National Portrait Gallery to Be First Museum to Create a Five-Sense Visitor Experience… for One Night Only

LONDON.- For one night only the National Portrait Gallery will become the first museum to offer a total sensory visitor experience where people can listen to sonic landscapes and DJ sets, see exhibitions and films, taste cocktails and even be intoxicated by a specially created perfume. The event is set to be one of the most far-reaching explorations of the power of the senses. On Friday 5 August, as part of the Gallery’s programme of late openings, Late Shift, in partnership with FTI Consulting, ReAnimate will be a night to indulge the senses. Exploring body and movement, the evening is inspired by the Gallery’s recently-opened Road to 2012: Changing Pace exhibition of portraits of Olympic and Paralympic participants. Curated in partnership with Martyn Ware, Illustrious and Karen Pearson, Folded Wing, ReAnimate will offer sonic soundscapes, an artist’s panel discussion, an exclusive DJ set from Illum Sphere and

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