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Take a walk through the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, located in the roof of an early 18th Century church, once part of old St Thomas' Hospital. Find out more at https://ift.tt/3d1zx17 by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Why is the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret important to our local community? Find out from some of our community partners, Nadia Broccardo, Chief Executive of Team London Bridge, Christina Wheatley, Trustee of Edible Rotherhithe, and Flora Smyth Zahra, Senior Clinical Lecturer at King's College London. by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Responding to an innovative Community Arts Project comprised of a series of online workshops led by visual artist Charlie Murphy and creative writer Laurie Bolger,a diverse group of online participants created artworks, creative writings, photography, video, and sculpture back in early 2021. They have creatively recorded the spaces, landscapes, objects, feelings, and rituals that have shaped their experiences of COVID-19 over the last year. Inspired by artefacts and anecdotes from the museum’s collection, Message in a Bottle digitally and physically captures personal experiences of lockdown within the historic interiors, vessels, and artefacts of the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret. The resulting panopoly of digital projections and physical interventions expose poignant and startling contrasts and resonances between past and present public health crises. Curated and produced by Charlie Murphy, this exhibition has been developed in collaboration with new technologist Robin Bussell, Laurie Bolger, Monica Walker, and over 30 online participants from across the UK and Europe. Additional Information: Charlie Murphy is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working with glass, light, new technologies, performance, photography and video. Charlie and technologist Robin Bussell work as collaborative team Instagram @thephotonicexcitors, www.charliemurphy.co.uk Laurie Bolger is an English poet, stand-up and presenter based in London. She recently published her debut poetry collection ‘Box Rooms.’ www.lauriebolger.com *This project was made possible with the support of public funding from Arts Council England, The Artists Agency and Kingston School of Art.* by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret Featured Object The Champetier de Ribes Bag (19th century) Museum Collection The Champetier de Ribes Bag Written and Voiced by Harriet Carter The Champetier de Ribes bag is an obstetrics tool designed to artificially dilate a woman’s cervix in order to induce labour. Made from waterproof silk and covered in a thin layer of rubber, the bags were designed to compact easily to the thickness of a finger. The collapsed bag was inserted into the uterus by a doctor using a pair of specially designed forceps. A long rubber tube extended from the nozzle of the bag and protruded out of the vagina. Through this, sterilized warm water was pumped in order to slowly distend the bag. Fully inflated, the bag held 17oz of water. The nineteenth century was a dangerous time for pregnant women. In 1874 England recorded its highest ever mortality rate where an average of 69.3 women died per 10,000 births (around 7%). Today the mortality rate is 0.8 women per 10,000 births (0.008%). About half of these women died due to complications of labour, slowly bleeding to death over a long birth. By inducing labour at an often earlier, crucial stage the de Ribes bag saved thousands of women’s lives. Read the full blog post on our website: https://ift.tt/3wo96v6 See the Champetier de Ribes bag in person by visiting the museum: https://ift.tt/3D6HVYF The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret is governed by the Lord Brock Trust, a registered charity (Registered Charity Number 1155078 ). If you want to support us, consider making a donation: https://ift.tt/3qfsnOu by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Meet two of our 'Friends', part of the newly launched (in 2021) 'Friends of the Old Op' scheme, and find out why they wanted to support the museum and what the museum means to them. If you want to become a Friend of the Old Op and receive exclusive benefits as well as supporting the ongoing work of the museum, visit https://ift.tt/3jrRMjS. With thanks to Clare Lyon and Janina Woods. Video by Bill Thisdell www.billthisdell.com. by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Pumping is a count down. It is a slowing down exercise in order to be able to allow the mind free. A set of images, rhymes and potentialities that appear from the in between. A dazzling (dazing) landscape. What happens when you become drowsy enough, where do we go? Esther Merinero is an artist based between Madrid and London, currently studying MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. www.esthermerinero.com @esthermerinero by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Inhale into my body, is a collaborative short film exploring echoes of imagined narratives and past experiences through an archive of objects at the Old Operating Theatre. The film navigates through the lens of an 1874 Chloroform Inhaler - a small, bronze and velvet object, speaking in streams of its poetic consciousness. Eleanor McLean is a British artist currently studying Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. @eleanormcleanstudio www.eleanormclean.com Voice by Elinor Coleman