Thursday 9 July 2015

Serpentine Galleries - New live events; make a film in a day; A Stage for Any Revolution

SERPENTINE GALLERIES
SUMMER 2015

Serpentine
SATURDAYS LIVE
MEGAN ROONEY:
LAST DAYS. LAST DAYS. LAST DAYS. LAST DAYS
11 JULY, 10AM-6PM
SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY
FREE, DROP-IN
Artist Megan Rooney creates a durational performance in the context of the Duane Hanson exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery. Over the entire day, the artist and a number of performers will construct a space comprising spoken text, video imagery and choreographed movement
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EDGWARE ROAD PROJECT
ALIA FARID:
A STAGE FOR ANY REVOLUTION
11-20 JULY
SHUBBAK FESTIVAL
NUTFORD PLACE, W1H 2DZ
Artist Alia Farid creates an open modular stage off the Edgware Road for use by the public during Shubbak, London’s biennial festival of contemporary Arabic culture. Includes recitations, performances and talks
 
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SOPHIA AL MARIA:
BRIGHT ECHO
SATURDAY 18 JULY, 3:30PM
SHUBBAK FESTIVAL
NUTFORD PLACE, W1H 2DZ
Sophia Al Maria performs Acts of Memory – Tyburnia to launch her new sonic artwork Bright Echo, which will be available to download after the launch

 
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PARK NIGHTS
AN EVENING OF POETRY
 
FRIDAY 10 JULY, 8PM
SERPENTINE PAVILION
 
For the 50th anniversary year of the International Poetry Incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall, poets and performers gather for an evening in the Pavilion. With Michael Horovitz, Rachael Allen, Kayo Chingonyi, Andrew Durbin, Renee Gladman, Holly Pester, Heather Phillipson and Vanessa Vie
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FLEUR MELBOURN:
THELMA AND LOUISE
FRIDAY 31 JULY, 8PM
SERPENTINE PAVILION
TICKETS £5/4 AVAILABLE HERE
In this new commission incorporating film, theatre and philosophy, artist Fleur Melbourn presents a performance in which figures from the after-life discuss mortality and the notion of blasphemy

 
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SERPENTINE FAMILY
IT'S EXCELLENT
FAMILY DAY:
FILM-IN-A-DAY
SUNDAY 19 JULY, 10AM-5PM
SERPENTINE PAVILION
FREE, NO BOOKING REQUIRED
Artist Holly White and friends invite you to make a film-in-a-day, inspired by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s practice of completing a painting in one day. With costume making, role-play and dancing
 
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BUILD YOUR OWN PAVILION
 
YOUNG ARCHITECTS COMPETITION

 
Try your hand at designing your own Pavilion. Watch previous Pavilion architects take the BYOP challenge, including Sou Fujimoto, who makes a Pavilion model out of paper
 
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NEW LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
SELGASCANO: PAVILION MODEL III, 2015
selgascano has produced four Limited Edition prints which depict a series of maquettes of the Pavilion design, capturing its translucent, reflective and colourful qualities along with its chrysalis-like structure
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EATING AND DRINKING AT THE SERPENTINE THIS SUMMER
FORTNUM & MASON AT THE SERPENTINE PAVILION
UNTIL 18 OCTOBER
 
Fortnum & Mason take up residency at the Serpentine Pavilion, serving a menu of fresh salads, sandwiches, cakes, pastries, and an array of ‘Park Snacks’
 
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AL FRESCO COCKTAILS ON THE MAGAZINE TERRACE
THE MAGAZINE RESTAURANT
SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY
The Magazine has teamed up with Chase Farm and Distillery in Hereford to create a range of sharing and individual cocktails which will be available throughout the summer. Click here to view the menu.
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FROM OUR FRIENDS
HANNAH COLLINS
 
CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE
UNTIL 13 SEPTEMBER
FREE
This summer Camden Arts Centre shows the photographic, film and sound works of Hannah Collins, which resonate with the tension and vulnerability of life
 
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LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2016:
SAVE THE DATE
9 JULY-16 OCTOBER 2016

 
Save the date for the 9th edition of the UK Biennial of Contemporary Art and see the dazzle ship commissions in Liverpool and London this summer
 
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