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Issue 134
Ahh, finally summer's here, our summer that is! As in previous years we'll be away for a few weeks to down cocktails
and catch tans, so we're leaving an issue for the month of August...
On the news front, Adidas is
collaborating
with fancy hotels while Coke is
creating limited
edition bottles. You file-sharers, keep tabs on the new
laws, but note that an
Irish designer has come up with a way to
shield file-shares. Note also that live-gigs
in the UK might be changing
yet it may be time to get
raggaetoning -- that
Puerto Rican sensation. Finally,
Xena might be a
planet and the South Koreans have
cloned man's best friend!
For you global Flashers catch
Jean Prouve in Los Angeles
(opens 14/08), as
well as Tim Hawkinson (ends
28/08) and
Renzo Piano (ends
02/10); while
Lee Friedlander (ends
29/09) and
Robert Smithson (ends
23/10) are in New York. In France,
Isaac Julien is in Paris (ends
15/08)
and there're New German Paintings in Nimes (ends 18/09),
while in Germany Roy Lichtenstein visits Bregenz
(ends 04/09) and
Douglas Gordon lands at the
Guggenheim Berlin (ends 09/10).
In another Guggenheim, Richard Serra's
sculptures are due to remain for
25 years. Closer to home, why not catch
Cai Quo-Quiang's fireworks in Edinburgh
or at least their relics (ends 25/09), and if that's not your kinda flash of light, there's also
Cartier-Bresson (ends
23/10).
For those of you not leaving town, we'd like to point out that
Trinity has been extended (now ends 10/08) and
remember to catch Graham Sutherland in
Dulwich (ends 25/09) and
Stubbs at the National Gallery
(25/09). There'll also be outdoor screenings at the
Serpentine and
Somerset House.
In architecture, Riba's Stirling Prize
shortlist has been
announced,
Calavatra is about to skyscrape in a
big way, the Pomipdou's new outpost is beginning to come
into focus and this may be the moment to consider
London's expansion.
In art, Wired magazine
interviews
Banksy, an
Alberto Burri dispute has
broken out, the old master market
seems to be in flux and the
battle of the biennales continues in Prague.
Meanwhile the Corcoran has lost a building, a
director and some trustees, while LA's
Getty
is being investigated. Here,
we also bid goodbye to
Al Held.
This week Ed Ruscha -- who is both at Timothy Taylor's and the RA -- wraps up his KF residency with
photographs from the '60s.
Finally, KultureFlash will resume weekly service in early September.
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Headlines
Architecture:
6a Architects And Eley Kishimoto;
Herzog & de Meuron;
The Changing Face of London
Art:
Andrea Fraser;
Arakimentari;
Cecily Brown;
Changes Of Mind;
Ellen Gallagher;
Ordering The Ordinary;
Talent On Route
Boat Party:
Acid On Sea Mk II
Book Launch:
John Irving
Classical Music:
Prom 45: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Club:
Acid On Sea Mk II;
Death In Vegas...;
Easy To Swallow 2: Autechre...;
Jeff Mills;
Nodisko Live: Lindstrom...;
The Electronic Summer Ball
Concert:
A Certain Ratio;
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy;
Cat Power And Mum;
Devendra Banhart;
Dinosaur Jr;
Lunz Reinterpretations;
Sleater-Kinney;
The Devil and Daniel Johnston;
The Organ;
The Rakes;
Vincent Gallo;
Yo La Tengo
Dance:
Adam Cooper: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Design:
Hearwear;
UVA: Mirror
DJ:
Acid On Sea Mk II;
Blow-Up And Vertigo;
Death In Vegas...;
Easy To Swallow 2: Autechre...;
Jeff Mills;
New Speakers Corner;
Nodisko Live: Lindstrom...;
Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions;
The Electronic Summer Ball
Fashion:
Suzanne Lee;
Turn To The Left
Festival:
TDK Cross Central;
W.H.O.R.E. Fest
Film:
Arakimentari;
Blow-Up And Vertigo;
Miranda July: Me You And You Everyone We Know;
Sally Potter: YES;
The Devil and Daniel Johnston;
The Electronic Summer Ball;
The Intruder
Jazz:
Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions
Performance:
Talent On Route;
Words In The Sky
Poetry:
Words In The Sky
Q&A:
Miranda July: Me You And You Everyone We Know;
Sally Potter: YES;
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Talk:
Andrea Fraser;
New Speakers Corner;
Suzanne Lee
Theatre:
Play And Not I;
The Fever;
The Prometheus Experiment
CD Reviews: Kid606; Laura Veirs; DMX Krew
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FILM / Q&A SALLY POTTER: YES
Curzon Mayfair
Friday 5 August [6:30pm]
38 Curzon St., W1 T:0871.871.0011 Tube: Green Park
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Sally Potter's
fifth feature tells the story of a passionate and
highly politicised affair between a Beiruti surgeon (Simon Abkarian)
and an Irish-American scientist (Joan Allen).