by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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In the Triage project film, I wanted to capture the ambience of the old operating theatre by creating a contemplative experience building up to a moment of silence.This film builds through a series of different shots from the old operating theatre set to Sarabande by G.F. Handel played by myself on the harpsichord. This piece is in D minor creating a melancholic mood, suggestive of traumas past. The film ends in the main iconic space of the theatre, where the music stops and fades into the space. My objective was to create a moment of contemplation realised in silence, through the contrast of imagery; panning of the camera to the almost handheld still. My inspiration for this was the film MA: Space / Time in the garden of Ryoan-ji (1989), by Arata Isozaki and Taka Limura, in which they used sound and silence with camera panning and stills to create a reflective space. Instagram jazz.s.young by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Cervical dilation is the opening of the cervix, the entrance to the uterus, during childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion, or gynecological surgery. Cervical dilation may occur naturally, or may be induced surgically or medically. The cervical dilator is a medical instrument allowing this medical opening. It opens up the female inside, in order for the surgeon to enter, to perform. Dissecting the Dreamed Body is a film that follows the cervical dilator into the old operating theatre, with its spectators, (male) surgeons and drug induced, hallucinating patients. As long as the daylight allowed, The medical instruments were waiting to become an extension of his body, allowing him to cut, dissect, open up, separate, and examine. Enlarge the subtle movements of the surgeons hand. Film made by artist @sylkevdheiden, a current first year at the Royal College of Art MA sculpture. https://ift.tt/3uR2dAd by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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From the The Old Operating Theatre, artist, SR, creates a repeating sound and looping film work, in association with an AI voice simulation; a paper cut out; atoms clashing in the air; digital film footage (shot during Covid 19 Lockdown); and soundwaves vibrating in your ear. SR is an artist collaborating with hidden forces and resistance, movement and stillness, co-existing within contemporary tangles of reality and virtual reality. A film by SR. Instagram @shirley.renwick by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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In this work I am using sound and image to discuss the relationship between breathing and the body. During the epidemic, people’s eyes were overly focused on the mouth, nasal cavity and masks. I was inspired by the old facial mask preserved in the Old Operating Theatre. For the sound in the work, I read poetry while running, my language deconstructs and distorts under the pressure of gasping for breath. @qwy980414 by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Soft They Tread Above Me is a short dream-like sequence of images; a mixture of videos taken by the artist, stock footage, and archival material. The film is an opium-inspired meditation on trade, history and colonialism. Alastair Kwan is a London-based artist currently studying MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. www.alastairkwan.com @alastair_kwan by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Inhale into my body, is a collaborative short film exploring echoes of imagined narratives and past experiences through an archive of objects at the Old Operating Theatre. The film navigates through the lens of an 1874 Chloroform Inhaler - a small, bronze and velvet object, speaking in streams of its poetic consciousness. Eleanor McLean is a British artist currently studying Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. @eleanormcleanstudio www.eleanormclean.com Voice by Elinor Coleman by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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Deming Huang's work explores ideas of poetics, queer story and assemblage of plants and techno-objects. He ('they' when in poetry form) uses metaphysic materials like text, bio-materials and the every day. He (they) built this film for the people who came before him (they); the unheard voices: because of the same struggle, melancholy and desire, they become one. In the future, he (they) wants to make works for the dead and the living, the suffering ones; long live the ghosts that society fails to see. @rcasculpture @mingdmh deminghuang.com by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret stands in the heart of London Bridge in Southwark. This area has a very long and at times colourful history. Gareth Miles, our education and outreach officer, will share with you pieces of history and anecdotes about the local history of Southwark. Join him in this new audio series. by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

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The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret stands in the heart of London Bridge in Southwark. This area has a very long and at times colourful history. Gareth Miles, our education and outreach officer, will share with you pieces of history and anecdotes about the local history of Southwark. Join him in this new audio series. by The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret