2020
Sally Jacobs
We were sad to hear of the passing of Sally Jacobs, who taught on the Slade Theatre Design course in the 1980s and 1990s. Her work included designs for the Royal Opera House and RSC, including Peter Brooks' A Midsummer Night's Dream. See The Guardian for more about Sally Jacobs' life and work.
This is a Not-Me
This is a Not-Me launches on Thursday 6 August, 6 - 9pm on Twitch and Instagram! Join Plastique Fantastique, Kara Chin, Frankie Roberts and Thomson & Craighead. Continues until 13 December 2020.
Twitch: twitch.tv/imtgallery
Instagram: instagram.com/imtgallery
IMT Gallery: https://www.imagemusictext.com/exhibitions/this-is-a-not-me
Programme for 6 August
6pm BST
Kara Chin, Embassy Gardens Promo 2020
6:02pm
Live stream from Felix Rose Kawitzky's Otherwards: a queer, interdimensional world-building and storytelling community on Discord
7pm
Thomson & Craighead, #screaming (2020)
7:11pm
John Powell-Jones, Quantum Loop Episode (2020)
7:21pm
Frankie Roberts, Always Accept Cookies (2020)
7:30pm
Plastique Fantastique, Plastique Fantastique Zoom Ritual to Tell Stories One (2020)
8pm
Gentle Stranger, Live at Prah (2020)
8:24pm
Maggie Roberts, Becoming Octopus promo (2020)
8:30-9pm
Return to the live stream of the Otherwards Discord server
transitional Parade Filler animations by Kara Chin (2020)
Introductions: Antonia Showering - White Cube
Introductions: Antonia Showering is showing online at White Cube from 17 August - 3 September 2020.
White Cube: https://whitecube.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/
The Art Newspaper podcast - A brush with... Michael Armitage
This week's The Art Newspaper's podcast A brush with... interview is with alumnus Michael Armitage, revealing the art, music, books and media that have inspired him. Listen on The Art Newspaper website.
The Art Newspaper podcast - A brush with... Michael Armitage
This week's The Art Newspaper's podcast A brush with... interview is with alumnus Michael Armitage, revealing the art, music, books and media that have inspired him. Listen on The Art Newspaper website.
The Art Newspaper podcast - A brush with... Michael Armitage
This week's The Art Newspaper's podcast A brush with... interview is with alumnus Michael Armitage, revealing the art, music, books and media that have inspired him. Listen on The Art Newspaper website.
Arts Council New Acquisitions 2019/20
Works by alumna Jess Flood-Paddock and Grace Schwindt are included in the Art Council Collection New Acquisitions 2019/20. Works generously gifted by the estate of Ed Allington (1951-2017) have also been added to the Arts Council Collection. See the Arts Council announcement.
The Near Room: Sophie Cundale FVU
The Near Room: Sophie Cundale, commissioned by FVU (Film and Video Umbrella) is showing at South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Rd, London, SE5 8UH, from 15 August - 13 September 2020. For further details see the FVU website.
Lee Campbell interview with Tim Kirk on Two Zero Q
Lee Campbell's interview with NBC Universal's Tim Kirk for his podcast Two Zero Q: 20 Questions with Interesting People from the LGBT community and friends is now available on iTunes, or via the Two Zero Q website.
Clothilde Jimenez interview in Elephant
Clotilde Jiménez is interviewed about his work in Elephant: Clotilde Jiménez's Collages Explore the Rigid Definitions of 'Blackness'. See Elephant: https://elephant.art/clotilde-jimenezs-collages-explore-the-rigid-definitions-of-blackness-17072020/.
de-sport: The Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Sports through Art
PhD student Shino Yanai is showing in de-sport: The Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Sports through Art at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, from 27 July - 27 September 2020. See the museum website: https://www.kanazawa21.jp/data_list.php?g=81&d=190
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Show - Standpoint Gallery
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2019-20
Olivia Bax: Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2019-20 Exhibition is showing at Standpoint Gallery, 45 Coronet St, London N1 6HD, from 5 September - 24 October 2020. See the Standpoint Gallery website.
The exhibition will then travel to Cross Lane Projects in Kendal (31 October – 12 December 2020) and Tremenheere Gallery in Cornwall in April 2021 (exact date to be confirmed).
The Pigment Farm Presents: Andreea Ionascu
Pigment Farm Lecture, 29 July 2020
The Pigment Farm Presents: Andreea Ionascu, A study on the practical applications of microbial fuel cells: from organic waste to electricity on Wednesday 29 July at 4.30pm, on Microsoft Teams.
True Currency podcast - Gasworks
Alumna Amy Feneck and Ruth Beale's new podcast True Currency, is released 16 July - 20 August via Gasworks, London: https://www.gasworks.org.uk/exhibitions/true-currency-about-feminist-economics-podcast-2020-07-16.Read the review in ArtReview https://artreview.com/work-of-the-week-true-currency.
Mikhail Karikis: Ferocious Love 2020 - Tate Liverpool
©Mikhail Karikis
Ferocious Love 2020, a new audio-visual installation from Mikhail Karikis, made in collaboration with students and activists, is showing at Tate Liverpool from 27 July – 22 November 2020. See the Tate website: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/mikhail-karikis-ferocious-love.
The Pigment Farm Presents: Andreea Ionascu
Pigment Farm Lecture, 29 July 2020
The Pigment Farm Presents: Andreea Ionascu, A study on the practical applications of microbial fuel cells: from organic waste to electricity on Wednesday 29 July at 4.30pm, on Microsoft Teams.
The Pigment Farm Presents: Andreea Ionascu
Pigment Farm Lecture, 29 July 2020
The Pigment Farm Presents: Andreea Ionascu, A study on the practical applications of microbial fuel cells: from organic waste to electricity on Wednesday 29 July at 4.30pm, on Microsoft Teams.
Jesse Darling nominated for 2020 Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen
Die nominierten Künstler*innen für den Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2020: Bani Abidi(Foto: Schokofeh Kamiz), Nevin Aladağ, Jesse Darling(Foto: Christa Holka), Toulu Hassani (Foto: Volker Crone), Janine Jembere (© SebastianBodirsky), Anne DukHee Jordan, Ulrike Müller (© Katja Illner), Henrike Naumann (Foto: Henrike Naumann), Raphaela Vogel (Foto: Jane Eyre), Stefan Vogel
Congratulations to Jesse Darling who has been nominated for the prestigious Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen prize.
The “Prize of the Böttcherstraße in Bremen” is among the leading and highest awards in contemporary art in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The competition features 30,000 Euros in prize money for the winner and, in 2020, it will be held for the 47th time in the Kunsthalle Bremen from 29 August to 1 November 2020. The prize winner will be announced on Tuesday 27 October 2020.
Transmissions - Season 2 - BALTIC
Plastique Fantastique Communiqué and Benedict Drew are showing online at 9pm BST, on 16 September 2020, and Imran Perretta 9pm BST, on 21 October 2020, as part of BALTIC's Season 2 of TRANSMISSIONS. See: https://baltic.art/whats-on/online-events-sessions/transmissions-season-2
Called to Respond - Cell Projects
Cell Projects
Shenece Oretha's new commission by Cell Project Space, Called to Respond, which can be accessed on desktop on: www.cellprojects.org/home, or mobile: https://calledtorespond.blackshuck.co/video.html.