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tuning into change
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Tuning Into Change

Written for young people by young people, read a youth manifesto for the arts in 'Tuning into Change'

Gazing directly into the camera, Paz Errazuriz’s arresting photograph of Pilar, a cross-dresser working in an underground brothel in Chile during the 1980s.
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Another Kind of Life Story

We look closer at some of the stories behind the photographers and their subjects of 'Another Kind of Life' in our podcast series.

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Guest Picks: Roderick Williams

Ahead of his 2019 concerts, we invite our Milton Court Artist-in-Residence to share some of his favourite tracks in our latest Guest Picks.

Simon McBurney in The Encounter
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Complicite: The Encounter

Simon McBurney and Marcus du Sautoy discuss the role of consciousness in 'The Encounter', a theatrical retelling of the incredible true story of National Geographic photographer, Loren McIntyre and his journey into in a remote area of Brazil in 1969

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Barbican Meets: Walter Pfeiffer

 

Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer recounts his first steps into the world of photography, and shares the story of how 'Carlo Joh', his series of photographs of a young man oscillating between naked, made-up and drag, came into being.

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Listen: Gustav Mahler

As a composer, Mahler acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. We've curated our favourites of his works - take a listen.

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Barbican Meets: Paz Errázuriz

 

Since the 1980s, Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz has documented those living on the fringes of society: from trans communities to the homeless. Here she recounts the stories behind some of her photographs and talks to us about living with her subjects in a brothel during the military regime in Chile.