FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
The Cornershop, 6-9pm private view Lucy Sparrow 'The Cornershop'
https://www.facebook.com/events/1439452206320111/
19 Wellington Row, London, E2 7BB
An art show truly worth making a fuzz about, Lucy Sparrow’s Cornershop is the fluffiest, furriest shopping experience imaginable. She’s filled a former derelict store in Bethnal Green with over 4,000 handmade felt versions of familiar grocery items - from fish fingers and cans of SPAM to sanitary towels and newspapers, rocket ice lollies and oven chips to ciggies, veggies, and what is most certainly the softest loo roll ever manufactured.
http://www.hackneywicked.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hackney-WickED-Art-Festival-Press-Release-Programme-Announced-22.07.14.pdf
Formans Fish Island, E3 2NT
Hackney WickED Art Festival throws opens its warehouse doors to present cutting edge exhibitions from some of London’s most extraordinary galleries and a plethora of artists’ open studios across the area.
Schwartz Gallery, 6-9pm private view Alexandra Drawbridge 'Drop Dead Gorgeous'
http://www.schwartzgallery.co.uk/
92 White Post Lane, Ground floor, Building 2, London, E9 5EN
Drop Dead Gorgeous is the fourth in a series of solo exhibitions by emerging contemporary artists at Schwartz gallery, and Drawbridge’s first solo show in London.
Drawbridge’s large digital prints of cropped female faces are at once alluring and unsettling. In this new work she has enlarged small sections of imagery from popular crime drama, transforming them into works of art, which navigate a space between intimidation and seduction.
http://www.hackneywicked.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hackney-WickED-Art-Festival-Press-Release-Programme-Announced-22.07.14.pdf
Formans Fish Island, E3 2NT
Hackney WickED Art Festival throws opens its warehouse doors to present cutting edge exhibitions from some of London’s most extraordinary galleries and a plethora of artists’ open studios across the area.
Zabludowicz Collection, 2-5pm Families Create drop in workshop
http://zabludowiczcollection.com/london/events/families-create-2-aug
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Every Saturday drop in and explore the exhibition through fun activities with artist Effie Coe. Suitable for children aged 3 and above accompanied by an adult.
Serpentine Gallery, 3pm Emma Enderby discusses Marina Abramović: 512 Hours
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/saturday-talks-emma-enderby-marina-abramovi%C4%87-512-hours
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
An introduction to the exhibition by Marina Abramović: 512 Hours as well as the artist's practice, by Serpentine Assistant Curator Emma Enderby.
Free, but spaces are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Does not include entrance to the exhibition.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1439452206320111/
19 Wellington Row, London, E2 7BB
An art show truly worth making a fuzz about, Lucy Sparrow’s Cornershop is the fluffiest, furriest shopping experience imaginable. She’s filled a former derelict store in Bethnal Green with over 4,000 handmade felt versions of familiar grocery items - from fish fingers and cans of SPAM to sanitary towels and newspapers, rocket ice lollies and oven chips to ciggies, veggies, and what is most certainly the softest loo roll ever manufactured.
Hackney Wicked Art Festival, opening night Hackney Wicked
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Formans Fish Island, E3 2NT
Hackney WickED Art Festival throws opens its warehouse doors to present cutting edge exhibitions from some of London’s most extraordinary galleries and a plethora of artists’ open studios across the area.
Schwartz Gallery, 6-9pm private view Alexandra Drawbridge 'Drop Dead Gorgeous'
http://www.schwartzgallery.co.uk/
92 White Post Lane, Ground floor, Building 2, London, E9 5EN
Drop Dead Gorgeous is the fourth in a series of solo exhibitions by emerging contemporary artists at Schwartz gallery, and Drawbridge’s first solo show in London.
Drawbridge’s large digital prints of cropped female faces are at once alluring and unsettling. In this new work she has enlarged small sections of imagery from popular crime drama, transforming them into works of art, which navigate a space between intimidation and seduction.
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST
Hackney Wicked Art Festival, all day at Hackney Wick
http://www.hackneywicked.co.uk/http://www.hackneywicked.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hackney-WickED-Art-Festival-Press-Release-Programme-Announced-22.07.14.pdf
Formans Fish Island, E3 2NT
Hackney WickED Art Festival throws opens its warehouse doors to present cutting edge exhibitions from some of London’s most extraordinary galleries and a plethora of artists’ open studios across the area.
Zabludowicz Collection, 2-5pm Families Create drop in workshop
http://zabludowiczcollection.com/london/events/families-create-2-aug
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Every Saturday drop in and explore the exhibition through fun activities with artist Effie Coe. Suitable for children aged 3 and above accompanied by an adult.
Serpentine Gallery, 3pm Emma Enderby discusses Marina Abramović: 512 Hours
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/saturday-talks-emma-enderby-marina-abramovi%C4%87-512-hours
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
An introduction to the exhibition by Marina Abramović: 512 Hours as well as the artist's practice, by Serpentine Assistant Curator Emma Enderby.
Free, but spaces are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Does not include entrance to the exhibition.
