Lawrence Abu Hamdan | Earwitness Theatre
A new installation work investigating the political effects of listening; capturing the psychological, bodily and spatial world of the 'earwitness'.
Chisenhale Gallery, London, 21 September - 9 December 2018
FVU Recommends
Our pick of current exhibitions, throughout the UK and beyond, that we're not involved in but would highly recommend. Follow our recommendations on Twitter using #FVUrecommends
Picks of the week
Lucy Beech | Reproductive Exile
Shot in the Czech Republic, where the lack of legislation associated with reproductive rights sustains a booming fertility industry, Lucy Beech’s new film follows the fictional story of a woman embarking on cross-border, assisted reproduction.
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, 15 September - 2 December 2018
Martine Syms | Grand Calme
We thoroughly enjoyed Martine Syms' 'An Evening with Queen White' at Raven Row last year. Don't miss her latest installation 'Grand Calme' at Sadie Coles, featuring a central interactive avatar of the artist, surrounded by a huge 'threat map' laying bare her vulnerabilities.
Sadie Coles, London, 6 September - 20 October 2018
Common Third
Some fantastic artists feature in this group show, which considers points of connection between people who by birth have found themselves connected to or trapped between more than one culture. Featuring work by Hetain Patel (pictured), Larry Achiampong, Holly Graham, susan pui san lok and Erika Tan, amongst others.
Copperfield Gallery, London, 13 September - 26 October 2018
Ori Gersht | Fragile Land
Ori Gersht presents a new body of photographic work using both digital and Polaroid. The technologies provide altered accounts of the same moment of impact as wild flowers of Isreal are shot with a rifle. You can watch a clip from Gersht's 2006 film work Pomegranate online, in which the fruit suffers the same fate in extreme slow motion.
Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, 30 August - 26 October 2018
Simon Fujiwara | Empathy I
Simon Fujiwara's new large-scale installation continues his interest in the fetishisation of the individual experience during the age of social media. It features an immersive simulation of first person perspective camerawork to 'bring the viewer into the real world’.
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 31 August - 30 September 2018
Busan Biennale 2018: Divided We Stand
This year's Busan Biennale foregrounds artworks that question how our souls are inspired, or haunted, by political divisions. Don't miss the featured works by FVU alumni Jane & Louise Wilson and Bani Abidi.
Museum of Contemporary Art Busan & The former Bank of Korea, Busan, Korea, 8 September - 11 November 2018
Tacita Dean | Woman with a Red Hat
An exhibition of films, drawings and photogravures by Tacita Dean, built around regular screenings of Event for a Stage. Together the works examine the relationship of performance to fiction.
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 7 July - 30 September 2018
Heather Phillipson | my name is lettie eggsyrub
A huge, surreal installation comprising video and sculpture magnifies egg-related imagery, exposing its various uses as an animal-based food and as an emblem of reproduction and new life.
Gloucester Road underground station, London, until June 2019
A Woman's Place at Knole
Contemporary artists evoke historical women’s voices. Featuring recent video work By the Accident of your Birth, by Jerwood/FVU Awards recipient Alice May Williams, as well works by Lubaina Himid and Lindsay Seers.
Knole House, Kent, 17 May - 4 November 2018