ASMR Late Event
All the Feels: After Hours
Join us at a special late opening celebrating the exhibition WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR featuring talks and performances by leading ASMRtists and digital creatives.
ASMR has proved a surprising phenomenon, and its popularity is symbolic of the integral role digital culture plays in our lives. In a dedicated after-hours opening, our collaborators will explore what ASMR reveals about how we express ourselves, find intimacy, manage loneliness, and navigate mental health in the digital sphere.
Enjoy exclusive access to the exhibition through a combined ticket offer, as well as discussions and immersive experiences throughout the museum including a screening of a short video in collaboration with NOWNESS and Caring Whispers ASMR.
As the evening progresses, we'll explore our internet identities through conversations between artists, researchers and academics. Artist and sound designer Julie Rose Bower, featured in the exhibition, will discuss representation on the internet with creative computing lecturer Jazmin Morris. The second of these will discuss the beneficial potential ASMR has for improving mental health with researcher Clau Nader and mindfulness practitioner Athena Ko, also known as the Gong Girl. Ko will deliver meditative gong baths throughout the evening.
Refreshments will be available at the bar, selling a range of alcoholic, soft drinks and snacks. The exhibition will be open to ticket holders throughout the evening – please note that access to the exhibition is ticketed separately.
18.45 – 19.30 Talk: Internet Identities with Jazmin Morris and Julie Rose Bower
19.30 – 19.40: Nowness short film screening
20.10 – 20.50 Talk: Mental Health in a post-digital world with Clau Nader and Athena Ko
18.20, and 19.30: Gong Baths – each session with last 20 minutes. Please note that whilst these take place in our main atrium, dedicated seating will be limited.
Book online
Adult: Event £12, Event + Exhibition £20
Student/Concession: £10, Event + Exhibition £15.70
Members: £9, Exhibition Free
A limited number of tickets are available through our Emerging Designers Access Scheme. If you are an emerging designer and facing financial barriers to attend, please register here.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Visit our terms & conditions page for further information.
Facilitators
Ko, known as ‘The Gong Girl’, is London’s leading Gong Master and Meditation Teacher. She currently teaches Meditation in the psychiatric wards at Nightingale Hospital, the private Mental Health Hospital in London. Athena is also the official Wellbeing Practitioner for residents at the exclusive One Hyde Park. Recently, Athena played the opening act at Wellness events like The Balance Festival and was listed on ‘Tatler’s Best in Wellness’ 2020.
Nader is an audio engineer specialising in immersive sound design for film, TV, audio-visual media, advertising and sonic art installations. A PhD researcher at the Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media of the University of York, Nader explores the effects of sound immersion in ASMR-inducing media and its use as potential psychosocial interventions for mental health and wellbeing in young people advocating for equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility and sustainability.
Morris is a Creative Computing Artist and Educator based in London. Her personal practice and research explore representation and inclusivity within technology. She uses free and open-source tools to create digital experiences that highlight issues surrounding gender identity, race and power. Morris is the Lead Digital Tutor on the Graphic Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins and a Lecturer in Digital Outreach at the Creative Computing Institute.
Bower creates sound-led performances, installations and her research explores the intersection of sound with movement and touch. Among recent work, Bower has made a YouTube video series ASMR at the museum for the V&A and created Meridians Meet, an interactive sensory space as part of our exhibition WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR .
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Background image: ASMR Exhibition Photographed by Ed Reeve.
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