Serpentine Gallery

Memory Marathon Saturday and Sunday 13-14 October 2012

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:06:12 +0000

A two-day event inspired by the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, this year's Memory Marathon will explore memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

Conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Serpentine Gallery Marathon series challenges our notions of art, culture, science, technology and methods of public discourse and debate.

Tickets will be available in September.

Poetry Marathon Book Launch Tuesday 15 May 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:22:57 +0000

FREE

6-8pm

Koenig Books
80 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0BB
Tube: Leicester Square

This 728-page tome commemorates the Serpentine Gallery Poetry Marathon 2009, an ambitious two-day event exploring the exchanges between art and poetry, that took place in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA. The book is designed by M/M (Paris) and published by Koenig Books.

The book launch at the Koenig Books will include poetry readings by Michael Horovitz and Liliane Lijn, a discussion and refreshments.

Free, but spaces are limited. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Further information:
Nicola Lees
Public Programmes Curator
nicolal@serpentinegallery.org

The book is available to purchase from Koenig Books and serpentinegallery.org/shopping.

The publication has been made possible thanks to the support of Marie Donnelly.

Saturday Seminars Matt Packer Saturday 12 May 2012

Sat, 12 May 2012 13:22:59 +0000

3pm

Free

On Saturdays the Serpentine Gallery hosts talks and seminars for the public. This spring prominent artists, writers, curators and academics discuss themes connected to the Hans-Peter Feldmann exhibition.

Matt Packer is Curator of Exhibitions & Projects at Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, where he has curated exhibitions including School Days, Getting Even, and Bookish, as well the touring artists' film programme, Wishful Thinking. Independent curatorial projects include Ice Trade (Chelsea Space, London), When Flanders Failed (Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin), and Freeing Welsh Architecture (Treignac Projet, France).

Serpentine Gallery Manifesto Marathon

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:27:08 +0000

£28

The Serpentine Gallery Manifesto Marathon brought together leading artists and practitioners from the worlds of literature, architecture, music, film, activism and philosophical discourse to present their manifestos for the 21st century in front of a public audience. The two-day event took place on 18-19 October 2008, in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, designed by Frank Gehry. It drew upon the Gallery's close proximity to Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, a paltform used by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, George Orwell and William Morris, among many others. This history was recognised by many of the invited participants, including Gustav Metzger, who created subtle ruptures in between the consecutive performances by projectig a historical manifesto every 20 minutes. This archive has been reprinted throughout this publication, with the kind permission of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, and the archive of the Tate, London.

Contributors:
Marina Abramović
Mark Aerial Waller & Giles Round
Rasheed Araeen
Athanasios Argianas
Pier Vittorio Aureli
Nicolas Bourriaud
Andrea Branzi
Peter Cook
Ekaterina Degot
Jimmie Durham
Henry Flynt
Gilbert & George
Reinier de Graaf (for Rem Koolhaas, OMA)
Fritz Haeg
K8 Hardy
HEC/BEC
Susan Hefuna
Eric Hobsbawm
Karl Holmqvist
Stewart Home
Charles Jencks
Terence Koh
Silvia Kolbowski
Hilary Koob-Sassen
Nick Laessing
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Tom McCarthy
Manifesto Club
Jonas Mekas
Nathaniel Mellors
Ingo Niermann & Zak Kyes
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Yoko Ono
The Otolith Group
Claude Parent
Adam Pendleton
Julia Peyton-Jones
Falke Pisano
PLATFORM
Raqs Media Collective
Lee Scrivner
Tino Sehgal & Hans Ulrich Obrist
Taryn Simon
SpRoUt
Barbara Steveni
Mark Titchner
Agnès Varda
Ben Vautier
Mark Wallinger
Richard Wentworth
Vivienne Westwood
Stephen Willats

For further information please contact:
Tom Harrisson, Editions Manager
T + 44 (0)20 7298 1511
editions@serpentinegallery.org

Park Nights Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry A film by Alison Klayman Friday 22 June 2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:17:37 +0000

8pm

The Serpentine Gallery presents a screening of journalist and film-maker Alison Klayman's 2012 film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, a documentary portrait of the artist, shot while Klayman was working as a journalist in China. The recipient of a Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and an unprecedented look at one of its most compelling public figures.

Tickets £5/4
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb:
+44 (0)8444 771 000
www.ticketweb.co.uk

Park Nights Cory Doctorow Friday 29 June 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 12:14:52 +0000

8pm

Canadian writer, journalist and blogger Cory Doctorow convenes an evening of performances and readings on the subject of digital memory. An activist for the liberalisation of copyright laws in the digital media and an opponent of digital rights management, Doctorow will explore digital storage, future systems of copyright and the ways in which the digital realm is altering human memory.

