| INSIDE ISSUE NUMBER 19 | THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES |
| Tuesday | 15th October |
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ART / PRIVATE VIEW
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SANTIAGO SIERRA | |||
| Tuesday 15 October (6pm - 8pm) | |||
| @ Lisson, 29 Bell St., NW1 (020.7724.2739) Tube: Edgware Rd. | |||
| Price: FREE | |||
| Links: SS @ PS1 | Design Boom On SS | |||
| Aaaahh Modern life is hell... you work, you spend, you work so you can spend, then you rest so you can work so you can spend... then you go to a Santiago Sierra "action". It's really touching to see art that still wears it's radical heart on it's sleeve or trouser leg! Remember Santiago Sierra, he of the Argentinian bank protests played out your window sill, well he's done more: in part one of his Lisson Gallery show Space Closed by Corrugate Metal, he did just that, i.e. closed the space with corrugated metal. No doubt, like the radical economic and cultural actions that the Mexican-based Spaniard prefers, part two will involve some wage slaves tied down to some menial task or is that just the gallery's employees? This time the gallery will be open... or so they say, but what surprises lurks we wonder??? NB: This show runs Mondays to Saturdays from 2pm - 3pm until Wednesday 06/11 | |||
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CONCERT / JAZZ
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KOOP | |||
| Tuesday 15 October (7:30pm) | |||
| @ Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 (020.7226.1686) Tube: Highbury & Islington | |||
| Price: £12.50 | |||
| Links: Union Chapel | Koop | Review | |||
| Having already featured the track Waltz For Koop on his Worldwide compilation two years ago, DJ Gilles Peterson went absolutely crazy this spring when he received the Swedish duo Koop's first LP, instantly dubbing it "Album Of The Year". It took producers Magnus Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson five years to follow up with their full-length debut Sons Of Koop, but judging from the reviewer's -- and our own -- opinion they were years well spent. Though the album was released on Jazzanova's Compost label and features a Richard Dorfmeister remix, it's less of an electronica album than an attempt to revitalise the Swedish jazz scene (thus the allusion to Bill Evans and Monica Zetterlund's '64 recording of Waltz For Debbie). The Koop gig is likely to be a precious jazz moment. | |||
| Wednesday | 16th October |
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TALK
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MARTIN AMIS | |||
| Wednesday 16 October (6pm) | |||
| @ Apollo Theatre, 29 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1V (020.7494.5399) Tube: Piccadilly Circus | |||
| Price: £5 | |||
| Links: Orange | Interviews | Essays... | Influences | MA On Nolita | Night Train Excerpt | MA's Favorite Books | |||
| Martin Amis, the orthodontically challenged son of Kingsley is almost certainly the best English novelist of his generation (we'll gloss over his birth in South Wales). A precocious talent, he published the seminal Rachel Papers at 24 (the bastard!). Since then his unmistakable style has been developed through novels like Money, London Fields, The Information, Night Train and Time's Arrow. Perhaps the most gripping story of all is that of his own life: Experience, his last book is a frank "portrait of the artist" memoir which sheds new light on the relationship between Martin and Kingsley and explores the author's reaction to discovering that his beloved cousin who disappeared in the '70s had been a victim of serial killer Fred West. A literary son of Nabakov and Bellow, Amis has a few notable offspring of his own, most recently and perhaps most obviously Zadie Smith, whose latest novel is to Amis what her last was to Rushdie. Tonight catch Amis chatting with Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland about his latest non-fiction work Koba the Dread a critical examination of the Western intellectual indulgence of communism and more acutely, Stalinism. | |||
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CONCERT
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INTERPOL & SIMIAN | |||
| Wednesday 16 October (8pm) | |||
| @ Scala, 275-277 Pentonville Rd., N1 (020.7833.2022) Tube: Kings Cross | |||
| Price: £8 | |||
| Links: Scala | Interpol | Matador Records | |||
| Interpol is the soundtrack to crying alone in a Brick Lane doorway, having been to an electroclash disco where you found out your lopsided "ironic Human League" haircut, pinstripe blazer and Converse All Stars are so last month that people openly laughed in your face. If only you'd worn your black suit festooned with Bauhaus and Echo and the Bunnymen badges, then it would've been you sneering with nous. Finally, summer's over, and New York's Interpol are here to make sure everyone knows it. Also playing are Simian who sound like an electroclash disco hosted by Echo and the Bunnymen. It's all a bit like White Lightning cider: fun but weird. | |||
