Punk Aesthetics in Cinema: The Intersections of Punk, Queer and Trash

Talk by Dr. Temmuz Süreyya Gürbüz (IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University College Dublin) with Dr Michael N Goddard (Goldsmiths College) This talk will look at the intersections between punk and queer aesthetics as well as related paracinematic concepts, such as trash, cult and the B movie. From the shared etymological roots of “punk” and “queer”, to […]

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The Horror Show!

THE HORROR SHOW! A TWISTED TALE OF MODERN BRITAIN  Co-curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall. Featuring over 200 artworks and culturally significant objects, this landmark show tells a story of the turbulence, unease and creative revolution at the heart of the British cultural psyche in three acts — Monster, Ghost and Witch.  Kerry Stewart’s […]

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Much Ado About Nothing (2022)

John Wyver has produced a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.  The new production of ‘Much Ado’, directed by Roy Alexander Weise, is set in a reimagined Afro-Futurist world. With costumes designed by Melissa Simon-Hartman, known for her work on Beyoncé’s Black Is King visual album and west-African Afrobeat inspired music composed […]

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The Art-Nature Laboratory or The Mushrooming Cabinet of Wonders

Is the city a living organism? Why do oceans change color? Are glass-and-concrete skyscrapers nature, too? The fifth iteration of this interactive exhibition fzooms in on questions that revolve around the ways in which our environment is changing. We take inspiration from artists who explore climate change and natural ecosystems as well as the city […]

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Rebuilding Connections

Uriel Orlow presents two new works for “Rebuilding Connections” by Edition VFO (Zurich), together with works by artists Mirko Baselgia, Olaf Breuning, Natacha Donzé, Delphine Reist, Sergio Rojas Chaves, Anouk Tschanz:— Forest Essentials Take Two / Close-Up (Bóbe), 2022 (wood cut on Japanese paper, 46 x 62 cm, edition 12 + 4AP)— Forest Essentials Take […]

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Back to the roots

Group show with works by Ravi Agarwal, Ambra Castagnetti, Wilson Diaz, Monica Ursina Jäger, Karrabing Film Collective, Hunter Longe, Maurice Maggi, Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa, NGGAMDU.ORG in collaboration with Tomás Saraceno, organized by AIA (Awareness in Art) in Löwenbräukunst, Zurich. Curated by Martina Huber-Marthaler and Gianni Jetzer. In the Anthropocene, processes of exploitation shape humanity’s relationship with […]

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Plant Kingdom

Group exhibition curated by Flóra Gadó and Dalma Eszter Kollár, with works by artists David Eisl, Marta Fišerová Cwiklinski, Kitti Gosztola – Bence György Pálinkás, Nona Inescu, Mónika Kárándi, Stella Koleszár, Dániel Máté, Barbara Mihályi, Uriel Orlow and Sergio Rojas Chaves. The exhibition’s point of departure is the extent to which our attitude to care […]

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Mirror I am: Silver and Exact

‘Mirror I Am: Silver and Exact’, a duo exhibition of Phoebe Cummings and Mübin Orhon is presented by Galerist and Galeri Nev at Galerist, Istanbul until June 11, 2022. Taking its title from a poem by Sylvia Plath, the exhibition sheds light on the multidimensional reflections between the two artists. Mübin Orhon’s paintings from 1972-73, […]

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