Phantoms of Nabua at the BFI

10.05.10
Phantoms of Nabua, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, photograph by Chaisiri Jiwarangsan © Kick the Machine Films Dates: 14 May – 4 July | Location: BFI Gallery, London This is the first London solo exhibition by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a distinctive artist and filmmaker who creates work for both cinema and gallery exhibition. A regular of the Cannes Film festival, and a nominee for the 2010 Hugo Boss Prize, ...
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Persistence of Vision

07.05.10
Invisible Film, Melik Ohanian Dates: 18 June – 5 September | Location: FACT, Liverpool How does memory influence what we see? What part does technology play in shaping both how we see and what we remember? Informed by scientific research and inspired by historical developments in media technology, Liverpool’s FACT presents an exhibition exploring the relationship between vision, memory and media. Persistence of Vision brings together the multimedia work ...
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Guest by Margareta Kern

05.05.10
Guest, Margareta Kern, photo by Marcus Kern Dates: 6 May – 18 June | Location: ICIA, Bath Artist Margareta Kern took up ‘residence’ at the University of Bath during March and April 2010 in a project organised by ICIA (Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts). The results of her residency go on show in a multi-media exhibition entitled Guest, from 6 May to 18 June in ICIA’s Art ...
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Mauricio Arango wins Video Salon

17.04.10
Mauricio Arango Since 2007 Matt Roberts Arts has produced the annual Salon Art Prize exhibiting the work of 244 artists and photographers. This year saw the inclusion of a new Video Art Salon, for which 41 artists were selected by Mike Sperlinger (LUX) and artist Zineb Sedira. The exhibition was split into two parts with works being shown through a video wall at the organisations project space ...
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Jennet Thomas at Matt’s Gallery

09.04.10
All Suffering SOON TO END!, Jennet Thomas Dates: 14 April-6 June | Location: Matt’s Gallery, London Jennet Thomas’ first exhibition at Matt’s Gallery, All Suffering SOON TO END!, comprises narrative film and installation which incorporates sculpture, sound and performance. Thomas has reconstructed the gallery into two interconnecting chambers. The first is the Dark Chamber in which a 30 minute film ...
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Kenneth Anger at Sprueth Magers

15.03.10
Astarte (Anaïs Nin) - Kenneth Anger Dates: 19th February – 27th March | Location: Sprueth Magers, London Sprüth Magers London is exhibiting ‘Invocation of My Demon Brother’, the work by the legendary filmmaker and artist Kenneth Anger, in his first solo show in London for five years. Making films continuously since the late 1940s and considered a countercultural icon, Kenneth Anger is widely acclaimed as a pioneering ...
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MyWar – Identity and Appropriation under War Condition

12.03.10
Milica Tomic - One Day Dates: 12 March – 30 May | Location: FACT, Liverpool In a period of global unrest, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) presents a timely exhibition. MyWar explores conflict in a digitally networked world through the work of 12 international artists. Their work investigates the realities and myths of war at a time when the boundaries between the public and the ...
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