SUNDAY 3 AUGUST
Hackney Wicked Art Festival, all day at Hackney Wick
http://www.hackneywicked.co.uk/http://www.hackneywicked.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hackney-WickED-Art-Festival-Press-Release-Programme-Announced-22.07.14.pdf
Formans Fish Island, E3 2NT
Hackney WickED Art Festival throws opens its warehouse doors to present cutting edge exhibitions from some of London’s most extraordinary galleries and a plethora of artists’ open studios across the area.
Whitechapel Gallery, 3pm tour Whitechapel Walks
http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/22/product_id/1971
77-82 Whitechapel High St London E1 7QX
Join a walking tour to explore the rich history of the Gallery, its building and the neighbourhood.
Zabludowicz Collection, 7-9:30pm Screening: Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice
http://zabludowiczcollection.com/london/events/screening-andrei-tarkovskys-the-sacrifice
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Tarkovsky’s final film, a visionary masterpiece, unfolds in the hours before a nuclear holocaust. Alexander (Erland Josephson) a retired actor, is celebrating his birthday with family and friends when a crackly TV announcement warns of an imminent nuclear catastrophe. Alexander makes a promise to God that he will sacrifice all he holds dear, if the disaster can be averted. The next day dawns and, as if in a dream, everything is restored to normality. But Alexander must keep his vow.
MONDAY 4 AUGUST
Jerwood Space, 6:30pm Marius Kwint in conversation with 2014 Jerwood Makers
http://jerwoodvisualarts.org/jerwood-makers-open-in-conversation-event-with-marius-kwint
171 Union Street City of London SE1 0LN, United Kingdom
Marius Kwint, Reader in Visual Culture at the University of Portsmouth, in conversation with 2014 Jerwood Makers. Confirmed participants include: Hitomi Hosono, Matthew Raw, Shelley James, FleaFollyArchitects and artists Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen.
TUESDAY 5 AUGUST
Flowers Gallery, 6-8pm private view Lorenzo Vitturi 'Dalston Anatomy'
http://www.flowersgallery.com/exhibitions/flowers/2014/lorenzo-vitturi/
21 Cork Street LONDON W1S 3LZ
Flowers Gallery, 6-8pm private view Scottish Figuration group show
http://www.flowersgallery.com/exhibitions/flowers/2014/scottish-figuration/
21 Cork Street London W1S 3LZ
2014 marks the ‘Year of the Homecoming’ in Scotland, a year-long programme of events celebrating the country’s food, drink, natural resources, ancestral heritage and culture. As the world looks to Scotland for major sporting events, including the XXth Commonwealth Games in July and the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in September, the country’s commitment to art and creativity will also come under the spotlight. Scotland’s public museums are showcasing major exhibitions celebrating native artists, such as GENERATION: 25 years of Contemporary Art in Scotland at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST
The Showroom, 6:30-8:30pm The Showroom Reading Group
http://www.theshowroom.org/
63 Penfold Street, London, NW8 8PQ
Please join us as we read texts selected by Christian Nyampeta in relation to his Communal Knowledge project ‘How to Live Together’. The Showroom Reading Group is an informal reading group, who meet and discuss theory and short texts that underpin TheShowroom's exhibition programme. All are welcome – for further information or to let us know you would like to attend please contact info@theshowroom.org
Zabludowicz Collection, 7-9pm Life Drawing
http://shop.zabludowiczcollection.com/product/life-drawing-classes
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Explore the exhibition and its unique architectural setting through the human figure. Working with a range of materials, these classes encourage you to examine and interpret artworks by responding to the poses and movements of the life models. Suitable for all levels. Classes are £7.
THURSDAY 7 AUGUST
Dung Beetle, 6-9pm book relaunch 'We Go to the Gallery' by Miriam Elia
http://miriamelia.co.uk/
3J classroom, Soho Parish Primary School, 23 Great Windmill Street, London, W1D 7LF
We Go to the Gallery is arguably the most exciting at project of this year. The book shows Mummy and her two kids go to a gallery, where mummy explains contemporary art to her kids. The book was greeted with enthusiasm by everyone frustrated by contemporary art (which is almost anyone who has ever seen contemporary art), the publishing industry was less enthusiastic and Penguin/Ladybird sued the book for copyright infringements.
This event relaunches the book and also introduces the new publishing house - Dung Beetle, that aims to
1)help children to that there is nothing to understand, 2) ensure the child's own opinions match those of the arts elite, 3)prepare the young people for a lifetime of crippling uncertainty.
The Graffiti Life Gallery, 6:30pm private view 'Same but Different'
http://thegraffitilifegallery.co.uk/upcoming/
26 Cheshire Street, London, E2 6EH
Darren John and Vents137 will be showing a selection of self-curated works from a variety of series’ of each artist’s personal work. Having spent a wealth of time producing ephemeral works together in a wide array of
abandoned, derelict and often unloved spaces, the two have developed very distinct and identifiable styles from a melting pot of similar inspirations.
