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Edmund de Waal: Fragments, Music and Poetry
Edmund de Waal: Fragments, Music and Poetry
Wed 4 Jun, 18:00 - 20:00
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Join Edmund de Waal for an evening exploring transformation through fragments, institutions, poetry, and music, featuring local performers.
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Experience a captivating evening with acclaimed artist Edmund de Waal as he explores the theme of “Create and Transform” through fragments and brokenness. Bookended by musical performance, de Waal will deliver an inspiring 40-minute talk, reflecting on the creative power of pot shards, poetry, and the beauty of incompleteness in his work.
Edmund will examine how broken fragments spark transformation, shaping museum spaces and personal meaning. The event concludes with performances that respond to the theme, filling the museum with soundscapes of creation, transformation, and cultural resonance.
Edmund de Waal is author of the bestselling memoir, ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance,’ and his most recent book ‘Letters to Camondo’. Edmund de Waal is a Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College with the Cultural Programme at Oxford University.
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Edmund de Waal is author of the bestselling memoir, ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance,’ and his most recent book ‘Letters to Camondo’. Edmund de Waal is a Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College with the Cultural Programme at Oxford University.
£35
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Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH
