V&A East Museum opens its doors for the first time this Saturday 18 April as part of East Bank in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Co-created with young people, creatives, and those living, working and studying in east London, V&A East Museum celebrates making and creativity’s power to bring change around the world. Set across a bright, spacious five-storey building designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey, V&A East Museum is a showcase of creativity and a celebration of east London, UK and global makers. Behind its doors – in front of which stands Thomas J Price’s 18ft sculpture, A Place Beyond – V&A East Museum opens its first landmark multisensory exhibition, The Music is Black: A British Story – the largest ever exhibition on the impact of Black British music on the UK and around the world. Featuring over 200 objects from the V&A’s collection and important loans, at its heart it celebrates the emergence of eight distinct Black British genres from 2 tone to lovers rock, Brit funk, jungle, drum & bass, trip hop, UK garage and grime.Interviews with - Gus Casely-Hayford - Director, V&A East - Madeleine Haddon - Senior Curator, V&A East - Zofia Trafas White - Senior Curator, V&A East - Brendan Cormier - Chief Curator, V&A East - Rene Matic - Artist of “Heard”, New Work Commission - Jacqueline Springer - Lead Exhibition Curator - Josephine Small - Exhibition Research Assistant - Maya Lewis - V&A East Youth Collective Member