We Go to the Gallery is arguably the most exciting at project of this year. The book shows Mummy and her two kids go to a gallery, where mummy explains contemporary art to her kids. The book was greeted with enthusiasm by everyone frustrated by contemporary art (which is almost anyone who has ever seen contemporary art), the publishing industry was less enthusiastic and Penguin/Ladybird sued the book for copyright infringements.
This event relaunches the book and also introduces the new publishing house - Dung Beetle, that aims to
1)help children to that there is nothing to understand, 2) ensure the child's own opinions match those of the arts elite, 3)prepare the young people for a lifetime of crippling uncertainty.
The Graffiti Life Gallery, 6:30pm private view 'Same but Different'
http://thegraffitilifegallery.co.uk/upcoming/
26 Cheshire Street, London, E2 6EH
Darren John and Vents137 will be showing a selection of self-curated works from a variety of series’ of each artist’s personal work. Having spent a wealth of time producing ephemeral works together in a wide array of
abandoned, derelict and often unloved spaces, the two have developed very distinct and identifiable styles from a melting pot of similar inspirations.
http://workgallery.co.uk/WORK_2012-06-12/WORK_2014_Stanley_Kubrick_New_Perspectives.html
10 Acton Street, London, WC1X 9NG
Stanley Kubrick’s auterism and attention to detail are legendary. A voracious absorber and synthesizer of all forms of information, Kubrick involved himself in all aspects of his films, from initial research through to publicity.
A distinctive feature of Kubrick’s unique visual style was the development of filmic spaces that are imaginative and often fantastic, yet also absorbing and ‘believable’ in their completeness of vision. To achieve this effect on screen, a high level of detail was required during pre-production and production stages: not just in regards to the physical sets and models, but also lighting, editing, and other framing and emphatic devices. The ways in which the actors and the camera inhabited the sets created psychological spaces overlaying these physical environments.
The exhibition marks the publication of Stanley Kubrick: New Perspectives by Black Dog Publishing, a collection of essays by scholars working closely with the Stanley Kubrick Archive to gain new insights into Kubrick’s 50 years of filmmaking. The anthology will be available in late August at the special launch price of £24 (RRP £29.95) from PAPERWORK Bookshop.
Schwartz Gallery, 6-9pm First Thursday Alexandra Drawbridge 'Drop Dead Gorgeous'
http://www.schwartzgallery.co.uk/
Schwartz Wharf: 92 White Post Lane, Ground floor, Building 2, London, E9 5EN
Drop Dead Gorgeous is the fourth in a series of solo exhibitions by emerging contemporary artists at Schwartz gallery, and Drawbridge’s first solo show in London.
Drawbridge’s large digital prints of cropped female faces are at once alluring and unsettling. In this new work she has enlarged small sections of imagery from popular crime drama, transforming them into works of art, which navigate a space between intimidation and seduction.
Boxpark, 6-9pm opening ASHES57 + music by Klose One + Disco Dazed + secret guest
http://www.boxpark.co.uk/events/
2 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6HT
A showcase of the work of Ashes57 atBoxpark during the month of August 2014. The exhibition is inspired by the sights and sounds of the urban jungle with intricate scenes of London, New York, Paris and many more, where DJs and music lovers lurk in every corner The event will also feature a DJ set by Klose One with complementary drinks.
Studio 1.1, 6-9pm private view Joshua Raffell 'Craft and Controversy'
http://www.studio1-1.co.uk
57a Redchurch St London E2 7DJ
Joshua Raffell makes work that invites - insists on - the viewer's participation: we turn handles, peer into peepholes, are shocked and/or amused, and question our shock or amusement. Some of us try not to look, try to stop others looking, for their own sake. His work has been vandalised, censored, and damaged by over-enthusiastic cranking. He has driven it through the streets of central London on the back of a bike, and parked it in Trafalgar Square for the enjoyment of tourists. For the last few years he has concentrated on dolls, stitching together miscellaneous scraps of fabric into monstrous masturbating polygendered figures (that's where the cranking comes in). Now, for his first solo show at studio1.1, where he was artist in residence 2011-12, he is taking his art back to its natural habitat, the seaside pier amusement arcade. Boxes and other receptacles will have holes in the side, inviting us to bend and peep. What we see might stop us sleeping: inside the box there's more than the butler ever saw, as Dario Argento meets Donald McGill.
http://www.studio1-1.co.uk
57a Redchurch St London E2 7DJ
Joshua Raffell makes work that invites - insists on - the viewer's participation: we turn handles, peer into peepholes, are shocked and/or amused, and question our shock or amusement. Some of us try not to look, try to stop others looking, for their own sake. His work has been vandalised, censored, and damaged by over-enthusiastic cranking. He has driven it through the streets of central London on the back of a bike, and parked it in Trafalgar Square for the enjoyment of tourists. For the last few years he has concentrated on dolls, stitching together miscellaneous scraps of fabric into monstrous masturbating polygendered figures (that's where the cranking comes in). Now, for his first solo show at studio1.1, where he was artist in residence 2011-12, he is taking his art back to its natural habitat, the seaside pier amusement arcade. Boxes and other receptacles will have holes in the side, inviting us to bend and peep. What we see might stop us sleeping: inside the box there's more than the butler ever saw, as Dario Argento meets Donald McGill.
Whitechapel gallery, 7-9pm performance Modes of Aberrant Research http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/index.php/fuseaction/shop.product/product_id/1970?session_id=140589085921b5bf6b0544bfcd435547829d08639c
77-82 Whitechapel High St London E1 7QX
Through experimental fiction, multi-media performance and voice-driven texts, five artists and writers examine the subject’s status as agitator, witness and unwitting member of memory institutes. An evening of deviant anecdotes, radical storytelling and narrative segues through archives, collections and institutions.
Booking essential. £8.50/£6.50 concession (£4.25 Whitechapel Gallery Members). *Proof of concessions and membership to be shown on the door.
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The Mosaic Rooms, 7pm book launch 'The Hidden Light of Objects'
http://www.mosaicrooms.org/the-hidden-light-of-objects/
226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW, UK
The Mosaic Room are pleased to present the UK launch of Mai Al-Nakib’s collection of short stories entitled The Hidden Light of Objects.
The Hidden Light of Objects is a collection of loosely connected short stories set mainly in the Middle East. They trace quiet, ignored moments in a region overwhelmed by geopolitical, military, and religious forces. Although the stories engage familiar events in the region—the invasion of Kuwait, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the civil war in Lebanon—the focus is on the everyday lives of people who live there. The stories are linked through character, place, tone, and, especially, a series of objects. The Hidden Light of Objects is about loss and memory, war and love, and the strange longing objects can unexpectedly trigger.
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST
Museum of Childhood, 11am-4pm drop in Art in the Gardens
http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/whats-on/events-and-activities/family-fun-fridays-art-in-the-gardens
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA
Join us for a day of creative fun! Make art, listen to stories and (hopefully!) enjoy the sunshine.
11.15 and 12.00 - Story Spinner will perform The Magic Story Pot - a new tale by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstone featuring a fairy, a boy and a magic story pot!
11.00-16.00 - Craft a clay character, flaunt a flamboyant hat or headdress, make a mobile or design a trendy t-shirt doodling (£3 per t-shirt or bring your own for free).
Free / Drop in / All ages
Jerwood Space, 6:45-8:15pm Jerwood Makers Open: Glassblowing Demonstration and Discussion with Shelley James and Louis
http://jerwoodvisualarts.org/jerwood-makers-open-glassblowing-demonstration-and-discussion-with-shelly-james-and-louis-thomp
171 Union Street City of London SE1 0LN
Join Shelley James, Jerwood Makers Open 2014 artist, andLouis Thompson, Jerwood Makers Open 2012 artist, for a glassblowing demonstration and discussion. For this event, we will meet at Jerwood Space at 6.45pm. There will be a brief opportunity to see the Jerwood Makers Open 2014 exhibition before being led by a member of staff on a short walk to the London Glassblowing Studio in Bermondsey where the demonstration will take place.
171 Union Street City of London SE1 0LN
Join Shelley James, Jerwood Makers Open 2014 artist, andLouis Thompson, Jerwood Makers Open 2012 artist, for a glassblowing demonstration and discussion. For this event, we will meet at Jerwood Space at 6.45pm. There will be a brief opportunity to see the Jerwood Makers Open 2014 exhibition before being led by a member of staff on a short walk to the London Glassblowing Studio in Bermondsey where the demonstration will take place.
SATURDAY 9 AUGUST
Zabludowicz Collection, 2-5pm Families Create drop in workshop
http://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/london
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Every Saturday drop in and explore the exhibition through fun activities with artist Effie Coe. Suitable for children aged 3 and above accompanied by an adult.
FREE
Serpentine Gallery, 3pm Saturday Walk with Maria Lisogorskaya and Fran Edgerly: Serpentine Offering
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/saturday-walks-maria-lisogorskaya-and-fran-edgerley-serpentine-offering
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
A series of walks in and around the Serpentine Pavilion explores themes related to its design through conversation and performative interventions.
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST
Serpentine Gallery, 1pm Serpentine Cinema curated by Marina Abramović: NOTHING
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/saturday-walks-maria-lisogorskaya-and-fran-edgerly-serpentine-offering
Gate Picturehouse, 87 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JZ
Nothingis the third in a series of screenings and conversations curated by Marina Abramović on the occasion of her exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery. The series brings together works by the artist, documentary footage, films selected by Abramović as well as talks and conversations about themes connected to her practice.
This programme looks at the history of nothingin and outside the field of art.
Tickets £10.60/£9.60 conc./£8.60 Picturehouse
Zabludowicz Colletion, 3-5pm Bleisure Island: A Copy-Paste Screenplay by Rachel Pimm
http://zabludowiczcollection.com/london/events/bleisure-island-a-copy-paste-screenplay
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
As part of her current Invites exhibition, Rachel Pimm will live-stream an audio recording of her text work, Bleisure Island: A Copy-Paste Screenplay. The play focuses on a group of people assembled in a hybrid business and leisure environment off the coast of China, where copycat architectures are rife, to establish a new community based on streamlined co-working and office design, eating wholefoods and engaging in simulated relaxation.
