What: Special Events

When: Wed 18 June 2014 –Sun 22 June 2014

Where: Victoria & Albert Museum, London.  Tapestries, Room 94

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 INSTALLATION

Put on a headset to ‘walk’ the streets of Aleppo and enter a refugee camp full of children, as real events occur. The ongoing war in Syria has displaced nearly a third of the population; a terrible truth that can be hard to grasp at a distance and put you on scene as a witness to the unfolding events. Project Syria uses cutting-edge virtual reality technology to remove that distance.

V&A Director Dr Martin Roth has been instrumental in making sure Project Syria is hosted at the V&A during International Refugee Week 2014.  Dr Roth clarifies that the V&A is a historic institution with a radical mission: to bring art and design to all. Prince Albert, its founder, was inspired by the work of Gottfried Semper…