Southbank Centre 4th – 6th September 2009

Celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect.

Pestival is a rare creature: an international, inter-disciplinary, community-led festival. Events include insect-inspired comedy, music, ID walks, talks, workshops, experiments, fashion and a termite inspired architectural structure at the centre of Pestival 2009. 80% of creatures on earth are insects, the ‘pests’ without whom humans wouldn’t survive. Pestival celebrates the 100s of millions of years of evolution, which places insects at the heart of human existence. Pestival 2009 celebrates how insects shape our world, and how humans shape the world of insects, in both science and the arts.

Pestival is in its second edition and has been described as “a rare and wonderful celebration of the creepy crawly” (The Independent). Swarm on the entire Southbank Centre site, 4 – 6 September and put insects on the cultural map – before it’s too late.

‘If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.’ (E.O Wilson, the world-renowned biologist and thinker)

Pestival 2009 has been generously supported by the Wellcome Trust and is an Pestival event. For more information on Pestival, visit pestival.org

For further information please visit the Pestival information site at the Southbank Centre.

For information regarding facilities for people with disabilities at the Southbank Centre visit their site.

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