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TUESDAY 12 AUGUST
V&A, 6:30-7:30pm talk with Alexa Chung
http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/3523/alexa-chung-5029/
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
EVENING TALK: Broadcaster, journalist, and fashion icon Alexa Chung talks to Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, about the influences and inspirations for her unique style.
The talk coincides with the launch of the paperback version of Alexa’s best-selling book, 'It', a collection of her writings, photographs, and drawings. The ticket price includes a free copy of the book.
£12, £10 concessions.
WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST
Zabludowicz Colletion, 7-9pm Life Drawing
http://shop.zabludowiczcollection.com/product/life-drawing-classes
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Explore the exhibition and its unique architectural setting through the human figure. Working with a range of materials, these classes encourage you to examine and interpret artworks by responding to the poses and movements of the life models. Suitable for all levels. Classes are £7.
Dalston Superstore, 7pm private view Gary Russell 'We Live in Our Dreams'
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117 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB
The remarkable collages of Gary Russell return to the walls of Dalston Superstore, this time for his biggest solo show to date. With a cut and a paste of monochrome paper, these imaginative pieces of work will take you on a folktale journey, through the forbidden gate, down to the woods, into your dreams and beyond.
Whilst attending the Cambridge School Of Art, Russell experimented with printing and the manipulation of paper. After graduating his creative digits were put aside, until a few years later when he took sanction in the medium of collage. That seemed to click and has succeeded ever since.
“We Live In Our Dreams” is a collection of original and re-worked pieces exploring the combination of mysticism and established imagination. Using a variety of black and white paper, photocopies, photographs and torn older works, these pieces will give a dramatic contrast to the ever-colorful atmosphere of Dalston Superstore.
garyrussellart.tumblr.com
117 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB
The remarkable collages of Gary Russell return to the walls of Dalston Superstore, this time for his biggest solo show to date. With a cut and a paste of monochrome paper, these imaginative pieces of work will take you on a folktale journey, through the forbidden gate, down to the woods, into your dreams and beyond.
Whilst attending the Cambridge School Of Art, Russell experimented with printing and the manipulation of paper. After graduating his creative digits were put aside, until a few years later when he took sanction in the medium of collage. That seemed to click and has succeeded ever since.
“We Live In Our Dreams” is a collection of original and re-worked pieces exploring the combination of mysticism and established imagination. Using a variety of black and white paper, photocopies, photographs and torn older works, these pieces will give a dramatic contrast to the ever-colorful atmosphere of Dalston Superstore.
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The Chisenhale Gallery (offsite), 8-9:30pm Dusk Falls on Stereochron: the final field study
http://www.chisenhale.org.uk/offsite/offsite_event.php?id=24
Crown Gate, Victoria Park, E9 5DU
On the evening of Vertumnalia, the ancient celebration of seasonal change, Cathy Haynes will present a final event and a manifesto for Stereochron Island followed by a performance by cellist Natalie Rozario, improvised to the sounds of dusk.
Stereochron Island re-imagines Victoria Park as a fictional island state campaigning to liberate itself from the mechanical clock. This research project by Cathy Haynes for her Chisenhale Gallery Victoria Park Residency 2013-14 investigates the devices we use to make sense of the world, such as clocks and time maps. Though a series of field studies led by specialists ranging from ecologists to astronomers, Haynes invites visitors to Stereochron Island to reconsider what time actually is.
FREE. Book here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/offsite-cathy-haynes-dusk-falls-on-stereochron-the-final-field-study-tickets-12222342355?aff=es2&rank=0
http://www.chisenhale.org.uk/offsite/offsite_event.php?id=24
Crown Gate, Victoria Park, E9 5DU
On the evening of Vertumnalia, the ancient celebration of seasonal change, Cathy Haynes will present a final event and a manifesto for Stereochron Island followed by a performance by cellist Natalie Rozario, improvised to the sounds of dusk.
Stereochron Island re-imagines Victoria Park as a fictional island state campaigning to liberate itself from the mechanical clock. This research project by Cathy Haynes for her Chisenhale Gallery Victoria Park Residency 2013-14 investigates the devices we use to make sense of the world, such as clocks and time maps. Though a series of field studies led by specialists ranging from ecologists to astronomers, Haynes invites visitors to Stereochron Island to reconsider what time actually is.
