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TALK
| UNDERGROUND MAGAZINES | | Tuesday 25 June (7pm) | | @ ICA, The Mall, SW1 (020.7930.3647) Tube: Charing Cross/Piccadilly |
| | Price: general £7 | concessions £7 |
| Links: ICA | i-D | Tank | Another Magazine | Purple | Richardson | Big | Sleaze Nation | Tokion | Hint Mag |
| How can magazines be "underground" anymore? With The Face and i-D gone from cultish, elitist publications to market leaders, it seems that the only anarchic platform left for 'zines, is the internet. What is the state of play at the moment for hard copy? The panel set to discuss these topics and others include Elaine Costantine (award winning photographer whose work has appeared in Vogue and The Face), Tony Elliot (founder and chairman of Time Out and publisher of i-D), Masoud Golsorkhi (fashion photographer for numerous publications, before launching Tank) and Alice Rawsthorn, director of the Design Museum. | |
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ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN
| ARCHITECTURE WEEK | | Tuesday 25 June | | @ Various locations all over London |
| | Price: Various |
| Links: Architecture in London | Great buildings in London |
| The sixth Architecture Week (until June 30) offers a lot for people obsessed with arches and atriums, buildings and bridges, furniture and fenestration. Organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects together with the Arts Council of England, we get the usual walks and talks, but also the chance to sit down one-to-one with some of London's most interesting architects and designers (including people from Alsop Architects, Zaha Hadid and Wilkinson Eyre Architects). Our picks for this week are... the various on and off site events taking place at The Wapping Project (call 0207.680.2080 for bookings and information for all the events) and Sunday's open afternoon at the modernist house that Erno Goldfinger designed and built for himself, 2 Willow Rd. in Hampstead in 1939.
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TALK
| JOHN CALDER | | Wednesday 26 June (7pm) | | @ Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, SE1 (020.7960.4203 or 4242) Tube: Embankment/Rail Waterloo |
| | Price: general £5 | concessions £3 |
| Links: RFH | Calder Publications | Bio |
| The legendary and controversial publisher John Calder discusses his extraordinary career. He began his career in publishing in 1949. Initially he focused on classics such as Tolstoy, Dostoievsky and Goethe, but in the 1950s he shifted toward American authors. He began to publish writers that were ostracized by mainstream publishers in the United States due to McCarthyism. An emphasis on banned and controversial literature continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The previously banned work of Henry Miller and William S. Burroughs first saw the light of day through Calder Publications, and Hubert Selby's Last Exit to Brooklyn faced two separate trials following publication by Calder (he also famously published works by Samuel Becket, Marguerite Duras, Claude Simon...). Battles were fought and won, and Calder Publications has continued to publish what it deems important, and it also managed to wage off a slew of mergers and takeovers. Calder represents more than half a century of contentious publishing history- matchless and valuable experience we can all respect and learn from. | |
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ART / TALK
| BOSCH'S GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS | | Wednesday 26 June (6:30pm) | | @ Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1 (020.7887.8008) Tube: Pimlico |
| | Price: general £6 | concessions £3 |
| Links: Tate Britain | Info/Images |
| At the time of his death in 1516, Hieronymus Bosch was internationally celebrated as an eccentric painter of religious visions who dealt in particular with the torments of hell. Marvelous and terrifying, he expresses an intense pessimism and reflects the anxieties of his time. The Garden of Earthly Delights is his most famous and unconventional picture. It is named after the luscious garden in the center panel filled with cavorting nudes, giant birds and fruit. The triptych depicts the history of the world and the progression of sin. Time cannot diminish the talent and unique vision of Bosch. Go to the Tate and with the help of award-winning writer and critic Marina Werner get a rare insight into his frightening yet fascinating world. | |
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ART / PRIVATE VIEW
| SHIZUKA YOKOMIZO | | Wednesday 26 June (6pm - 9pm) | | @ The Approach, 47 Approach Rd., E2 (020.8983.3878) Tube: Bethnal Green |
| | Price: FREE |
| Links: The Approach |
Shizuka Yokomizo was born in Japan but now lives and works in London. This is her second show at The Approach - her last one was Strangers in 2000. With her new series, she continues to
to work with complete strangers and her exploration of reversal voyeurism. In her last series, she photographed her strangers from outside of their windows. Now, she collaborates with them by shooting them from the other side of the window. Instead of looking at the camera, they look inward and go about everyday actions - one is therefore, like with her previous series, left to question the authenticity of her scenarios.
NB: Private view from 6pm to 9pm.
