| January/February Events 2014 Bridge Commission Audio Walks A new story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  January’s Audio Walk is written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and is now available to download for free. Listen to:An awakening, to the sound and dust of the Harmattan wind by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigerian-born, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes novels, short stories, essays and poem. Her fiction works include Americanah (2013), Half of a Yellow Sun (winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007), andPurple Hibiscus. The Bridge Commission marks the opening of the new Serpentine Galleries and takes visitors over the Serpentine Bridge on a journey between the two sites in Kensington Gardens. Twelve new original works written by established and emerging voices from around the world will be available one per month as downloadable files through September 2014. Deloitte Family Day: Tall StoriesSunday 2 February 2014Serpentine Gallery12:00 to 17:00  Join artist Orly Orbach for a fun puppet making and storytelling workshop inspired by both the Wael Shawky and Jake & Dinos Chapman exhibitions. Deloitte Family Days take place at the Serpentine Gallery. All ages are welcome to these free, drop-in events. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Final Weeks Wael Shawky Until 9 February 2014 Serpentine Gallery  Shawky's puppetry is remarkable, from the dip of a long-lashed lid to the snort of a brutal soldier. The Observer The first major London exhibition of the Egyptian artist Wael Shawky. Wael Shawky features the worldwide premiere of the artist’s latest film Al Araba Al Madfuna II (2013). Serpentine Cinema Online: Wael Shawky Until 9 February 2014 Serpentine Cinema partners with MUBI, the online cinemathèque, to present a season of films from Egypt. The programme, selected with Wael Shawky, shows the breadth of Shawky’s practice and includes recent and rarely seen work. An additional selection shows pioneering and emerging films from Egypt, including those from film-makers who took part in the MASS Alexandria study programme, which the artist founded in 2010. View for free: www.mubi.com/programs/wael- Final Weeks Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See Until 9 February 2014 Serpentine Sackler Gallery  Judged by these standards, their latest exhibition won’t disappoint. The Times Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See demonstrates the range of the artists’ output – from painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, to film, music and literature – providing a unique insight into the complexity of their practice and their prolific career. Free Saturday Seminars Saturday Talk: Emma Enderby Saturday 8 February 2014 15:00 Curator Emma Enderby presents a talk on the exhibition by Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See. Leading a tour of the show, Enderby discusses the concepts that inform the artists’ practice, focusing on individual works on display. AGNES by Cécile B. Evans Spring 2014 Digital Commission, Serpentine Galleries Website  Created by artist Cécile B. Evans, AGNES lives on the Serpentine’s website and is the first in a new series of digital commissions. AGNES reaches out, shares information and tries to get to know you so she can take you on journeys that give you new insights into digital and physical space. If your interactions with AGNES reveal that you to trust her, you might receive something in the post. Click on the gold hand icon on the Serpentine’s website to engage with AGNES. Event: AGNES GOES LIVE For AGNES GOES LIVE, AGNES has generated enough strength to make a live appearance. She will answer questions from Ben Vickers, curator of digital at the Serpentine Galleries, as well as those from the audience. In this appearance, AGNES will discuss the conditions of her survival and the bounds and boundaries of the 'cloud'. In partnership with Picturehouse Cinemas Sunday 23 February, 1:30pm Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare Street E8 1HE Tickets £7/£6 conc./£5 Picturehouse members Tickets available from picturehouses.co.uk |