She began writing YES the day after
9/11 and claims the
words "came out in a torrent".
They flow particularly fast in the duo's climactic confrontation in a car park, a superbly pitched expose on their irreconcilable sexual and racial positions.
YES was filmed during the start of the
Iraq war;
Bush banned Allen from travel to Cuba, and
Beirut became uninsurable, so the film suffered political torments as deeply as its protagonists.
A chorus of cleaners bring both depth and levity, addressing the camera directly as they anonymously scrub endless antiseptic white spaces, pondering the
metaphysics of dirt. Quite weird, very wonderful and extremely moving.
NB: Sally Potter will be present post screening for a
Q&A. YES is released in London on 05/08. |
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CLUB / DJ NODISKO LIVE: LINDSTROM...
Cargo
Friday 5 August [7pm - 3am]
Kingsland Viaduct, 83 Rivington St., EC2 T:020.7739.3440 Tube: Old St./Liverpool St.
£6 before 9pm and £10 after |
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Norway isn't the first place that springs to mind when you think about disco, but the last few years have seen a steady flow of excellent druggy cosmic disco emerging from there. Leading the pack has been Lindstrom, whose spacey italo sound has been causing a stir on all the best dancefloors of late and whom the Nodisko crew have sensibly brought over to headline their annual Nodisko Live night. Add to that the bumping house of The Freaks, electronic duo Kompis and Nodisko's resident DJs Zak Frost and Magic Jase and you have all the ingredients for another seriously good party you can't a-fjord to miss... |
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PERFORMANCE / POETRY WORDS IN THE SKY
Couper Collection
Friday 5 August [05/08 and 12/08 at 7:30pm]
Thames Riverside Walk, Hester Rd., SW11 T:020.7738.1935 Tube: Sloane Sq.
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Two summer evenings of poetry with installations, sound and choreography onboard the Sky Garden Barge -- a 1,000 tonne capacity Thames barge architecturally transformed by artist Max Couper into a performance and sculpture space for the tidal river. The open roof of the hold acts as a giant visual frame to the sky, with passing clouds and the turning light of the sun creating an evocative mis-en-scene. In response to the poetry, musicians, visual artists and dancers will create site-specific collaborations on each of the evenings. Sound and staging by George Christie and Peter McNamara.
NB: Dancing the Hold takes place on 05/08 and Deck Run on 12/08. |
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CONCERT THE ORGAN
Barfly
Friday 5 August [05/08, 09/08 and 11/08]
49 Chalk Farm Rd., NW1 T:0870.907.099 Tube: Chalk Farm
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If you don't think you can bear to even hear about another over-hyped laddish guitar band redoing the Gang of Four, try this: five girls from Vancouver who rock twice as hard and ten times as smart as any them. So why hasn't their brilliant debut Grab That Gun knocked them all off the charts? Maybe The Organ are just too tough -- expressing raw feeling with disconcerting coolness, keeping it simple but never obvious. Imagine Blondie redoing The Smiths only with more dread and you'll get an inkling of the dark pleasures of The Organ. With three London dates in a week, the capital might just start acquiring a habit for the "sombre intensity" and "classic European detachment" said to characterise their live performances.