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CLUB
| THE HAYWIRE SESSIONS | | Thursday 27 June (7pm - 12am) | | @ Bridge & Tunnel, 4 Calvert Avenue, E2 (020.7729.6533) Tube: Old St./Liverpool St. |
| | Price: FREE |
| Links: Nuphonic Records | Haywire | Rotters Golf Club | Weatherhall Interview |
| Andrew Weatherall, Keith Tennison and the other Haywire DJ Agency guys have been serving up nights of quality electronica around London under the Haywire Sessions banner for over 5 years now. A new addition to their regular London nights (at Fabric and the Fortress) is their free monthly electro set at Nuphonic Records' new venue, Bridge and Tunnel which, if their all-dayer on the jubilee bank holiday was anything to go by, is already proving to be a big hit. So, if you're craving some dirty electro served up by the supreme machine funkateers, get down to Bridge and Tunnel for a free Haywire Electro Fix. | |
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CLUB
| DJ FRENCHBLOKE & SON | | Thursday 27 June (10pm - 3am) | | @ Heaven, Under the Arches, Villiers St., WC2 (020.7930.2020) Tube: Charing Cross |
| | Price: £6 |
| Links: Heaven | Lipgloss | Haggis Trax |
| With the recent craze of cut-up/mash-up/bootleg music culture hitting the mainstream why not check out two of the original 'masters of the art' with their live London debut. International bootleg gigolos, DJs Frenchbloke and Son, hit the scene over a year ago with their unbelievable Haggis Trax lp, pairing commercial artists with a whole host of underground electro and disco beats - Britney and Jacko have never sounded so good. With a host of guaranteed floor fillers, top bands and DJs, Lipgloss at Heaven is the place to be this Thursday. Shake that booty. | |
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ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN
| FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS | | Friday 28 June (6:30pm) | | @ Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 (020.7887.8008) Tube: Southwark/Blackfriars |
| | Price: general £6 | concessions £3 |
| Links: Tate Modern | FOA | Guardian on FOA | Architecture + Water | Eyebeam Competition | Additional Info |
| FOA is how to start loving architecture; really, their work is awesome. Trained under Rem Koolhaas, Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo set up practice in Rotterdam in 1992 before establishing
themselves in London. Their first and most spectacular project is the Yokohama Ferry Terminal, won in international competition in 1995. The mouth-watering scheme, which opened earlier this month, pioneered so much for young architects; the "pleated" three-dimensional envelope is vastly ambitious and strangely beautiful. Other projects include west London's Belgo Zuid and a good batch of theoretical work, including the Virtual House: what we call a graphic symphony. They have also just recently been selected to represent Britain at the VIII Venice Biennale of Architecture in September. Go and see them: it's what 2002 is all about.
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FILM
| DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA | | Saturday 29 June | | @ Selected Cinemas Across London |
| | Price: Approx £9 |
| Links: Iguana Website | Observer Review | Radford Interview |
| Dancing at the Blue Iguana does not initially strike as a masterpiece of any kind, but Il Postino director and writer Michael Radford managed, with this feature, to bring a small revolution to the big screen. The film is based on improvisational workshops in which the actresses, including Darryl Hannah, Sandra Oh and Jennifer Tilly (a natural improviser, we find out), were all asked to develop their own characters and storyline before improvising the scenes on set. The result is a moving picture with a good mixture of humour, melancholy and sadness. Intense characterisation and the superb acting is tantamount, if not superior, to any impeccably acted movie, and the entire feature supports a natural, realistic mood with a raw and edgy feel to it. Do not go see Dancing at the Blue Iguana as a skin flick, but appreciate this genuine, successful attempt at creating characters with human hurt and happiness. | |
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CLUB
| UNDERWARTER | | Saturday 29 June (10pm - 5am) | | @ The End, 16a West Central St., WC1 (020.7419.9199) Tube: Tottenham Court Rd./Holborn |
| | Price: £15 |
| Links: The End | Emerson | Emerson Bio | Tim Deluxe | Gopher | De Crecy | De Crecy Interview | French House |
| We don't have to tell you much about this night except that it will be full on! Darren Emerson & Tim Deluxe in the main room; Mutiny in the lounge; and both Alex Gopher & Etienne de Crecy for some good old French touch in AKA. Tonight is special in that it is the launch party for Underwater Episode 1 (mixed by both Emerson and Deluxe). | |
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FILM
| GHOST IN THE SHELL & EXISTENZ | | Sunday 30 June (eXistenZ: 2pm & Ghost in the Shell: 4pm ) | | @ Barbican Centre, Barbican Center, EC2 (020.7638.8891) Tube: Barbican |
| | Price: general £6 | concessions £4.50 |
| Links: Barbican | Ghost in the Shell | eXistenZ | eXistenZ Reviews | Cronenberg Interview |
