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Irregular Pearl
from inside women's spaces
 

A contemporary lyrical reimagining of Hadley's Public Drawing-Room for Ladies  (1896). 

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The interior ornamentation of Hadley's Orient Hotel is echoed through the elaborate, decorative excess of  baroque music played live by Duo Antiqua.   Inside, below, I draw their music as it flows through deeper spaces.

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 * The term baroque comes from the Portuguese word barroco meaning misshapen pearl - irregular pearl

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Photography by Gerrard Dixon

many thanks

Performance Collaborators:
Duo Antiqua- Llewellyn Negrin (recorder) & Chrissie Berryman (viola de gamba)


Amy Jackett - Curator, Hadley's Orient Hotel
Hadley's Orient Hotel 
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The PUBLIC DRAWING-ROOM FOR LADIES advertised in the 

ORIENT LINE GUIDE: Chapters for Travellers by Sea and by Land.  

Fifth and Cheaper Edition,   1896, 

 

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Irregular Pearl was conceived for the Unravelling Ornament exhibition

@ Hadley's Orient Hotel curated by Dr Llewellyn Negrin

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PROGRAM interrupted and re imagined DUE TO COVID

 
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