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Radio 6 Music,9 mins

The artist who spent 7 days and nights in darkness

Mary Anne Hobbs

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Artist, illustrator and typographer Sam Winston has just spent a week in complete darkness at the Southbank Centre, creating a new immersive piece called 'DARKNESS VISIBLE'. He explored perception and the spoken word, and the benefits of experiencing the 'creative impact of darkness'.

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