Sonic adventures inspired by dusk in Oxford’s beautiful Botanic Garden.

Dusk is a very special time of day, a time of transition, a time when some go to sleep and others wake up, when the light changes from one moment to the next and the air is full of mysterious sounds, a time aptly named by photographers The Magic Hour.

For three nights, the beautiful University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden opens its gates after hours and invites you in to immerse yourself in a September sunset. Artists Rob Kesseler, Rag and Bone, Max Eastley, David Rothenberg, IOU and Robert Jarvis have been commissioned by OCM and the Botanic Garden to create new works in response to the garden and to dusk. Together they conjure up an evocative sonic and visual world that examines and celebrates nature.

The artists have been exploring the garden and its plant and animal life since March and witnessing the changes over the summer. They have also been working with community and school groups and picnickers on Saturdays through the summer to create other works of art that will inhabit the garden.

The Magic Hour is generously supported by Arts Council England, the PRS Foundation and VSL. BMW Group Oxford is giving its support to the project through Oxford Inspires.