After 46 years, the Brazilian state of Bahia is preparing for its third biennial, to be held for 100 days starting on May 29, 2014 in 19 cultural centers in Salvador and 10 other municipalities.
'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.
Modern Art Oxford
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 Donkor, David 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
'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.
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.
PIGDOGANDMONKEYFESTOS
Private View: 1 May 2014, 6 - 9pm, Airspace Gallery
Exhibition: 2 May - 7 June 2014
Curated by Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson, PIGDOGANDMONKEYFESTOS brings together contemporary artists manifestos and works inspired by the manifesto format.
1 May 2014 to 9 May 2014
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.
