181 Martel and Naked Present: Black Sabbath Resurrection
The red ash of the apocalypse gives way to an engulfing darkness. The sun is extinguished behind a sulphorous cloud of cinder and debris. Countless lives are lost, and the few who survived the cataclysm face a punishing torrent of rain - a toxic sluice of chemicals, pulverized concrete and seared human remains - as the bruised black sky swells and bursts endlessly, without mercy.
The survivors endure, find a common purpose: to rebuild. To start again. To revive humanity. They are from diverse backgrounds, but these survivors, shielded from the predatory elements by the fortified walls of the concrete venue, are bound by one universal element as human beings... the pounding metal of Black Sabbath. They are all die-hard fans - and the hardcore rock of The Sabbath will become their religion, their economy, their hope...
On January 24th, 1972 -- Black Sabbath began their show in their hometown, at the Birmingham Town Hall venue -- unknowingly on the brink of an earth-scorching fracture in space-time. 0 hours, 29 minutes, 43 seconds into the show, as they ripped into the opening bars of „Iron Man, it happened... And with it, all recordings from that night were abruptly cut off. All at the same moment.
This is a true story.
Black Sabbath Resurrection is a mind-blowing chronicle of that night and its mystery, birthed from the music of Black Sabbath - it becomes a crucible for the band and their fans to overcome the dark pieces of a fractured reality, unite the remaining survivors and finish the show that was so crudely interrupted that night.
Please join us on November 17th at 181 Martel to experience the world of Black Sabbath Resurrection and never-before-seen treasures at the Black Sabbath Retrospective installation in the adjoining Naked space.