NB: catch The Organ on 05/08 at Barfly, 09/08 at the Dublin Castle and on 11/08 at London Metro. |
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FESTIVAL W.H.O.R.E. FEST
LSE
Saturday 6 August [2pm - 3am]
Houghton St., WC2 T:020.7405.7686 Tube: Holborn/Temple
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For 13 hours on Saturday LSE's Quad will be rocking to some of the most innovative young bands around. More than 20 acts will play for the bargain price of 10 quid -- that's less than 50p each! Their connection is the White Heat Tuesday club night; if you are familiar with the music policy then you'll know to expect the edgier end of art-punk, rock and electro. The bill is diverse, veering between new punks Comanechi and Kaito and old punks The Rotters, through the harmonious '50s throwbacks Vincent Vincent and the Villains to dirty, hip-hop influenced Tiger Force and even experimental jokers like Les Incompetents. The sheer range is impressive and at a price it would be churlish to ignore. |
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CLUB / DJ / FILM THE ELECTRONIC SUMMER BALL
Great Eastern Hotel
Saturday 6 August [8pm - 2am]
Liverpool St., EC2 T:020.7618.5010 Tube: Liverpool St.
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Someone at Warp and Wheels Instead of Hooves has been reading too many Evelyn Waugh novels judging by the many references to glamour, decadence and splendour in the press release, words that don't often spring to mind when one pictures the usual electronica fan. You can't fault them for trying though and even if the crowd may lack a certain elan, the venue should more than make up for it. Those more concerned with the music than the sumptuous Victorian architecture will be pleased to know that the three rooms on offer will be packed with the likes of Plaid, Jackson and Secondo, screenings of Warp Films and more DJs than you can shake a feather boa at. |
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THEATRE PLAY AND NOT I
Battersea Arts Centre
Sunday 7 August [Fri 05/08 at 7:30pm, Sat 06/08 at 7:30pm and Sun 07/08 at 5:30pm]
Lavender Hill, SW11 T:020.7326.8200 Tube: Clapham Common, Stockwell, Clapham Jct BR
general £10.75 | concessions £5.50 | students £7.50 |
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A rare opportunity to catch two of Samuel Beckett's short inspirational blasts of pure theatre, cleverly conjoined by Natalie Abrahami, winner of this year's JMK award for new directors. In Play, three heads in urns are illuminated and interrogated by a roving spotlight. They endlessly spit and chatter confessions of a triangular affair, a wall of sound that you gradually feel your way into. The light splinters up and nails the twittering mouth of Not I, an incredibly almost Chuck Jones-seeming animation floating in the darkness. It's a richly physical barrage of words that you find yourself in, a feverish installation of a hell of other people. Your experience may outweigh your understanding but don't let that stop you trying.
NB: Play and Not I run till 07/08. |
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THEATRE THE FEVER
Theatre 503
Sunday 7 August [Fri 05/08 to Sun 07/08 and Thu 11/08 to Fri 12/08]
503 Battersea Park Rd., SW11 T:020.7978.7040 Tube: Sloane Square
call Young Vic on 020.7928.6363 to book tickets, and for times and tickets prices |
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Wallace Shawn's brilliantly insidious and inexorable monologue targets our complicity over here in what happens over there: an anonymous tourist addicted to the good life falls sick with other people's suffering. An always timely piece performed by Shawn in a house, home, anywhere but a theatre -- Joe Hill-Gibbins directs himself in the intimate surroundings of Theatre 503's foyer, then the family house and gallery Home as part of the Young Vic's walkabout to showcase new directors.
NB: The Fever runs at Theatre 503 till 07/08 and at Home on 11/08 and 12/08. From 09/08 till 21/08 (also at Theatre 503) catch The Beach by Peter Asmussen, co-writer of Breaking The Waves. |
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ART / FILM ARAKIMENTARI
ICA
Monday 8 August [6:30 and 8:30pm]
The Mall, SW1 T:020.7930.3647 Tube: Charing Cross/Piccadilly Circus
general £5.50 and £6.50 | concessions £4.50 and £5.50 |
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Claiming to be the world's most published photographer and to have "slept with every woman he's shot", Japan's infamous pornographer-cum-liberator Nobuyoshi Araki was a biographical documentary waiting to happen. Despite the film's impassioned tributes from admirers, his seemingly puerile images of trussed-up housewives leave him looking less prolific auteur, more hyperactive dirty old man. But as the spectrum of his work is exposed, from moving photo-diary of his wife's struggle with cancer, to compelling socio-realism, it becomes impossible to resist his remarkably emotive style. Far from sensationalist, it transpires that Araki's "neo-Shunga" maintain a tradition of honest, even tender Japanese erotic art -- all the more fascinating because they emerge from, and transform, such a fiercely patriarchal society. A personal and revealing portrait that cements his position as master, not misogynist. NB: Arakimentari is released in London at ICA on 05/08 and screens there till 18/08. |
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THEATRE THE PROMETHEUS EXPERIMENT
Hoxton Hall
Tuesday 9 August [Fri 05/08 to Sun 07/08 and Tue 09/08 to Thu 11/08 at 8pm]
130 Hoxton Street, N1 T:08700.600.100 Tube: Old Street
general £12 | concessions £9 |
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In Discreet Theatre's dryly witty reimagining of the Prometheus myth, our titan is more like a Barnum showman who may have given us fire the night before -- the wreckage suggests so. But tonight he seems preoccupied with guilt. Maybe that's because of a bowler-hatted Eagle administering a sharp dose of responsibility by eating his liver. Strong performances -- some performers here are from the Shunt stable -- and Michael Regnier's verbal dexterity set light to an enigmatic story about the science of society that unfolds like a Paul Auster fable.
