Serpentine Galleries - Frieze Week at the Serpentine

 

NOW OPEN Exhibition FORMAFANTASMA: CAMBIO UNTIL 15 NOVEMBER FREE BOOK NOW What is the role of design in creating a sustainable future? Formafantasma are an Italian design duo based in Amsterdam whose work looks at design's ecological and political responsibilities. Cambio continues their explorations of the transformation of natural resources into commodities, with a focus on the timber industry. Seeking connections with science, conservation, engineering and policymaking, this exhibition adopts a pioneering multidisciplinary approach to contemporary design.  READ MORE RADIO BALLADS Online Event RADIO RAFTS MONDAY 5 OCTOBER 5PM BST FREE BOOKING ESSENTIAL Join us for this first look at RAFTS, a work in progress by Rory Pilgrim, to explore how to maintain connection during a pandemic, and ask, in moments of change and transition, what supports and keeps us afloat? Introduced by Pilgrim and Serpentine Civic Curators Amal Khalaf and Lizzie Graham, this special preview features excerpts from sound pieces made with members of Green Shoes Arts in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Project Well Being in Boise, Idaho. RAFTS is part of Radio Ballads, a major project which sees artists embedded long-term within frontline services in Barking and Dagenham, in partnership with New Town Culture. Funded by Mayor of London as part of London Borough of Culture. READ MORE Online Event RAFTS SHOWCASE SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 4PM BST FREE BOOKING ESSENTIAL   Tune in for an online showcase of work in progress from RAFTS, artist Rory Pilgrim’s Radio Ballads commission. The RAFTS Showcase brings together members of Green Shoes Arts in Barking and Dagenham, London, with Project Well Being, an Interfaith Homeless Shelter in Boise, Idaho. Sharing conversations, stories and poetry generated in workshops so far, the afternoon will focus on the symbol of a raft during times of crisis. Contributions will also include music developed for RAFTS by Rory Pilgrim and singer-songwriter Robyn Haddon.     READ MORE CREATIVE AI LAB Panel Discussion AESTHETICS OF NEW AI FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 6-7PM BST FREE BOOKING ESSENTIAL What does machine learning bring to artmaking? What does artmaking bring to machine learning? Join us for a LIVE panel discussion with the Creative AI Lab (a Serpentine and King’s College London initiative), with partner NYU Digital Theory H-Lab and panelists Mercedes Bunz, Murad Khan, Nora Khan, Leif Weatherby and Joanna Zylinska.  READ MORE CAO FEI IN CONVERSATION Online Event 'HX' BOOK LAUNCH TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 3PM BST FREE WATCH VIA YOUTUBE.COM/SERPENTINEGALLERIESUK To mark the publication of Cao Fei’s new book HX, the artist will be in conversation with curator and academic Yang Beichen, HX designer Sun Xiaoxi, Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist and Serpentine curator Joseph Constable. HX is a counterpart to the works in Cao Fei's exhibition Blueprints and presents a comprehensive view of the historical and political themes underlining the artist’s recent research and work, from an expansive array of perspectives.  To celebrate the launch of HX we are offering 30% off all online orders of the publication for a period of two weeks. Use the code SFZ4B1AK95AX at checkout to receive your discount. READ MORE RETRACING THE ROOTS: DESIGN AND ECOLOGY Panel Discussion MANTHIA DIAWARA, FORMAFANTASMA & ANAB JAIN (SUPERFLUX) IN CONVERSATION WITH HANS ULRICH OBRIST THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 7-8PM BST FREE BOOKING ESSENTIAL In the face of ecological crisis, how can art, design and philosophy affect long-term change?   Connecting the exhibition Formafantasma: Cambio with long-term Serpentine project Back to Earth, this discussion brings together artists and practices that span multiple continents, perspectives and media, but which share key concerns: How can we do better by learning more about the systems that we are a part of? How do we go about changing these systems, and our own behaviours, as a result?   EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Online Film BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT 2-8 OCTOBER TICKETS £9.99 Watch this new film by director Halina Dyrschka online before its official cinematic release. This is the first film about the life and work of visionary artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), whose paintings and drawings were exhibited at the Serpentine in 2016. This special preview is presented by Modern Films in collaboration with the Serpentine Galleries and Camden Arts Centre as part of Frieze Week.  READ MORE Read FORMAFANTASMA INTERVIEW Formafantasma and curator Rebecca Lewin unpack the problems and potentials of the timber industry in this new interview, now live on our website.  READ MORE

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