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CONCERT
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BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA: CLUB CLASSICS | |||
| Wednesday 16 October (7:30pm) | |||
| @ Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, SE1 (020.7960.4203 or 4242) Tube: Embankment/Rail Waterloo | |||
| Price: £8 - £30 | |||
| Links: Royal Festival Hall | BBC Concert Orchestra | |||
| Okay... so we're all thinking it -- this could be really cheesy -- but let's suspend our disbelief just for a moment... This is Britain's best loved light orchestra playing a selection of popular chill-out tracks that we all know and will be humming along to -- from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Roger Sanchez, Ennio Morricone to Moby. Each of these numbers has been expertly orchestrated by Oscar winning composer and arranger Anne Dudley, a founder member of the progressive outfit, The Art of Noise with whom she helped pioneer and develop the art of sampling. She's written many soundtracks including The Full Monty (for which she won the Academy Award), American History X, and has arranged for the likes of Pulp and Seal. Tonight on piano and conducting, she's joined by compere Fiona Talkington from the award winning Radio 3 show Late Junction -- a laid back and esoteric mix, playing everything from Gregorian chant through to electronica. So it seems we are in safe hands after all and it even looks like it's gonna be a fun, chilled, lighthearted night out. | |||
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ART / TALK
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TRANSGRESSIONS: THE OFFENCES OF ART | |||
| Wednesday 16 October (6:30pm) | |||
| @ Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1 (020.7887.8008) Tube: Pimlico | |||
| Price: general £6 | concessions £3 | |||
| Links: Tate Britain | Julius Guardian Article | |||
| Trouble with the world today is that it just takes a humongous effort to be bad: yup it seems like the best way to transgress really is to be a straight-laced pinstripe-suited, city-type who drinks mineral water and is vegetarian! Really! Well consider the fact that drugs seem to be social addictions, tattoos and piercings have become so ubiquitous that one day we'll find our kids chastising us for going round the local for a pint and tattoo, and finally like the '70s, bisexuality is once again hip. Can you think of a better way of breaking taboos? Writer-lawyer Anthony Julius and writer-broadcaster Sarah Dunant discuss the need for Contemporary art to be transgressive... remember them the days when seeing an American flag in wax was enough to piss you off? Well, after the shark, penis-nosed kids, the bricks and Santiago Sierra why bother? NB: This talk is being held to coincide with the publication of Julius' latest book -- Transgressions: The Offences of Art (call Tate Ticketing on 020.7887.8888 for tickets) | |||
| Thursday | 17th October |
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TALK
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RANKIN | |||
| Thursday 17 October (7pm) | |||
| @ National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin's Place, WC2 (020.7306.0055) Tube: Leicester Square/Charing Cross | |||
| Price: general £5 | concessions £3 | |||
| Links: National Portrait Gallery | Rankin | |||
| Ever wished you could have spoken to Elvis about his music or to Matisse about colour or Picasso about his women? As far as contemporary photographers go, Rankin must be the only near household name in this country. He's shot 'em all: boobs, bums, penises, teenage girls, fashionable folk snogging, oh even clothes and they look good; the man even co-founded his own style mag -- Dazed & Confused -- and you know in Japan D&C is worshipped! Finally, tonight he's delivering a lecture on his career. Find out for yourself if he is arrogant auteur or ultimate publicist photographer. Just don't take your autograph book. | |||
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FILM / Q&A
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SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT | |||
| Thursday 17 October (7pm) | |||
| @ Curzon Soho, 93-107 Shaftesbury Ave., W1 (020.7439.4805) Tube: Leicester Square/Piccadilly | |||
| Price: £8 | |||
| Links: Curzon | Info On Film & Director | |||