Tickets £5/4
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb:
+44 (0)8444 771 000
www.ticketweb.co.uk

Park Nights BBC Proms Music Walk Promenade Friday 17 August 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 12:11:08 +0000

6-7pm

In celebration of the centenary of the birth of composer John Cage, the BBC Proms has commissioned ten site-specific music works in response to locations in the South Kensington area, including composer Judith Weir for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei. The compositions have been created specifically to be listened to through headphones on MP3 players and will be available as free downloads between 1 July and 8 September. Reflecting on Cage's interest in soundscape and image, the composers have responded to the landscape, the location and the architecture of each site, connecting the different qualities of each space to music.

Complementing the Serpentine's Park Nights series of events, the BBC Proms Music Walk Promenade will present all ten commissioned works in their respective locations, culminating in a performance of John Cage's works at the Royal Albert Hall.

For more information on the event, including timing, booking and ticketing information, please visit www.bbc.co.uk/proms.

Saturday Seminars Chris Fite-Wassilak Saturday 5 May 2012

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:19:39 +0000

3pm

Free

On Saturdays the Serpentine Gallery hosts talks and seminars for the public. This spring prominent artists, writers, curators and academics discuss themes connected to the Hans-Peter Feldmann exhibition.

Chris Fite-Wassilak is a writer, curator and critic based in London. He is a regular contributor to Art Monthly, Art Review, Art Papers and frieze. Recent curatorial projects include All Humans Do, co-curated with Aoife Tunney, White Box, New York, and The Model, Sligo, Ireland and the forthcoming Open;Wait with Silvia Bächli and Margrét H. Blöndal, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik (May 2012).

Park Nights Ed Fornieles Friday 7 September 2012

Sat, 05 May 2012 12:09:51 +0000

8pm

The work of artist Ed Fornieles explores the construction of character and identity through different life stages. Using everyday media as a creative material, the artist is interested in how intimate experiences of fiction - books, films, websites - come to structure our social encounters and our understanding of lived reality. Recent exhibitions have included The Hangover Part II, Carlos/ Ishikawa, London (2011) and Animal House, Guest Projects, London (2011). Previously detailing the American college moment, a specially commissioned project for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 sees a development of the artist's interest in the corporate realm.

Tickets £5/4
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb:
+44 (0)8444 771 000
www.ticketweb.co.uk

Park Nights Oscar Murillo Friday 14 September 2012

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:03:27 +0000

8pm

This Park Night will present a new performance commission by artist Oscar Murillo. His practice carries an all-encompassing, relational attitude to aspects of production where elements are given equal status: materials, the practice itself, the studio, labour and the artist's personal references. A sense of community, inclusion and cross-pollution permeates Murillo's practice. Born in 1986 in Colombia, Murillo lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions and performances include animals die from eating too much - bingo!, Carlos/Ishikawa and Hotel, London (2011).

Tickets £5/4
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb:
+44 (0)8444 771 000
www.ticketweb.co.uk

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 Designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei 1 June - 14 October 2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:28:16 +0000

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Park Nights Robert Ashley Friday 28 September 2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:01:43 +0000

6.30pm

This evening event with pioneering American contemporary composer Robert Ashley, celebrated for his operas and multi-disciplinary projects, will centre on Vidas Perfectas, an ambitious new Spanish-language opera based on Ashley's Perfect Lives. Directed by musician and composer Alex Waterman, Vidas Perfectas is, like the original Perfect Lives, designed for television, and has been in development for two years. Vidas Perfectas stars Ned Sublette and Elio Villafranca with new arrangements by Peter Gordon, the original producer of Perfect Lives.

Tickets will be available in September.

Instructions and Constructions Sunday 15 July 2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:57:35 +0000

FREE

12-5pm

Join artists and designers to make artworks inspired by Yoko Ono: TO THE LIGHT.

Deloitte Family Days take place at the Serpentine Gallery. All ages are welcome to these free, drop-in events. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Free Teachers' Notes to support each exhibition are available at the Gallery Lobby Desk or at www.serpentinegallery.org/education

Families, young people, schools and community groups are at the core of the Serpentine Gallery's activities. Through practical, artist-led workshops, seminars, talks, events and projects, the Gallery offers a diverse range of innovative ways to engage with modern and contemporary art and architecture for all ages.

For group visits, workshop bookings or further information:
Joceline Howe
Education Curator
+44 (0)20 7298 1516
jocelineh@serpentinegallery.org

Architecture Archeology Saturday 22 September 2012

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:53:14 +0000

FREE

12-5pm

Join artists and architects to explore the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 designed by Herzog and de Meuron and Ai Weiwei. Held in conjunction with Open City's Open House london celebration of architecture.

Deloitte Family Days take place at the Serpentine Gallery. All ages are welcome to these free, drop-in events. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Supported by

Deloitte Family Day Creative Collections Sunday 29 April 2012

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:27:19 +0000

12-5pm

FREE

What do you collect? Join artists and designers to create your own book. Creative Collections is inspired by the Hans-Peter Feldmann exhibition.

Deloitte Family Days take place at the Serpentine Gallery. All ages are welcome to these free, drop-in events. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Supported by