Memory Palace finds home on Sky Arts

Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace sees the channel collaborating with the V&A to bring an original work of fiction, Memory Palace by author Hari Kunzru, to life through an experiential exhibition and an accompanying documentary.

Following the opening of the exhibition on 18th June, Sky Arts 1 HD will premiere an exclusive documentary about the work on Wednesday 19th June at 8pm.

Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace is the second project to be selected as part of the Sky Arts Ignition fund through which Sky Arts will partner with six leading arts organisations to invest directly in the creation of new, pioneering art works, events and performances.

Memory Palace conjures a tale of a dystopian vision of the future, set in London several hundred years after the global information infrastructure has been wiped out by a huge magnetic storm. Much of the world’s technology and knowledge has been lost, climate change is widespread and nature is reclaiming the ruins of the old city. Books and any form of remembering, recording and mark making are banned by the regime in power, eager to force humans to return to a state of unity with nature.

The documentary joins Hari as he travels through London, the very city he has destroyed in his post-apocalyptic book, to meet some of the visionary graphic designers and illustrators interpreting his words, as well as the V&A curators who commissioned the works and came up with the original concept for the exhibition.

Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace will air on Wednesday the 19th June at 8pm on Sky Arts 1 HD.