Step into a sunny day by the sea with LIFT and Serpentine. Relax, knees back and enjoy a range of seductive harmonies and melodic stories that glide between the mundane, the sinister, and the surreal.

Thursday 23 June - Sunday 10 July.

The theatrical installation that stunned audiences in 2019 Venice Biennale will make its UK debut at the Albany in partnership with LIFT and Serpentine. The main house of the Albany will be transformed into a crowded beach, complete with 10 tons of sand and thirteen vocalists taking on the role of beachgoers enjoying the sunshine.  

Imagine a beach – you within it, or better: watching from above – the burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs. Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat. Then a chorus of songs: everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them: the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp.

Sunbathing characters will offer up a range of seductive harmonies and melodic stories that glide between the mundane, the sinister, and the surreal. From the sprawling tapestry of their lives emerges a piercing exploration of the relationship between people and our planet, captured in one afternoon on a crowded beach. Time to step into a sunny day by the sea and be reminded of the physical impacts of climate change.