First Thursday: After Hours Viewing

Don’t miss your final chance to view Explosion of Words after hours as part of Whitechapel Gallery’s First Thursdays, with the Nunnery Café serving drinks and snacks throughout the evening.
Explosion of Words is a cinematic photo installation and imaginary library of modern poetry in translation, testament to the power of language and poetic forms.
The exhibition is a culmination of Swiss artist Hannes Schüpbach’s (b. 1965) response to the oeuvre of east London-based poet and language activist Stephen Watts (b. 1952). Through the installation, we are called on to recognise and engage with the vast wealth of poetry in translation that has been, and still is being, written and performed today out of many different histories and environments.
40 years in the making, Watts’ monumental Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation has been transformed into an immersive physical experience, extending as an ocean of text across the central gallery walls. Through this ‘storehouse of language’, we can reflect on Watts’ life-long love of poetry in every tongue which equally permeates through Schüpbach’s intimate readings and documentation of the poet’s habitual spaces in the swirl of worlds that is London’s East End.
 
Access Information
Nunnery Gallery has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system.
Accessible parking is not available on-site but blue badge parking can be found 500m away on Fairfield Road.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email nunnery@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Travel Information
Opening hours: Tues-Sun, 10am to 4pm
Address: Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
Nearest station(s): Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away, and Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away.
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Bike: Bicycle parking is located at Bow Church Station. The nearest Santander Cycles docking station is at Bow Church Station.