Gold-Bug is now over.
Gold-Bug: Dissected
Mr Rupert Grandison and company
Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June 2008
The Spirit Level, Southbank Centre
Tags: reading unlimited
The esteemed philanthropist Rupert Grandison invites you to examine the peculiar events surrounding the search for the treasure of the Gold Bug. This adventure, begun at Mr Grandison's behest, ultimately grew to engulf his own life and the lives of those ingenious souls who joined his quest. Those who discovered the trail within Punchdrunk's Masque Of The Red Death were sucked into what would feel something like an alternate reality were it not the real-life adventures of the Hunters and Mr Grandison! Working alongside Coney and the Hunters themselves, Mr Grandison has curated an exhibition which recounts the experiences of those bitten by the Gold Bug.
| People intending to play this game: Kevan, Holly, Fausto Fonseca, Ana Paula, Silke, Cathy, CharlotteR, Robbly, Harry, Apolobamba, j, Joe Public, Elena, Miles, Tallbird, Abigail, LyndsayG, Big Bru, Peter, steve m, Harriet, naomi billingham, David s, Scribbler79, Tanya, Linda Bloomfield, ammonite, Megan, Neillie, KarenS, Naomi Alderman, ilana, dan winterstein, Mink, rachel baker, Romilly, amina, Ben Stephenson, Bring Stuff, SimonB, chris rhodes, kellan dalton, ninjanura, AKL, claire teasdale, Faith, Celine Llewellyn-Jon, Denise Keane, Hannah Rowlands, J, silvasurfa, Geraldine, Michael Reeve, Moody, Gemma, Srdja, Glen O'Hara, Gideon Reeling, Arthur, MJ, Jon, Vanessa, Sarah Heenan, Ronald, Zak Ezzati, Julian McCrea, Hannu Rajaniemi, Katya, ilana, Alfred, Maz Porta, Lisa A, Patrick, dom, Rose Patterson, Sari GR, ben mason, Charlie Fish, MeganH, Tweetiti, Jenny Smith, Shemek, hawkinsw, Gary, Lesley, Julian, Johnny Roberts, despinissima, Jeeman, Tate, leahl, Korhan, Quang and Kasia. |
Mr Rupert Grandison and company
The Gold Bug: Dissected is presented by Mr Rupert Grandison with the assistance of the Hunters and in association with Coney, supported by BAC and Punchdrunk.
As a child, Rupert learnt of a great wrong which had dishonoured his family, the theft of treasure, as discovered in Poe's true tale 'The Gold-Bug'. This motivated him to forge a career with gold-mining corporation AngloAmerican; since retirement to pursue the thief obsessively. Mr Grandison is 95 years old. Coney were honoured to assist him.