| Ten years ago who would have thought that Denmark would be the wellspring of major international films, let alone fame and critical acclaim? Our guess... nobody. The concept of Dogme has created an enormous interest and success rate for Danish films, but it's nice to see that the closing gala of the Danish film festival is not a Dogme film, but the directorial debut of Hella Joof -- without a doubt Denmark's most successful black actress. As a situational comedy, Shake it all About has a fairly conventional plot: male gay couple, one of them falls in love with a woman yadda yadda yadda... you know that score. Yet, a conventional plot does not equal unoriginal or boring -- on the contrary, Shake it all About is a laugh-out-loud feature with great performances from an "all star" (Danish) cast. NB: Hella Joof (director) will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening | |||
| Friday | 18th October |
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CLUB
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ELECTRIC STEW | |||
| Friday 18 October (9pm) | |||
| @ Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool St., EC2 (020.7618.5010) Tube: Liverpool St. | |||
| Price: £15 | |||
| Links: Great Eastern Hotel | Past Electric Stew Line-Ups | Electric Stew Album Review | |||
| Well known for their outrageous combination of style, decadence and clientele, painfully fashionable club Electric Stew mix performance art with eclectic sounds and visuals. Tonight your host DJs will be Soulwax, Optimo, Steve Mackey (Pulp) and live, Chicano (Flesh Records) and Ghost (Electric Stew). The art Hotel Flesh featuring Musicm from Zongamin & Midnight Mike is presented by Hobby Pop and Sophie Ven Hellerman. Expect a raucous mix of no wave noise fantasy jams, sleazy funk, post punk, whorehouse, torch songs, neo-disco, raging techno & 80's pop -- why not join the car crash set and grab a one-way ticket to rock cottage. | |||
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FESTIVAL / FILM
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LONDON FILM FESTIVAL | |||
| Friday 18 October | |||
| @ Various Venues Check Site for All Details | |||
| Price: £7.50 - £22 (Tickets go on Sale Today) | |||
| Links: London Film Festival | |||
| It is that time again when the London Film Festival takes over our lives rendering all other pastimes insignificant -- and this year, the 46th, the organisers have surpassed themselves. The extensive programme seemingly representative of the entire world community of film is impressive and overwhelming -- unfortunately we have to select our
winners. This list is by no means exhaustive: Lilya 4-ever Swedish Lukas Moodysson, director of the hugely successfulShow Me Love and Together, is back with a new film. He has become an influential director in contemporary European cinema and he will put in an appearance at the festival. All About My Father Continuing this Scandinavian influence, of note is the Norwegian and award-winning documentary made by Even Benestad about his father: a doctor, author and transvestite sex therapist. Stupid White Men Michael Moore's latest. Author and maker of the hilarious Roger and Me, took Cannes by storm this year with his Bowling for Columbine. Furthermore, this is your chance to see this controversial and talented man in the flesh. Divine Intervention Worth exploring is this four-nation project (France, Palestine, Morocco and Germany) exploring life in occupied territories, Divine Intervention provides a unique and realistic perspective on the tragedy that is Palestine. Ararat Atom The Sweet Hereafter Egoyan returns with an emotional and genuine exploration of the genocide of his people (the Armenians) in his latest film. The Pianist By Polanski is a historical picture close to his own heart starring the excellent Adrian Brody. The true story of Wladislaw Szpilman unfolds in what has been proclaimed his best work as of yet. The music, of course, plays a key role in The Pianist, and you will have a chance to take in a live Chopin performance prior to the screening. The Magdalene Sisters Music is also be prominent in the screening of Peter Mullan's film. Craig Armstrong the score composer (whose music is also featured in The Quiet American which is also to be screened at the festival) will be discussing his work following the screening. Worth noting is the strong influence of major Hollywood personalities at this year's festival: Antwone Fisher Last year's Oscar winner Denzel Washington enters the Festival with his directorial debut about the best selling author of Finding Fish:Antwone Fisher. The Dancer Upstairs John Malchovich's directorial debut -- an ambitious adaptation of a novel by Nicolas Shakespeare -- has earned him several awards. Full Frontal Steven Soderbergh of Traffic will be launching his new film Full Frontal: another movie set to take the piss out of Hollywood. Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights and Magnolia) remains original in his latest project Punch-Drunk Love with the unlikely match of Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. The film also earned him the Best Director Prize at Cannes this year. Along with the above recommendations there is a vast array of Asian cinema, special events, shorts and animation. For details on all screening times, reviews and background info on all the films, visit the London Film Festival website (vastly improved from previous years). Tickets go on sale this week -- plan your November carefully. | |||
