Tuesday 8 May 2012
READING COMPLEX ACT I&II at THE SHOWROOM
Saturday 12.05.2012, 3.00-5.30pm
Event with talks, exercises and discussions by Amber Ablett and Eloise Jones of
[Details on Request] and Fatos Ustek; moderated by Nico de Oliveira
The Showroom
63 Penfold Street
NW8 8PQ London
+44 (0)20 7724 4300
info@theshowroom.org
Navigating from its two exhibition precursors, Reading Complex Act
I&II – Coordinates/ Relocations wishes to engage more directly and
discursively with an audience on the subject of writing. Essentially concerned
with the act of writing within an image-based society, we would like to
question how we as viewers, readers and witnesses dissect alternative information
and knowledge from a given situation, a presentation, a written account. What
is the role of the writer and what motivates their responsibility to the act of
writing?
Reading Complex Act I&II – Coordinates/Relocations invites a number of
speakers whose practice shows a keen engagement with writing, and how the act
of writing might perform a different, more ambiguous role in the field of
contemporary art practice. Here, language and writing forms the host for
projects that engage with the relationship between art and fiction, art and
reality. This could be further considered as a conflict with and a movement
from the loss of the documentary image to its recovery in the element of the
fictional.
Through open discussion, we wish to engage with the ways in which meaning sets
itself in thought, the way it plasticises itself as a body of knowledge not
simply by analysis and interpretation, but rather as something we actively
produce through our various practices.
Sunday 11 March 2012
Sunday 12 February 2012
VISITING HOURS II AT SOUNDFJORD
Visiting Hours II is a site-specific audiovisual installation that will be created by Mark and Laura Cetilia for SoundFjord during their residency in January 2012. The piece will document Mark and Laura's experience of visiting the gallery and the borough of Haringey where the gallery resides.
http://www.soundfjord.org/
Monday 30 January 2012
Shelve: George Cullen, Book Art Exhbition
In a collaborative project with LXV Books in Bethnal Green, Amber Ablett will be curating an exhibition of book art works on a shelf of the bookshop, to introduce new audiences to art works using the book format. Part two of the project will be exhibiting work by Luke Drozd, an artist and designer based in London. The exhibition will run until the 2nd February 2012. LXV Books 65 Roman Road Bethnal Green London E2 0QN George Cullen Private view 02.02.12 02.02.12 to 08.03.12 George Cullen is a book artist and designer. His work explores the use of space and language especially concerned with the reader’s relationship to the book and reading. How the surface of the book relates to the act of reading and the position of the reader. He takes part regularly in art book fairs around the UK and has exhibited in and outside London. His work can be seen in collections including the Tate Library, London and UWE Centre for Artist Books.
Sunday 29 January 2012
WORDS WORDS WORDS at SELFRIDGES
If you are in the area do visit Selfridges to explore their in store campaign based on the written word. Selfridges have created a library on the lower ground floor to host talks, discussions, events and workshops. [DoR] are particularly looking forward to the talks from It's Nice That.
Words Words Words will run until the 1st March, follow the link for the programme of events -
Saturday 21 January 2012
THE WORKERS KITCHEN AT pyramidd.biz
Workers Kitchen is an ongoing series of evening events based on changing themes. These events will be composed of informal talks and lectures, screening and showings, eatings and drinking.
A Duck, A Rabbit and A Rabbit and A Duck
February 10th 2012pyramidd.biz, Bethnal Green
http://www.timothydixon.co.uk/duckrabbit.html
The philosopher Thomas Kuhn used the duck/rabbit optical illusion to illustrate Paradigm Shift; a phrase that he coined. He used it to demonstrate when how a shift in scientific understanding occurs - a Paradigm Shift - you are made able to see and understand a thing, a phenomenon, a set of data, differently despite the fact that you are still looking at exactly the same thing as before.
An evening of music, sounds and noise performances, alongside a small installation of sculptural works and videos.
Thursday 19 January 2012
LAURA BUCKLEY AT Cell Project Space
Private View Thursday 19th January 2012, 6-9pm
20th January-26th February open Friday-Sunday 12-6pm
Elizabeth Neilson is Director of Zabludowicz Collection, London and will be in conversation with the artist for CYcLE CLUB, Thursday 9th February 2012
Wednesday 18 January 2012
VISUAL PARADIGMS: UPDATE
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