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CONCERT THE RAKES
Mean Fiddler
Wednesday 10 August [7pm]
157 Charing Cross Rd., WC2 T:020.7434.9592 Tube: Tottenham Court Rd.
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Feted London four-piece The Rakes -- currently enjoying a wave of glowing press coverage -- play at the Mean Fiddler, plugging their new single "Work Work Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)". No matter what your thoughts are on brevity in song titles, if you're interested in guitar music you should definitely go along to this gig. Whilst the UK rock scene is currently world-beatingly gigantic, most of the big names display a dourness and self-importance that is off-putting to those looking only to dip their toes in the water. None of this po-facedness from The Rakes -- the Joy Division-esque spiky guitars are offset by knowing lyrics and a frontman whose delivery owes more to Jarvis Cocker's wryness than Johnny Borell's shirtless histrionics or Pete Doherty's smacky ramblings. |
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DJ / TALK NEW SPEAKERS CORNER
St James Square
Friday 12 August
Tube: Green Park
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Have you got something to say? Well it's no good having something to say and not having the organisational skills to get ya self on the list for the ICA's new brilliant Speakers Corner! From 11am - 4pm the ICA are putting up a rosta of speakers in St. James Square, handpicked from submissions from anyone who has something to get off their chest. With 15 mins each you can't get bored, and they'll even give you a picnic hamper for under a tenner so you don't have to leave while your fave ranter gets to their point! Afterwards saunter over to the ICA for DJs Corner -- and if you still miffed from not getting to speak now's your chance to sign up on the night and play your own records for 15 mins of attention!
NB: submissions should be sent to talks@ica.org.uk before 08/08 (11am). For menus and to order your hamper send an email to ica@capergreen.co.uk. |
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FILM / Q&A MIRANDA JULY: ME YOU AND YOU EVERYONE WE KNOW
Curzon Soho
Friday 12 August [6:40pm]
93-107 Shaftesbury Ave., W1 T:020.7439.4805 Tube: Leicester Sq./Piccadilly
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The enormously endearing Miranda July writes, directs and stars in her film about an artist looking for love and recognition. Up until Me And You And Everyone We Know, July had made a name for herself as a performance artist and writer, featuring in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. However, she has successfully managed to bring her unique vision to the feature film, creating a blend of magical realism, social satire and artist's film. Through suburban mundanity she takes us on an extraordinary voyage exploring loneliness and desire. What's more, July's dry sense of humour exploits the oddities of modern life in a way its precursors -- films such as Donnie Darko, Ghost World and Lost In Translation -- never managed to.
NB: Miranda July will be present post screening for a Q&A. Me You And You Everyone We Know is released in London on 19/08. |
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DANCE ADAM COOPER: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Sadler's Wells
Ends Sunday 14 August [2:30pm, 5pm and 7pm]
Rosebery Avenue, EC1 T:020.7863.8000 Tube: Angel
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You've seen the tube posters: a gloriously virile and bare-chested Adam Cooper smouldering away at unsuspecting commuters with "come hither" eyes. If that hasn't lured you, then consider the fact that Cooper is one of the most exciting choreographers working today, having forsaken the security and stature of a job as principal artist with the Royal Ballet for a nomadic and creatively fulfilling life as an independent classical dancer, musical performer and choreographer extraordinaire. In this reworking of de Laclos' 18th-century classic, Cooper plays Vicomte de Valmont to his wife Sarah Wildor's Madame de Tourvel, which promises an extra frisson in the famous scenes where the unscrupulous libertine seduces the virginal naif.