| Saturday | 19th October |
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CONCERT
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SPARKS | |||
| Saturday 19 October (8pm) | |||
| @ Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, SE1 (020.7960.4203 or 4242) Tube: Embankment/Rail Waterloo | |||
| Price: £17.50 to £20 | |||
| Links: Royal Festival Hall | Sparks | Lyrics | Interview | |||
| Those electro-synth pioneers are at it again... this time at the Royal Festival Hall. When they weren't freaking out the general public by appearing on Top of the Pops, Sparks has managed to create an impressive body of work. Their unique blend of synth-pop, wit and electronica is often cited as a major influence on today's trance, techno and dance sounds. This is Sparks' first live performance of the year and promises to be an incomparable experience... | |||
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DJ / JAZZ
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UFO | |||
| Saturday 19 October (9pm - 2am) | |||
| @ Subterania, 12 Acklam Rd., W10 (020.8960.4590) Tube: Ladbroke Grove | |||
| Price: £10 | |||
| Links: Tickets | UFO | |||
| No, not the extra terrestrial kind but Japanese jazz artists, United Future Organisation. With a rare UK appearance, Tokyo-based UFO will be performing an exclusive DJ set launching V -- their latest album. Taking inspiration from imaginary espionage b-movies, Parisian love stories and ultra-slick Japanese bar-lounges, UFO provide the ultimate soundtrack to that ever-elusive movie of life that's not quite made it to production yet. With a definitive style of their own expect to be moving and grooving to a smooth blend of Lounge, Jazz, Latin and other worldly flavourings: as they say on the street, the truth is out somewhere. | |||
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DJ SHADOW | |||
| Saturday 19 October (9 pm ) | |||
| @ Brixton Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd., SW9 (020.7771.3000) Tube: Brixton | |||
| Price: £18.50 | |||
| Links: Brixton Academy | Tickets | DJ Shadow | Private Press Review | Endtroducing Reviews | MoWax | |||
| The man from U.N.K.L.E. plays the second of three Brixton Academy dates this Friday on his Private Press tour, taking in the U.S., the U.K., France and Spain -- all within the space of a month! Lucky for us, though, DJ Shadow should not be too tired as this date is nearer the top of the list. From the man that brought us the brooding instrumental hip-hop assault of Endtroducing, we can anticipate an evening of full-on dirty beats that compliment the (quite literally) laid back dance floor of Brixton Academy. Friday's 18/10 show is sold-out but there are tickets left for the Saturday 19/10 show | |||
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CONCERT
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QUICKSPACE, MOVIETONE, SALOON... | |||
| Saturday 19 October (7pm) | |||
| @ ICA, The Mall, SW1 (020.7930.3647) Tube: Charing Cross/Piccadilly | |||
| Price: general £7 | concessions £6 | |||
| Links: ICA | Quickspace | |||
| Quickspace head up the billl for a typically adventurous evening of music from the Track and Field Indie Cub. The band are described as being reminiscent of a number of genres (as most half-decent independent bands tend to be) -- namely Bowie, Magazine and the Joy Division. Whilst such a mix initially seems meaningless, the key to the appreciation of Quickspace appears to be their ability to build up from song simplicity to raw panic within the timeframe of a radio edit. Packed in like sardines, you get a lot of flavour for your money as Quickspace are backed up by the "mellow leafiness" of Movietone, the plaintive electronic krautrocketry of Saloon, the colourful folk-rock of Wigwam and the "angular Europop" of The Projects. | |||
| Sunday | 20th October |
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GLOBAL TOMINATION: OSYMYSO & WARP DJS | |||
| Sunday 20 October | |||
| @ Embassy, 119 Essex Rd., N1 (020.7359.7882) Tube: Angel/Highbury & Islington | |||
| Price: FREE or £3 | |||
| Links: Osymyso | Osymyso Interview | Warp | |||
