In the gallery we usually have an automatic sound system playing as part of the displays, so of course this needed to be turned off for filming. The Belle Vue daylight studio, which is adjacent to the parlour, was used as storage space and a ‘green room’ for everyone involved. Inside the Kodak Gallery-the Victorian parlour (drawing room)Ĭamera, lighting and sound equipment were set up around a table in the centre of the parlour (making sure not to touch any of the museum pieces around the edge!). The gallery plays host to our very own Victorian parlour, which perfectly illustrates the type of setting in which these séances would take place. The film was shot in the National Science and Media Museum’s Kodak Gallery on 12 and 13 July 2021. One of these events, on 21 September 2021, included the launch of Séance: A View Through the Veil, which shows a recreation of techniques used in spirit contact that reveal the thinking behind some of the popular methods of stage mediumship even in the present day. You can find out more information about some of these events on the Media of Mediumship events page.
#VICTORIAN SEANCE SERIES#
The collaborative project (between the University of Stirling, Science Museum Group and Senate House Library) will be hosting a series of free events to show how both believers and sceptics have used technology in ways to affirm or debunk the existence of an unseen or spiritual world. You can find out more about the project on the Media of Mediumship website. The Media of Mediumship is a one-year project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, which aims to examine the relationship between science, technology, and occultism in modern Britain, using the unique collections of the Science Museum Group and Senate House Library to explore the entangled histories of human belief, perception, trust, and scientific evidence as experienced through sight and sound.
However, due to Covid-19, it was decided that it would be better recorded on camera and launched as a short film instead. It was originally intended to be a stage performance-an immersive event allowing participants to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the Victorian home séance.
Séance: A View Through the Veil is a short film designed and performed by Dr Nik Taylor and Ashton Carter as part of the Media of Mediumship project. Alexandra Haley goes behind the scenes of Séance: A View Through the Veil, a short film shot in the museum’s Kodak Gallery.
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