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ART IN THE EAST: A Panel Discussion, live from Kettles Yard Saturday 16 March, 5-8pm
Is enough being done to support artists so they can make exciting, innovative art in Cambridge and the Eastern region? Join Andrew Nairne, director of Kettle’s Yard, Amy Botfield, Arts Council England, Outpost committee members and artist Ian Giles to debate the issues.
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Causerie – Scatology, live audio broadcast from Witte de With, Rotterdam, Saturday 16th March, 1pm GMT + 0
The flip side of the sublime is the grotesque, and while the form is praised in artwork, materialism is considered vile. These twined oppositions are often the raw goods in which Scatology trades. Said in the vulgar, ‘toilet humor’ has been used as a literary trope to spin the pious on its head, and have it land, face first, on the altar of the absurd. During the eighth and last Causerie, writer and artist Alexandre Singh will explore these twists, and means, from the materiality of excremental studies, to the conception of the grotesque body.
Alexandre Singh will push out these ideas through theories of cultural sociology with David Inglis (Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter) and the works of Sigmund Freud with Iki Freud (Psychoanalyst).
About the Causeries
As part of the realization of Alexandre Singh’s ambitious play The Humans, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art presents the Causeries. Taking its title from the French verb causer – to converse or chat – the Causeries are set up as a series of discussions in which Singh expands on The Humans’ key themes, ranging from cosmology and cosmogony to pictorial satire, dance, drama and religion. Rather than discursive events in the well-known format of a conference or a symposium, the Causeries are conceived as informal conversations between the artist and an expert in a given field. It is not only the edification of the artist himself that is pivotal in this alternative kind of exchange, also the audience is offered an insight in the underlying themes of The Humans.
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Susan Hiller Monument
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15 Mar 2013
Tim Etchells: Vacuum Days
Vacuum Days by Tim Etchells, is a book comprised of notices for a series of fictional events running across 2011. Review by Harun Morrison
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Artist: Advert
Project: Tim Etchells: Vacuum Days
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The Sunday Painter, 1st Floor, 12-16 Blenheim Grove, London, SE15 4QL,
13 Mar 2013
Rob Chavasse: Off Season
Anyone presently involved in education will be all too aware of the irrelevance to reality, and counter-productiveness to learning...
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Project: Rob Chavasse: Off Season
Location: The Sunday Painter, 1st Floor, 12-16 Blenheim Grove, London, SE15 4QL
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M HKA, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp,
13 Mar 2013
Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys: OPTIMUNDUS
Artist duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys mount a display of sculptures, videos, drawings and installations that see characters from the 'parallel world' imagined our own. Review by Marianne Van Boxelaere.
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Project: Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys: OPTIMUNDUS
Location: M HKA, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp
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Artist Pae White discusses her current exhibition at the South London Gallery and her wider practice, live at 5pm GMT+0
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LGP, The Hub, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QT,
12 Mar 2013
Amanda Beech: Final Machine
Amanda Beech's three-channel video installation "takes aim at our trust in language and our faith in politics and art as ‘sciences’ that are capable of producing demonstrable truths." Review by Beth Bramich.
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Project: Amanda Beech: Final Machine
Location: LGP, The Hub, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QT
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The approach, 1st Floor, 47 Approach Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 9LY,
11 Mar 2013
John Stezaker: Blind
Stezaker, famous for his collaged photographic works, presents a new video at The approach. Review by Sofia Gotti.
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Project: John Stezaker: Blind
Location: The approach, 1st Floor, 47 Approach Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 9LY
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303 GALLERY DOUG AITKEN 100 YRS
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Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Church Lane, Carmarthen, SA31 1LH,
8 Mar 2013
Difference Engine: Accumulator II
Difference Engine - an evolving, autonomous exhibition curated by the artists involved - explores the flaws and failures of human systems as potential sites for new ideas. Review by Ciara Healy.
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Project: Difference Engine: Accumulator II
Location: Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Church Lane, Carmarthen, SA31 1LH
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Rod Barton, 1 Paget Street, London, EC1V 7PA,
7 Mar 2013
Samuel François: The Joy of Man
Samuel François recalls the imagery and atmosphere of his father's car repair shop from his youth, using found materials including foil survival blankets. Review by George Vasey.
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Project: Samuel François: The Joy of Man
Location: Rod Barton, 1 Paget Street, London, EC1V 7PA
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Benoit Maire: Weapon at David Roberts Art Foundation, 15 Mar — 11 May 2013
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