FREE. Book here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/offsite-cathy-haynes-dusk-falls-on-stereochron-the-final-field-study-tickets-12222342355?aff=es2&rank=0
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST
Crypt Gallery, 6pm private view Liana Psarologaki 'Cryptopology'
http://www.cryptgallery.org.uk/current_exhibitions.htm
St Pancras Church Euston Rd London NW1 2BA
This is a multi-sensory / site- specific exhibition where the architecture of The Crypt Gallery space and our relationship to it has inspired the artist to create immersive environments of light, sound, temperature, scent and air. This exhibition is part of the practice based PhD program, entitled “Beyond the Physical Threshold; Enfolding the Ontology and Operation of Immersive Spaces”, which is sponsored by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
The Mosaic Rooms, 7pm Screening + Q&A The Orchard Keepers
http://www.mosaicrooms.org/the-orchard-keepers-screening-qa/
226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW, UK
The Orchard Keepers takes us on a journey into the heart of the Sinai desert. Behind delicate stone walls we meet Dr. Ahmad, the last surviving herbalist trained in the ancient ways of desert healing. But it is Amariya – a fiery naturalist with a robust personality born of both scars and charms – who dominates the tale. Her relationship to the land has transformed her life in unlikely ways. The Orchard Keepers pays homage to her hypnotic, rhythmic, freedom.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Bryony Dunne who will be in conversation with a special guest.
Arabic & English | 2013 | 28 min
FREE, rsvp@mosaicrooms.org
http://www.foundationandtrust.org/
2 Balfron Tower, St Leonard's Road, London E14 0QT
"Psycetecture" will comprise of installations, paintings and sculptures using elements of brutalist architecture as catalysts for each work. He extrapolates codes of identity into paintings and sculptures that, although are representative of inanimate architecture, are in fact of “the body”.
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST
Museum of Childhood, 11am-4pm drop in STORY FEST – A DAY OF TALES http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/whats-on/events-and-activities/family-fun-fridays-a-day-of-tales
Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA
Build a story! Tell a tale! Spin a yarn! Join us for a day of storytelling, with popular tales from far and wide. Delve into our reading Den with a book from our Pop Up Library. Make a bookmark or decorate a book bag (£3). The event is curated by Story Spinner.
SATURDAY 16 AUGUST
Zabludowicz Colletion, 2-5pm Families Create drop in workshop
http://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/london
176 Prince of Wales Rd London NW5 3PT
Every Saturday drop in and explore the exhibition through fun activities with artist Effie Coe. Suitable for children aged 3 and above accompanied by an adult.
Serpentine Gallery, 3pm Saturday Walk with Leonor Serrano Ri
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/saturday-walks-leonor-serrano-rivas
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
A series of walks in and around the Serpentine Pavilion explores themes related to its design through conversation and performative interventions.
For this Saturday Walk, artist Leonor Serrano Rivas generates an immersive environment exploring suspense and suspension.
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST
Transition Gallery, 4pm special event Culinary Meditations
http://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/htmlpages/chewcrew.html
Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London E8 4QN
Chew Crew looks at activities of food preparation and consumption, expression through cooking, and the energy and entropy of food. Urara Tsuchiya and Joseph Walsh are collaborating on a new film work, part of which was filmed at Transition earlier in the year during a short residency in the gallery. This work features a sensual chef and other characters, with handmade costumes referencing various foods and kitchen items. Diana Roig will show large scale immersive abstract paintings, and Mimei Thompson a new series of paintings.
WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST
Vitrine, 6-9pm private view Eleni Bagaki, Stéphane Blumer, Heena Kim and Soomeen Kim
http://www.vitrinegallery.co.uk/exhibitions/vitrine-residency-exhibition/
183 - 185 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UW
VITRINE residency offers four artists – with cross-disciplinary practices – the space, support and opportunity to make work towards an exhibition at the gallery in August 2014. Artists-in-residence Eleni Bagaki, Stéphane Blumer, Heena Kim and Soomeen Kim have diverse practices yet their proposals had elements of responding in – situ while continuing to explore independent narratives.
Conversations about the local, its people, history, symbols and inevitably its transformation are starting points of the exhibition. The exhibition reveals how they develop this narrative over the residency.
Floating Cinema, 7pm Lost in Translation
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-in-translation-tickets-11568390367
Canal Café Theatre, Delamere Terrace, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND
The English consider themselves the world leaders in laughter, but can comedy transcend the barriers of language and culture? Join international comedians for an exploration of comedy around the world and discover what makes our international counterparts chuckle.
FRIDAY 22 AUGUST
Museum of Childhood, 11am-4pm drop in Puppet Play
http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/whats-on/events-and-activities/family-fun-fridays-puppet-play
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA
11.00-16.00 - Art Smarts - create a finger puppet or produce a pop up theatre to take home
11.15 and 12.00 - Story Spinner Storytelling - The Magic Story Pot by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstone
12.00, 13.45 and 14.15 - Jiggle along with Indigo Moon Theatre's 'Saraswati' dancing marionette from Rajasthan (15 minutes)
12.15 and 14.45 - Make an Indian dancing puppet and try out its Bollywood moves in a creative workshop led by Indigo Moon Theatre (60 minutes). Spaces are limited - please sign up on the day. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
12.30, 13.15 and 15.00 - Punch and Judy shows led by David Wilde
15.45 - Take part in a Puppet Parade to show off what you've made
15.45 - Take part in a Puppet Parade to show off what you've made
V&A, talk Living Legends 'The Clark Brothers'
http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/3484/living-legends-the-clark-brothers-4980
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
EVENING EVENT: Join us for a stellar night with Steve Clark, whose tap dancing career with brother Jimmy spanned eight decades.
