September 2018 to March 2019

IWM London

Everyone

Free event

The guns fell silent....a new world began

Please note - this video contains no dialogue. 

Overlaid text reads: The guns fell silent when the First World War ended. A new world began. Exhibitions, sound, art, live dance and music, film and photogrpahy, conversations.  

Taking place at IWM London, Making A New World explores how the First World War has shaped the society we live in today through a programme of free exhibitions, alongside immersive live music, performance and public debates.

Exhibitions

Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs

Service men piled up on a car during Armistice celebrations in Birmingham, 1918.
© IWM (Q 63690)
Armistice celebrations in Birmingham, 1918.
21 September 2018 to 31 March 2019
IWM London

Through a rich collection of over 130 black and white photographs, discover the resilience and ingenuity of the human spirit.

Exhibitions

Still taken from Mimesis: African Soldier by John Akomfrah
© John Akomfrah Still taken from Mimesis: African Soldier by John Akomfrah, co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW, New Art Exchange, Nottingham and Smoking Dogs Films, with additional support from Sharjah Art Foundation
Exhibitions
IWM London

Mimesis: African Soldier

21 September 2018 to 31 March 2019
Installation view of I Was There: Room of Voices at IWM London
© IWM
Exhibitions
IWM London

I Was There: Room of Voices

21 September 2018 to 31 March 2019
Installation view of Moments of Silence at IWM London
© IWM
Exhibitions
IWM London

Moments of Silence

Until 31 March 2019