London Lore: Seasonal Customs with Simon Costin

Simon Costin is a curator and creative director. He is the director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, in Cornwall and the founder and director of the Museum of British Folklore.  Born in London, he completed a BA in Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of the Art where he was taught by the film maker Derek Jarman, who recognised his fledgling interest in magical practise.  
 
His creative process is informed by museum and archival research and his own art practise, along with some lucid dreaming, when needed. Costin has both exhibited his own work within and curated shows at leading cultural centres such as the ICA, Whitechapel Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Compton Verney in Warwickshire.