They shared the stage with Josephine Baker, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Steve Clark will give an insight into performing during an era when gangsters controlled the clubs and segregation was commonplace, and fill in some missing chapters within British variety entertainment history.
Transition Gallery, 6-9pm private view 'Language Fails' group show
www.transitiongallery.co.uk
Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London E8 4QN
Artists: Laura Hinrichsmeyer, Anna Rettl, Anna Schachinger, Issac Willis
Serpentine Gallery, 8pm Park Night 2014 'Forget Amnesia with Haroon Mirza, Mark Fell and Okkyung Lee'
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/park-nights-2014-forget-amnesia-haroon-mirza-mark-fell-and-okkyung-lee
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Artists: Haroon Mirza, Mark Fell and Okkyung Lee come together for an evening of light and sound synthesis, affecting the Pavilion's acoustic and spatial environment. This Park Nights performance is programmed in collaboration with Fiorucci Art Trust on the occasion of the Trust's festival Forget Amnesia in Stromboli, Italy, curated by Mirza and Milovan Farronato.
Tickets £5/4 available from Ticketweb or the Galleries Lobby Desk, +44 (0)207 402 6075
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
EVENING EVENT: Join us for a stellar night with Steve Clark, whose tap dancing career with brother Jimmy spanned eight decades.
They shared the stage with Josephine Baker, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Steve Clark will give an insight into performing during an era when gangsters controlled the clubs and segregation was commonplace, and fill in some missing chapters within British variety entertainment history.
Transition Gallery, 6-9pm private view 'Language Fails' group show
www.transitiongallery.co.uk
Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London E8 4QN
Artists: Laura Hinrichsmeyer, Anna Rettl, Anna Schachinger, Issac Willis
Serpentine Gallery, 8pm Park Night 2014 'Forget Amnesia with Haroon Mirza, Mark Fell and Okkyung Lee'
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/park-nights-2014-forget-amnesia-haroon-mirza-mark-fell-and-okkyung-lee
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Artists: Haroon Mirza, Mark Fell and Okkyung Lee come together for an evening of light and sound synthesis, affecting the Pavilion's acoustic and spatial environment. This Park Nights performance is programmed in collaboration with Fiorucci Art Trust on the occasion of the Trust's festival Forget Amnesia in Stromboli, Italy, curated by Mirza and Milovan Farronato.
Tickets £5/4 available from Ticketweb or the Galleries Lobby Desk, +44 (0)207 402 6075
MONDAY 25 AUGUST
Floating Cinema, 1-6:30pm Marc Isaac documentary film masterclass
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marc-isaacs-documentary-film-masterclass-tickets-11568572913
Merchant Square, Paddington, W2 1AS
Renowned documentary filmmaker Marc Isaacs leads a workshop aimed at participants with some experience of film-making. Explore the challenges of creative documentar y making and in particular the portrayal of the significance of places and identities transformed through migration. The workshop will include refreshments and a screening of Isaacs’ ‘The Road: The Story of Life & Death’ [2012].
Price £20-25.
Floating Cinema, 7pm film screening and talk 'I love Venice'
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-love-venice-tickets-11568336205
Paddington Station, Canal Exit, W2
Beautifully and thought-provokingly documenting the relentless tourist trade of the world’s most iconic watery city, I Love Venice predicts that by 2030 the city will have become uninhabitable due to rising property prices. Join our talk to discuss the effects of present and future tourism on London’s own canals and waterways in partnership with Word on the Water: The London Book Barge.
MUST BOOK.
TUESDAY 26 AUGUST
Hanmi Gallery, 6-9pm private view Aisha Abid Hussain 'Two Not Together'
http://www.hanmigallery.co.uk/exhibitions/future/
30 Maple Street London W1T 6HA United Kingdom
One may view Aisha Abid Hussain’s recent work as a cabinet with many drawers, to be slid open, one by one, exposing the carefully assembled private chronicles. The coming together of two individuals in holy or unholy bonds of marriage is a rapidly altering episode in human relationships. “Two Not Together” interrogates our assumptions, our clichés and our romance with the institution of marriage. She contrives a staged moment, replete with the finery and the trimmings of attire and dreams. The farcical underpinnings of the charade do not escape scrutiny. Her delight in baroque role-playing only emphasises the patent ridiculousness of each person’s expectations. Yet there is a tinge of sadness here. The inevitability of decay, both physical and emotional is at the core of Hussain’s image-making.
THURSDAY 28 AUGUST
The Mosaic Rooms, 7-10pm Supper club with Anissa Helou
http://www.mosaicrooms.org/anissa-helou/
226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW, UK
The Mosaic Rooms are delighted to present a very special supper club with celebrated chef and author Anissa Helou.
Helou will host a Syrian inspired summer supper club with a delicious menu celebrating the food from this region of the Levant. At this supper club she will also introduce guests to the common culinary threads in the Levant. With stories and discussions guests will have the opportunity to learn about and sample the authentic taste of region.
Tickets: £35 (includes a three course meal with wine). Limited spaces, get your tickets now to avoid disappointment!