| The Embassy is quite possibly the nicest place to hang out in Islington. It is really just a retro-ed up old boozer, but it's got a nice feel to it -- a good atmosphere -- and that's a lot more than you can say for most bars in that neck of the woods. Sunday night sees cut-up-freak Osymyso and some Warp DJs appearing at Global TOMination -- a night that used to run in Chinatown's coolest little snug, the Clinic (R.I.P). The main man in charge is one Tom Central and apparently his original aim for the night was to have a downtempo, laidback session where all the DJs were called Tom... While we can't confirm that this ethos stands true for the Global TOMination nights now safely ensconsed in their new home, but we can confirm that with a lineup including King of the Boots, Osymyso and DJs from one of the finest electronica labels in the world, down at one of London's best bars it should be a quality night. | |||
| Monday | 21st October |
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FILM / Q&A
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ALL OR NOTHING | |||
| Monday 21 October (6:30pm) | |||
| @ Curzon Soho, 93-107 Shaftesbury Ave., W1 (020.7439.4805) Tube: Leicester Square/Piccadilly | |||
| Price: £8 | |||
| Links: Guardian Interview | Salon.com On ML | Ray Carney On ML | Naked & Secrets And Lies | Old Interview | |||
| Mike Leigh can be thoroughly depressing -- a trademark of the lone male, English filmmaker really -- but he is no Ken Loach. He tries to make us laugh in our depression. His improvisational style gives the characters life and a natural appearance no other director masters as exquisitely. The familiar setting of the English working class is also, naturally, the centre point also of his newest feature: All or Nothing. With a Palm d'or nomination at Cannes this year, Mike Leigh has established himself completely as an authority not only in British cinema, but also in European film, perhaps more interestingly, he will be appearing at the Curzon Soho this Monday to discuss his latest film. NB: Mike Leigh will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening | |||
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ART / FILM / PERFORMANCE
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A BY DARREN ALMOND | |||
| Monday 21 October (8pm) | |||
| @ National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3400) Tube: Embankment/Waterloo | |||
| Price: general £7 | concessions £4 | |||
| Links: National Theatre | DA Bio | Night As Day | At Speed | Images | Traction | Mission Antarctica | |||
| Until the 19th October it's been well worth witnessing the instant disappearance of the solid concrete wall of the National Theatre's Lyttelton Flytower, as it melts into the air, liquid and gas that make up the frozen landscape of Antarctica. The mise en scene reaches beyond the film's frame as brightly coloured lights flicker on and off below the London Eye, whilst its big wheel slowly rotates towards the projected drift of real scale ice-bergs, which move against their inverted backdrop of continuous white. The traffic on Waterloo Bridge below continues in its steady stream towards the rhythmic flow of ice as the camera embarks on its journey across a territory devoid of human life or vegetation. The familiar hum of engines become infused into the cold audible silence of Lyle Perkins's sound score. And as the wind picks up, the ice cracks, and the trees behind rustle with the foreboding beat of a symphony of live sounds orchestrated towards a narrative without beginning nor end. With the closing of A's outdoor projection, for tonight only, this exterior drama has been brought inside the Olivier theatre. The musical score will be conducted live by its composer and performed by guest musicians against a large-scale staged screening of Almond's film. NB: For more details on the outdoor screening of A browse here to see details and for to purchase tickets for the performance call National Theatre Ticketing on 020.7452.3000 Giveaway: We have 5 pairs of tickets for this event to give away. They’ll go to five randomly picked winners who can tell us the name of the two London blockbuster exhibitions that Almond was in (hint: both were at the same venue) | |||
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ART
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ANTONI MALINOWSKI | |||
| Ends Saturday 19 October (Mon to Fri 10am - 5:30pm; Sat 10am - 1pm) | |||
| @ Gimpel Fils, 30 Davies St., W1K (020.7493.2488) Tube: Green Park | |||
| Price: FREE | |||
| Links: Gimpel Fils | Press Release | AM Site | AM @ Canary Wharf | |||
