Artur Zmijewski at Cornerhouse Manchester

04.12.09
Artur Żmijewski, Democracies (2009). Image courtesy of the Foskal Gallery Foundation Dates: until 10 January 2010 | Location: Cornerhouse, Manchester The first major UK survey of the work of Polish artist and filmmaker Artur Żmijewski is currently underway at Manchester’s Cornerhouse gallery.  Żmijewski’s work has been receiving increased attention over here in recent years, and this show sees the UK premiere of his recent project Democracies (2009), ...
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Radar presents Selected Memory

02.12.09
The Swimmer and the Forest (working image), Shona Illingworth Dates: 3 December 2009 – 23 January 2010 | Location: Loughborough University Radar presents a season of art, film and debate inspired by the complexity of memory. Individual or collective, real or imagined, complete or fragmented, memory in all its forms is a rich subject for enquiry. This season features three new commissions, each exploring different facets of memory by Shona ...
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Sally Potter season at the BFI

30.11.09
Tilda Swinton in Sally Potter's Orlando Dates: 2-28 December 2009 | Location: BFI, London The director of Rage, Orlando, The Man Who Cried and various other sumptuous, starry and/or identity-centric works is receiving a BFI retrospective, with a series of screenings (including showings of lesser-known and made for TV works), talks, and other events running throughout December. Potter and Tilda Swinton – star of Orlando, her adaptation of ...
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Visionaries – Youth in High Definition

27.11.09
Visionaries: Youth in High Definition Date: 28 November, 12-8pm | Location: BFI Southbank, London Future Film in partnership with TrueTube presents Visionaries: Youth in High Definition, a day of film and activities where you can discover the power young people have to make a difference. Come and check out a huge collection of films (made by young filmmakers) that demonstrate the positive impact young people have on ...
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Sparkle The Dark Up

22.11.09
Sparkle The Dark Up Date: 4 December 2009 | Location: Design Museum, London An evening of screenings and performances curated by Ranko Andjelic, Sparkle The Dark Up will celebrate experimental animation of all sorts while spreading a little off-key Christmas cheer. Screenings will run throughout the Design Museum as well as the outside of the building, and will feature recent and brand new work by some of the ...
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Duncan Campbell at the Chisenhale Gallery

10.11.09
John (working title), Duncan Campbell Dates: 13 November – 20 December 2009 | Location: Chisenhale Gallery, London For his first solo public exhibition in London, Chisenhale Gallery premieres a new film by Glasgow-based artist Duncan Campbell co-commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery, Film and Video Umbrella and Tramway, Glasgow. Combining archive news material with newly-filmed footage, the film looks back over the history of the failed Belfast-based car plant set ...
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The Uncle Hans-Peter Party at ICA

09.11.09
Uncle Hans Peter Date: 17 November | Location: Comica 2009, at the ICA, London The inaugural Uncle Hans-Peter Party takes place at Comica 2009 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London on Tuesday 17 November. Uncle Hans-Peter is the patriarch of the LET ME FEEL YOUR FINGER FIRST family. He’s a hunter. An operator. He enjoys tying up his nephews on hot summer afternoons. The Uncle Hans-Peter ...
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