Whitechapel gallery, 7pm performance Contra-Diction: Speech Against Itself
http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/196/product_id/1974
77-82 Whitechapel High St London E1 7QX
Artist Lawrence Abu Hamden presents his latest research into the politics of phonemes and the role of the voice in law by exploring the linguistics of Taqiyya, a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny his faith or commit otherwise illegal acts while they are at risk of persecution or in a condition of statelessness.
Booking essential. £8.50/£6.50 concession (£4.25 Whitechapel Gallery Members). *Proof of concessions and membership to be shown on the door.
Castor Projects, 6-9pm private view 'Trade' group show
www.castorprojects.co.uk
16 Little Portland Street London W1W 8BP
Steel, plasterboard and low-grade sheet material are often utilised as unseen supports, trading aesthetics for strength, ease of use and the ability to disguise. Whilst pebbledash in spite of being an exterior render is one that is often stigmatised and associated with uninspiring suburban design.
Anise Gallery, 6-9pm private view Summer Graduate Show 2014
http://www.anisegallery.co.uk/
13a Shad Thames London SE1 2PU
This year we have chosen 4 talented young artist from the RCA and St Martins for our summer graduate show. Transforming the gallery with installations, animations, copper plate etchings and photography the exhibition promises to be compelling and stimulating.
http://www.anisegallery.co.uk/
13a Shad Thames London SE1 2PU
This year we have chosen 4 talented young artist from the RCA and St Martins for our summer graduate show. Transforming the gallery with installations, animations, copper plate etchings and photography the exhibition promises to be compelling and stimulating.
FRIDAY 29 AUGUST
Serpentine Gallery, 8pm performance Lina Lapelyte's Hunky Bluff
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/park-nights-2014-lina-lapelytes-hunky-bluff Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Artist Lina Lapelyte devises a new work for a specially selected, all-female group of performers with low voices. Deconstructing the arias originally sung by castrato singers, Lapelyte reflects upon femininity and gender. Contributing artists and performers include Francesca Best, Sim Canetty-Clarke, Laurence David, Susannah Frieze, Sharon Gal, Jennie Jacobs, Trish Lyons, Áine O'Dwyerand Martina Schwarz. Costumes designed by Vivienne Griffin and Cian McConn.
Tickets £5/4 available from Ticketweb or the Galleries' Lobby Desk, +44 207 402 6075.
SATURDAY 30 AUGUST
Serpentine Gallery, 3pm Saturday Walk with Liam Young
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/saturday-walks-liam-young
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
A series of walks in and around the Serpentine Pavilion explores themes related to its design through conversation and performative interventions.
A series of walks in and around the Serpentine Pavilion explores themes related to its design through conversation and performative interventions.
Cuntemporary, 6pm-2am party Deep Trash Italia
http://workersplaytime.net/DEEPTRASHITALIA.htm
https://www.facebook.com/events/834056279947666/
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 42-46 Pollard Row / Bethnal Green, E2 6NB London, United Kingdom
For ONE NIGHT ONLY we will fly you on our special SUMMER TOUR across the best and worse of EUROSEX culture:
THINK...
‘Bad Porn Cinema’, trashy TV and ‘sex sells’ commercials, dirty games, kitsch and campy aesthetics,vintage soft-porn that will make you LOL, diva fashion,melting popsicles and bikinis...
AND...
all the dance and pop music that everybody secretly loves!
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THIS IS SET TO BE A ROAD BLOCK SO DON'T MISS OUT!
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 42-46 Pollard Row / Bethnal Green, E2 6NB London, United Kingdom
For ONE NIGHT ONLY we will fly you on our special SUMMER TOUR across the best and worse of EUROSEX culture:
THINK...
‘Bad Porn Cinema’, trashy TV and ‘sex sells’ commercials, dirty games, kitsch and campy aesthetics,vintage soft-porn that will make you LOL, diva fashion,melting popsicles and bikinis...
AND...
all the dance and pop music that everybody secretly loves!
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THIS IS SET TO BE A ROAD BLOCK SO DON'T MISS OUT!
http://workersplaytime.net/TICKETS.htm
OR CRY ABOUT IT LATER!
OR CRY ABOUT IT LATER!
SUNDAY 31 AUGUST
Serpentine Gallery, 12-5pm drop-in Pavilion Family Day
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/pavilion-family-day
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
A day of artist led creative activities inspired by Smiljan Radić's Pavilion.
A day of artist led creative activities inspired by Smiljan Radić's Pavilion.
Floating Cinema, 3-6pm Rare Fruit - exotic and everyday encounters
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rare-fruit-exotic-and-everyday-encounters-tickets-11542508955
Meanwhile Gardens Community Association, 156-158 Kensal Rd, London W10 5BN
Yung Chang’s ‘The Fruit Hunters’ exquisitely documents the obsessions of exotic fruit hunters, including Hollywood actor Bill Pullman and his crusade to create a community fruit garden in LA. The screening will be followed by a tour of Meanwhile Gardens – a community garden in the heart of West London with a youthful fruit orchard.
FREE, must book.