| The nature of threshold is transitional, primarily the point or movement between one space and another. A linear red wall painting arches along the gallery wall, further consolidating the wave motif that was much in evidence, appropriately, in Malinowski's De La Warr Pavilion exhibition at Bexhill-On-Sea, last year. A painterly vocabulary of semaphore marks and languid line leeds through the first gallery space and down stairs to a second, mapping the way eventually to a darkened basement space. Here, projected washes of blue and red, filmed in the environs of St Pancras Station, rotate 360 degrees. Music by composer Michael Nyman is heard erupting in bursts from the darkness, counter-pointing the projection and connecting to the notation like dots and dashes in the wall painting. Nyman is, as you probably know, experienced at combining the visual and musical, famous for his collaborations with film maker Peter Greenaway. This exhibition expands Malinowski's pursuit of architecturally defined painting, now together with music, furthering the idea of an aesthetically defined environment of mutually defining means. NB: Show ends Saturday 19/10 | |||
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ART
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PRESENT | |||
| Ends Thursday 10 October (Wed to Fri 12pm 6pm; Sat & Sun 11am - 4pm) | |||
| @ Hammer Sidi, 52 Fashion St., E1 (020.7377.2137) Tube: Old St./Liverpool St. | |||
| Price: FREE | |||
| Links: BBC On B&R Smith | Interview With B&R Smith | |||
| Hammer Sidi opens a new space City side of Brick Lane with Present an international group show including Friedrich Kunath, Cedar Lewisohn, David Mackintosh, Per Molgaard, Ian Monroe, and Bob&Roberta Smith. Hammer is well known to the London scene for her previous ventures: Lotter Hammer Gallery and LAB Project, and now where here she is joined by Nick Sidi. Bob&Roberta Smith's faux dumb funky language games, colourfull text paintings, are open generously to interpretation with rhetorical and playfully anarchic style. Copenhagen artist Per Molgaards seductive geo-expressive paintings are pop cultural treats, featuring colliding multi-coloured pattern and drips. Friedrich Kunath says: "I asked a painter why the roads are coloured black", he replied, "Friedrich it's because people leave and no highways bring them back". Kunath's understated, melancholic, videos address disenchantment, failure, and hopelessness, public and private, but never without, somehow, hope. New Yorker Ian Monroe images banks of loud speakers, row after row after row, dipicted with multi-layers of collaged shiny and sparkly material, commenting on the endless repetition and surface of mass marketed design. There's something in the air with this show, and it's critical pleasurable and fun. Really, contradictions can make sense. | |||
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THEATRE
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UNCLE VANYA/TWELFTH NIGHT | |||
| Ends Wednesday 20 November (7.30pm) | |||
| @ Donmar , 41 Earlham St., WC2 (020.7369.1732) Tube: Convent Garden/Leicester Square | |||
| Price: £5 - £22 | |||
| Links: Donmar | Observer Review | |||
| Before you ask, YES, we know that both of these productions have been sold out for months. And no, this listing isn't just here to taunt you. If you don't have a ticket for Sam Mendes' highly publicised swansong as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, we strongly recommend you get yourself a return or standing ticket, both available on the morning of most performances. Because, this is not to be missed under any circumstances. The cast, led by Simon Russell Beale in sparkling, scene-stealing form, is without a weak link and betrays no hint of the difficulties involved in mastering two very different plays simultaneously. And Mendes' stunning direction manifests itself as much in the perfect timing, which provokes in the audience raucous belly laughter and painful silence in turn, as in the smaller details. Malvolio's whimpering form remains centre stage for the comic resolution of Twelfth Night, a lasting juxtaposition of celebration and grief, and you come to realise the possible poignancy of these two plays as Mendes' final message from the Donmar. NB: You can still get tickets see the Donmar website for details Uncle Vanya runs until Wednesday 20/11 Twelfth Night runs until Saturday 30/11 | |||
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BOOK REVIEW
Marc Hosking developed his Auto-Roto-Font technology as he was working
in the Patent Department of the British Library. The machine he came to
design has the capacity of converting written text into architectural forms.
Hosking describes the idea and the potential of this technology as being
somewhat "apocalyptic", where this corruptive mechanism has the power to
replace written words with physical forms rendering them and the Library's
work, obsolete. Through this process, the book becomes a column of letters,
a statue of language and, much like a tombstone; it acts as a memorial to
language itself. A fascinating and intriguing concept that challenge the
way we regard language and the importance that we give to books. |
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