| Sunday afternoon is perfectly suitable for a double bill of cinema excellence with Ghost In the Shell and eXistenZ , featured at the Barbican in conjunction with Game on - the excellent video game exhibition. Mamoru Oshii's Ghost In the Shell is a piece of art overflowing with stunning visual effects and haunting music. As a piece of animation it is revolutionary due to its mature and thorough literary value, as well as the breakthrough use of real footage background mixed with animation. David Cronenberg remains a controversial legend, ultimately unique, and his eXistenZ is a piece of grotesque and primeval visual realism. The appeal is darkness, the eerie and fetishistic special effects and last, but not least, Cronenberg's intention to comment on the human tendency of escapism. Wherever your escapism takes you, if it takes you to the Barbican on Sunday, expect to travel with both features into a previously undiscovered parallel universe. | |
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FILM
| SATYAJIT RAY | | Monday 1 July (Song of the Little Road first showing at 6:10pm on 01.07) | | @ National Film Theatre, South Bank, SE1 (020.7928.3232) Tube: Embankment/Waterloo |
| | Price: general £7.20 | concessions £5.50 |
| Links: NFT | Interview | Guardian on Ray | Additional Info |
| The NFT's two-month festival dedicated to cinema giant Satyajit Ray this summer will please those who feel Bollywooded out. India's equivalent of Eisenstein or Kurosawa, Ray (1921-1992) was a supremely cultured man who was involved in every aspect of his films, often composing the music, overseeing the design, and making each cut in the editing himself. Song of the Little Road (Pather Panchali ), which opens the festival tonight, is appropriately enough Ray's first ever film, and the first in the "Apu trilogy", three films charting the life of Apu who is born in a Bengali village and moves to Benares and eventually gets married. (The NFT is offering a special ticket price for all three films - Pather Panchali, Aparajito and The World of Apu on Saturday 6th July.) Ray's films have acquired their universality from his unwillingness to take sides, and his constant theme of characters trying to make sense of the ever-changing world around them. See how many trains you can spot in his oeuvre. | |
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ART
| ORI GERSHT | | Tuesday 25 June - Saturday 29 June (Tue to Sat 11am - 6pm) | | @ Andrew Mummery, 61-63 Compton St., EC1 (020.7251.6265) Tube: Farringdon |
| | Price: FREE |
| Links: Andrew Mummery | Art Forum on Gersht | Article | Image |
Through the use of a 360° rotating camera, Ori Gersht has produced panoramic images of European football stadiums. Devoid of any human presence and mounted onto aluminium, the sculptural forms of the architecture of these contemporary coliseums are reified through their abstracted beauty. For Gersht each of these monuments to mass culture represent a centre for the communion of individuals through identification with a common ideal. Yet left empty, rows of identical brightly-coloured plastic seating point to the solitude that is created when an absence of spectatorship turns in on itself in order to catch us in the act.
NB: Make sure you also catch Ori Gersht's Afterglow show at Tate Britain (until 26.08). | |
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ART
| CEAL FLOYER | | Ends Saturday 29 June (Mon to Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat until 5pm) | | @ Lisson, 52-54 Bell St., NW1 (020.7724.2739) Tube: Edgware Rd. |
| | Price: FREE |
| Links: Lisson | Bio | Massive Reduction |
| Ceal Flower's first major solo show in London is not to be missed. Not that her creations bring anything new to the language of art but more because the pieces are as discreet as they are elegant. As you enter the space you are confronted with almost imperceptible interventions that force you to renegotiate your perception of the world. The deceptive simplicity of the work is almost atmospheric. One is made aware of the production and at the same reminded of Becket. With her Goldberg Variations (2002) piece, Floyer has taken every single recording that is available on the market and combined them into one piece. The music fills the gallery and your mind and like her you leave the space with the feeling of having created an experience. | |
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| LUCIEN FREUD | | Ends Sunday 22 September (Daily 10am - 5.50pm) | | @ Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1 (020.7887.8008) Tube: Pimlico |
| | Price: general £9 | concessions £6.50 |
| Links: Tate Britain | Matthew Marks | Guardian on the Retrospective | Freud's Portrait of the Queen |
Eighty-year-old Lucian Freud's celebrated career has spanned some of the more diverse movements in British art, from the sculptures of Henry Moore , Barabara Hepworth and Phillip King (displayed in the gallery's central hall) to the pop art of Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi and today's Brit Art. But Freud's paintings of people, always close up, always figurative yet never realistic have remained remarkably constant. Freud's daughters, mother and wives are some of his most powerful subjects, and family is paramount to this show in other ways too: the grandson The Father of Psychoanalysis is something of a father of psychological portraiture. The exhibition brings together a number of paintings normally ensconced in private collections and is thankfully sparse on wall text - two more very good reasons to go see it.
NB: Tickets must be bought before visiting this retrospective (0870.166.8283). Also, William Feaver the critic and curator of this exhibition will discuss Freud's recent work on Wednesday 14 June at 6:30pm. | |
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