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Plastique Fantastique: Sonic Fictions (Spells)

26 Jul 2025 4-9pm

Beaconsfield

London SE11 6AY

Overview

This all day event continues a weekend proposing Sustainable Magic Against Unsustainable Economic Realism: a gathering of practices, magical and transformative, to manifest the community of those without community.

Sonic happenings, performances and tarot readings by Plastique Fantastique take place from 12 noon in the context of Beaconsfield's site-wide installations for Manifesto for Sustainable Experimentation, to materialise different presents and futures. Book here for special Plastique Fantastique sonic performance 4-9pm.

Sustainable Magic Against Unsustainable Economic Realism Friday evening and all-day Saturday.

Artists

David Burrows

British, b. 1965

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