Filtering by: May 2014

'Biters': Larry Achiampong & David Blandy,Thurs 15 May, Modern Art Oxford
May
15
7:00 PM19:00

'Biters': Larry Achiampong & David Blandy,Thurs 15 May, Modern Art Oxford

'Biters': Larry Achiampong and David Blandy
Modern Art Oxford, as part of 'Test Run'

Thursday 15 May 7-10.30pm

Also on 22 May, 7-10.30pm & 5 June, 7-10.30pm


As Biters, David Blandy and Larry Achiampong examine the possibility for truthful, authentic experience via the popular cultures that have influenced them.

Free, booking essential

Modern Art Oxford

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Clifford Owens at Cornerhouse, performance event
May
10
4:00 PM16:00

Clifford Owens at Cornerhouse, performance event

As part of his exhibition Better the Rebel You Know, Clifford Owens will perform his new commission Anthology (2014) live, delivering scores (short sets of instructions, some specific, others open to interpretation) contributed by a selection of British artists whose work considers ideas of race, class and difference.The scores, contributed by artists including Godfried DonkorDavid Blandy and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, draw on British and African-American history and convey themes of pop culture, violence and generosity. Owens’s interpretations will encompass sound, video, photography and live performance.

Free. Please arrive promptly for the start of all performances.

Cornerhouse is at 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH

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'Interchange Junctions', Howick Place, London
May
10
to Jun 21

'Interchange Junctions', Howick Place, London

'Interchange Junctions'
5 Howick Place, London

10 May - 21 June 2014

Open Day Saturday 17 May 11am - 5pm

HS Projects are delighted to present Interchange Junctions, a group exhibition of internationally established and emerging artists examining ideas of colonialism, post colonialism, slavery, cultural exchange and trade. The exhibition examines contested cultural and political histories which carry special resonance at Howick Place, named after Viscount Howick - later 2nd Earl Grey - one of the main architects of the Reform Act 1832, Catholic emancipation and the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. 

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'Test Run', Modern Art Oxford
May
2
to Jun 8

'Test Run', Modern Art Oxford

Exhibition | Performance | Artists’ Projects | Work in Progress 
2 May — 8 June 2014
Preview: Friday 2 May, 6.30 — 8.30pm

34 artists |18 performances| 6 talks |15 workshops |
1 symposium | 35 Days

This is your chance to see behind the scenes in the artists' studio and get involved in the creative process. Test Run is a new, annual five week programme of performance, artists’ projects, work in progress and discussion previewing themes and ideas from the upcoming exhibitions programme at Modern Art Oxford. 

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Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, 198 Gallery
May
1
to May 9

Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, 198 Gallery

1 May 2014 to 9 May 2014

198 Gallery

As Biters David Blandy and Larry Achiampong examine the possibility for truthful, authentic experience via the popular cultures that have influenced them. They investigate what identity might mean in the post-colonial and post-mass media age by crate-digging through history, recycling already-sampled beats and reciting stolen rhymes.

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