean Street, W1. £5. 0870 429 6883 or here. |
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Go for a tango lesson or two at Darbucka. 7:30pm. 182 St John Street, EC1. £7. |
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When they arrive, you can view the artwork at your leisure and the Centre of Attention 'curators' will even sit down over a brew and discuss the work with you if you so wish. It beats squinting at those little explanatory cards in art galleries, doesn't it? As an added bonus you can always purchase the art so you can keep it forever. But, be warned, this isn't like ordering a pizza. You don't get a free sculpture or anything if they don't get to you within half an hour. On
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The enormous, robe wearing collective The Polyphonic Spree play at Koko. 7:30pm 1 Camden High Street, NW1. £21. 0870 264 3333 or here. |
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Last week of Vinyl Factory's Born in the Bronx, Circus Oz at the RFH, What The Butler Saw at Hampstead, Michael Fullerton at Tate Britain and Serpentine Gallery's Rirkrit Tiravanija exhibition. |
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