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The Royal Festival Hall is closed on Thursday 3 September, re-opening at 5pm to ticket holders only for Letters Live at 7.30pm. The National Poetry Library remains open with entry via the Royal Festival Hall Artists’ Entrance.

Günseli Yalcinkaya wearing a grey cardigan and silvery eye makeup

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Günseli Yalcinkaya is an artist, writer and researcher based in London, whose work explores how technology shapes myth. A writer-in-residence at Somerset House Studios, Yalcinkaya investigates internet folklore, tracing how emerging technologies give rise to new ideologies, digital superstitions and collective fantasies. Her writing has appeared in Art Review, CURA and Dazed Magazine, among others. Her research into quantum culture was initially presented as part of LAS Art Foundation’s Sensing Art programme in 2025. As a member of the multidisciplinary audiovisual project The Talk, she collaborates with musicians Heith and James K and architect Andrea Belosi, transforming research into live performance.