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CONCERT YO LA TENGO
KOKO
Tuesday 16 August [7:30pm]
1A Camden High St., NW1 T:0870.432.5527 Tube: Mornington Crescent/Camden Town
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For 18 years Yo La Tengo have produced an incredibly diverse catalogue of albums with songs ranging from gentle acoustic strums to noise-fuelled indie rock anthems and distortion-soaked instrumental epics. At the core of this variety lies a unique lo-fi beauty, at once disorientating and tender. Similarly to their peers Sonic Youth, their commitment to creativity after decades of existence ensures any opportunity to see them perform becomes all the more poignant. Whilst many of their songs ("Autumn Sweater", "Our Way To Fall") are so defining and essential their exclusion would be unthinkable, their vast back catalogue will guarantee a certain element of surprise, hope and expectation. Touring in support of their recent retrospective compilation Prisoners Of Love this concert promises to be something special for devoted fans and comparative newcomers alike. |
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FASHION / TALK SUZANNE LEE
ICA
Thursday 18 August [6:45pm]
The Mall, SW1 T:020.7930.3647 Tube: Charing Cross/Piccadilly Circus
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Fashioning The Future is a visionary and creative exploration of where fashion and clothing are heading, the very first guide to the future wardrobe and future digital culture made possible. From electro textiles and biotechnology to smart fibres and nanotech, the exhibition Fashioning The Future explores a spectrum of technologies that will impact on future fashion design. Suzanne Lee will be discussing the above and opening up the debate on fashion's role in relation to the expanding field of technology and its application.
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ART / PERFORMANCE TALENT ON ROUTE
Paddington Station
Friday 19 August [7pm]
Paddington Station, W2 T:08457.484.950 Tube: Paddington
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KultureFlash doesn't normally cover the opening of a new bus route but then, arguably, most bus journeys in the capital don't involve a performance art happening at each stop. Developing relationships with the route, the passengers and the passing public, each seek to invoke and discuss a variety of concepts, including those of migration and the state of the city. St Peter's Church on Liverpool Grove will host a performance from the London-based avant-theatre company These Horses. The company will produce a new piece that promises to hypnotise the audience with a powerful sound and action performance. Lisa Cull's work will involve documenting the occasion through photographs that will then be given away to the passengers when they finally disembark at The Mason's Arms in Walworth. Music, drinking and a talent show will finally ensue.
NB: the event will commence at 7pm outside of Paddington Station then will continue along a bus rout and end at The Mason's Arms, 109 East St., SE17 from 9pm. For bookings and further information contact SpRoUt on 07956.403.400 or info@sproutweb.co.uk.
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CLUB / DJ DEATH IN VEGAS...
Fabric
Friday 19 August [9:30pm - 5am]
77A Charterhouse St., EC1 T:020.7344.4444 Tube: Farringdon
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Erstwhile big beat champion-turned-superstar DJ, would-be Oasis producer and purveyor of sonorous, Krautrock-esque techno, Richard Fearless is the latest DJ to attend the hallowed FabricLive studios and release a mix album. As you'd expect, this is going to be accompanied by the man himself playing a set at the club's Friday night wing-ding. Given that he's one of the original DJs from the Sunday Social line-up, his skills behind the decks are not to be doubted. He's also joined in the main room by breaks god Adam Freeland, Krafty Kuts and the Stanton Warriors, while Fabio and Grooverider rip up the decks with a five-hour 20th anniversary set on the other dancefloor. In fact, the only remotely bad thing about this night is the presence of Fearless' horrible new moustache. Shave it off, Richard!
