Donachie Rhodes Ryan
Presenting the work of Jacqueline Donachie, Lis Rhodes and Veronica Ryan, this show explores the dynamism of contemporary art practises through three major women artists.
Freelands Foundation, 27 June – 11 August 2019
FVU Recommends
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Picks of the week
John Akomfrah, Ballasts of Memory
Since the early 1980s, Akomfrah’s moving image works have offered some of the most rigorous and expansive reflections on the culture of the black diaspora, both in the UK and around the world.
Baltic Gateshead, 6 July – 27 October 2019
The New Flesh Presents: Shezad Dawood & Alexandra Kharibian in Conversation
A conversation between artist Shezad Dawood and costume designer Alexandra Kharibian. Dawood and Kharibian will discuss the integral role of costume and their experience collaborating on Towards the Possible Film (2014) and three parts of Dawood’s Leviathan series (2017 – ongoing).
LUX, London, Thursday 25 July, 7-8:30pm
Les Prostituées de Lyon Parlent
A screening of Les Prostituées de Lyon Parlent (The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak), a documentary made on 2 June 1975 during the occupation of Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon by 200 sex workers by Carole Roussopoulos and Vidéo Out.
Close-Up Film Centre, London, Tuesday 23 July, 7pm
Expect the Unexpected
An eclectic and provocative exhibition of work by visual artists who incorporate elements of chance in their work, inspired by John Cage’s hugely influential performance piece 4’ 33”.
The Lowry, Salford, 29 June – 28 September 2019
James N. Kienitz Wilkins: This Action Lies
James N. Kienitz Wilkins’s moving image work combines documentary sources with original scriptwriting to investigate the role that narrative plays in the construction of truth.
Spike Island, Bristol, 6 July – 8 September 2019
Europe After The Rain
The international group exhibition, curated by Simon Faithfull, borrows its title from Max Ernst’s painting Europe After The Rain II. Taking its lead from this work, the exhibition presents visions of dystopian terrains and possible landscapes to come.
Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, 22 June – 5 October 2019
Fiction
A group show in Peckham, London that creates a wealth of speculative visions that haunt and excite our imagination, and where the confluence of appearance, fiction and reality is all to play for.
Bold Tendencies, London, 30 May – 21 September 2019
Eileen Simpson and Ben White: Open Music Archive
The first UK survey show of Open Music Archive presents a selection of projects developed over the last ten years in which the artists explore the performative potential of the archive by reanimating copyright-expired archive material.
Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, 4 June — 18 August 2019
My Head is a Haunted House, curated by Charlie Fox
My Head is a Haunted House grows out of hallucinogenic memory and the psychic hold of horror. Artists include FVU alumni Ed Atkins and Marianna Simnett.
Sadie Coles HQ, London, 4 June – 10 August 2019
Lis Rhodes: Dissident Lines
Spanning almost 50 years of work, this is the first ever survey of Lis Rhodes, a pioneer of experimental filmmaking.
Nottingham Contemporary, 25 May – 1 September 2019
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
Explore how video games have evolved into one of the most exciting and innovative design fields of our time.
V&A Dundee, 20 April – 8 September 2019