Ecco il ricco programma della quarta rassegna Block Universe che si svolgerà a Londra dal 26 Maggio al 3 Giugno in diverse località della capitale inglese.
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Block Universe, London’s leading international performance art festival, today announces the programme planned for its fourth edition, which will run for 10 days, starting on the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend (26 May to 3 June 2018).
In collaboration with cultural institutions and organisations across the city, including the Royal Academy of Arts, Siobhan Davies Dance, The Store X, British Museum, Somerset House, Studio Voltaire, Oval Space and Brunel Museum the festival will present work by some of the most innovative UK-based and international artists working in performance today, alongside talks, workshops and special projects.
Maria Hassabi, STAGING, 2017. Installation view, Neue Neue Galerie (Neue Hauptpost), Kassel, Documenta 14.
Positioning London at the forefront of international performance art, Block Universe 2018 will feature three UK premieres (Maria Hassabi, Giselle Stanborough and Nora Turato) and seven new, site-specific commissions (Evan Ifekoya & Victoria Sin, Gery Georgieva, Hanne Lippard, Alex Mirutziu, Last Yearz Interesting Negro/Jamila Johnson-Small, They Are Here and Laura Wilson) by artists working at the cross-section of contemporary visual art, dance and music. This year's edition explores themes that act as a counterpoint to the current divisiveness created by contemporary politics, focusing on, as well as questioning, utopian ideals of community and collectivity. By addressing the ways in which we relate to one another, the contributors will respond both to the larger fabric of society that binds us as well as to the politics of sex and love in our personal relationships.
Notable works include the UK debut of Maria Hassabi’s STAGING: Solo #2, a durational performance at The Store X; new commissions by Last Yearz Interesting Negro/Jamila Johnson-Small, in partnership with Gaia Art Foundation, Gery Georgieva, supported by Outset Contemporary Art Fund; and ROUTINE, a project created by art collective They Are Here, which addresses issues related to precarious labour and the gig economy - a theme already touched upon in their earlier works developed at Tate Modern in 2017.
BLOCK UNIVERSE 2018 - FULL PROGRAMME
Thursday 24 May
Artist Talk
Maria Hassabi with Tate Curator Catherine Wood
The Store X, 180 The Strand, 7pm
Saturday 26 May
Maria Hassabi
STAGING: Solo #2
The Store X, 180 The Strand, durational 11am-7pm
*UK Premiere*
Sunday 27 May
Maria Hassabi
STAGING: Solo #2
The Store X, 180 The Strand, durational 11am-7pm
*UK Premiere*
Nora Turato
leaning is the new sitting
Old Operating Theatre, 6pm
*UK Premiere*
Last Yearz Interesting Negro / Jamila Johnson-Small
FuryZ
Reliance Square, 9pm
*New Commission in partnership with Gaia Art Foundation*
Monday 28 May
Gery Georgieva
Untitled
Oval Space, 7pm
*New Commission in partnership with Outset*
STAGING: A Movement Workshop with Maria Hassabi
Siobhan Davies Dance, 2-4pm
Tuesday 29 May
Evan Ifekoya & Victoria Sin
Scripting Speculative Bodies… Where The Tentacles Reign Supreme
The Brunel Museum, Thames Tunnel, 7pm
*New Commission*
Wednesday 30 May
The Morning After Club
Hosted by Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies and Jenny Moore
Cafes across London, 7.30-8.30am
Hanne Lippard
Untitled
Somerset House, Lancaster Room, 8pm
*New Commission*
Thursday 31 May
The Morning After Club
Hosted by Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies and Jenny Moore
Cafes across London, 8-9am
Giselle Stanborough
Lozein: Find The Lover You Deserve
Senate House, University of London, 4-8pm durational
*UK Premiere*
Friday 1 June
The Morning After Club
Hosted by Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies and Jenny Moore
Cafes across London, 8.30-9.30am
Laura Wilson
You would almost expect to find it warm
British Museum, 4-8pm durational
*New site-specific commission*
Saturday 2 June
Alex Mirutziu
Doing Sub Thinking
Annenberg Courtyard, Royal Academy of the Arts, 3-4 pm
*New Commission in partnership with Delfina Foundation and European Art East Foundation*
They Are Here
ROUTINE - as part of Laughing Matter
Studio Voltaire, 8:30 pm
*New Commission in association with Studio Voltaire and Aziz Foundation*
Sunday 3 June
They Are Here
ROUTINE - as part of Laughing Matter
Studio Voltaire, 8:30 pm
*New Commission in association with Studio Voltaire and Aziz Foundation*
UK Premiere of CONGLOMERATE’s BLOCK 5
Followed by a Q&A with Sol Calero and Christopher Kline
Location tbc
Also on the programme:
Jamila Johnson-Small and Sara Sassanelli
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Block Universe 2018: Satellite Programme
The Block Universe Satellite Programme is a new addition to the festival programme and highlights events, specially commissioned performances and exhibitions at the following venues: Bold Tendencies, Bosse & Baum, Chisenhale Gallery, Tenderpixel and Zabludowicz Collection.