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CONCERT BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY
The Forum
Monday 22 August [7:30pm]
9-17 Highgate Rd., NW5 T:020.7344.0044 Tube: Kentish Town
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Obscure musical genius Will Oldham returns to the UK under his current moniker; showcasing songs from his latest release Superwolf -- a collaboration with indie freelancer Matt Sweeney (formerly of Chavez, Skunk and failed super group Zwan). Conceived as a challenge between Oldham and Sweeney to write each other songs, it has been critically hailed as Oldham's finest album since '99's I See A Darkness. Despite its particular conceptions it is entirely in the spirit of Oldham's earlier work -- quivering vocal lines are entwined within simple guitar arrangements, the result being often deadly quiet, intensely meditative and awkwardly soothing. For Oldham devotees this concert will be a cherished opportunity to experience a lo-fi icon bringing his American gothic tales of death, incest, love and loss to life. |
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BOOK LAUNCH JOHN IRVING
Congress Centre
Tuesday 23 August [6:30 - 8:30pm]
28 Great Russell St., WC1 T:020.7440.1553 Tube: Tottenham Court Rd.
general £7 | concessions £5 |
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"Absurd" and "surreal" are tags one could easily place on the novels of John Irving, but this American talent could be described as Dickens meets Vonnegut via Vienna, bears and wrestling. Over the decades Irving has produced complex and weird family epics, infused at turns with the tragic and the comic, painstakingly unravelling as time passes...you may well remember The World According To Garp. These strangely familiar places play out an obtuse American-type of Beckett morality. He is probably the most famous dyslexic novelist to write bestsellers. In his words, he doesn't seek out the weird, rather he notices how "commonplace the bizarre is". |
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ART CHANGES OF MIND
Haunch of Venison
Ends Thursday 25 August [Mon to Fri 10am - 6pm; Thu till 7pm; Sat 10am - 5pm]
6 Haunch of Venison Yard, W1 T:020.7495.5050 Tube: Bond St.
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Instead of the usual summer work from stock, Haunch is challenging our values with a show on belief and transformation, and it's rich with a range of forms and approaches to these very notions. Notable works include Nathan Coley's duo screen video, Jerusalem Syndrome, tries to approach buildings or structures as vessels for worship and their worshippers (e.g. the Wailing Wall); while Mariko Mori has combined the ziggurat form with a Japanese "round stone", both originating from ancient belief systems, and arrives at a funky sculpture; and Magda Tothova's amuses with her maiden snogging a Lenin bust. Traditionally the exploration of "spirituality" in art has sat firmly in the realm of painting, yet of late video has made interesting contributions, particularly Bill Viola's, another participant. (Runs till 25/08.) NB: for other engaging group shows, catch Take It Furthur! at Andrew Mummery (ends 13/08), Ordering The Ordinary at Timothy Taylor (ends 31/08), The Way We Work Now at Camden Arts Centre (ends 11/09), Open Systems at Tate Modern (ends 18/09) and 7 at Sprueth Magers Lee (ends 30/09). |
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DJ / JAZZ SOIL & 'PIMP' SESSIONS
Cargo
Thursday 25 August [8pm - 1am]
Kingsland Viaduct, 83 Rivington St., EC2 T:020.7739.3440 Tube: Old St./Liverpool St.
general £8 | concessions £6 |
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The jazz dance underworld has recently been getting extremely excited about the continued emergence of the marvellously named Japanese jazz collective, Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions. Still awaiting official UK releases, there has been feverish haggling and a not inconsiderable dollop of hype over the limited quantities of 12" imports currently available. Raw, fractured, vibrant jazz is what we have heard so far, but it is only now that we have a chance to actually see what all the fuss is about in a live format. Gilles Peterson, who has championed the Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions from the beginning, hosts proceedings, and will close the evening with another inimitable DJ set. An apt way to slowly introduce oneself to the delights of the bank holiday weekend. |
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FILM THE INTRUDER
Friday 26 August
various cinemas across London
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Articles Interview Another Old One
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For years Claire Denis has been making feature-length cinematic poems with minimal dialogue and narrative, driven by near-silent visual communication. The Intruder takes this formula even further, journeying into both the metaphysical and across the globe, exploring the meaning of the human heart.
Michel Subor plays Louis Trebor, a 68-year-old man with only his dogs as friends. He has abandoned sons all over the world and is indifferent to the only son he is still in contact with. To remedy his failing heart he goes to South Korea for a transplant ,beginning an epic journey from his home in the Jura mountains of France back to his former home on an island near Tahiti.
NB: The Intruder is released in London on 26/08. |
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