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As part of our 2024 season Tactics of Resistance we’ll be focusing in March on the politics of VISA policies and their impact in the art and on artists through two projects. Kicking off with Welcome to the UK on March 15 - 17th, giving space to a curatorial group inquiring into the…
Artworks: Alice Radage - Gemma Rolls-Bentley - Chris Hawkes
Queer Art Projects (QAP) is led by the two artists and performers Tuna Erdem and Seda Ergul. They create and organise exhibitions, performances, screenings, talks and workshops, commissioning new work from queer artists on cutting edge contemporary issues and bringing existing work together in…
A month or two ago I was introduced to the super talented illyr, performer and musician, for some potential collab with Ugly Duck and it turned out that they had great projects in mind ! In January Lewis Walker and illyr will present a weekend of events including performances and an exhibition showcasing the work of amazing queer artists.…
Multi media & Multi talented artist Blanca Regina answers our questions about her amazing upcoming projects
Hey Blanca, thanks for taking some time to chat with us about you and your practice. You will be doing a video mapping workshop at Ugly Duck in January 2020, I did take the class myself and really loved it…
Carmen & Luisa told us a bit more about the first show they curated together, IRL, coming up at Ugly Duck.
The awesome Carmen & Luisa AKA Carmen Vinuela and Luisa Gonzalez work predominantly in video installations, performance, sculpture, 3D animation, and collage. Their main topic of interest is how the fluid part of reality is shaped…
Girls at Night on the Internet: The Digital Error is a collaborative project challenging patriarchal perspectives of the female experience online... We asked Tess Monro to tell us more about it.
Tess Monro is the founder and director of Girls at Night on the Internet: The Digital Error, a collaborative project challenging patriarchal perspectives of…
Sheroes comes back to Tanner Street with a crucial social exhibition, designed to draw attention to violence against women.
Hi Bisila, hi Maria, I hope you are well, here at Ugly Duck we are super glad to host the third edition of Lon-art's sensational project Sheroes on November 22nd - 24th.
What is Sheroes and why did you decided…
What does it mean to be young? We chatted with Lisa and Jamie from the Museum of Youth Culture
Hello Lisa, Hello Jamie, you will be taking your inaugural exhibition to Ugly Duck in November, can you tell us more about YOUTH CLUB. How did it all start, how many team members are part of it?…
Impermanence is back in Town! Before their evening of short works, we asked them a few questions about what they've been up to recently...
Hi Josh Hi Rosie ! You have presented work at Ugly Duck a few times already, and we are super looking forward to hosting your event Impermanence Presents… An evening of short works on…
Demelza Toy Toy, Disorder Live Art Festival Wolverhampton, Photographer Paul Gregory
Asimis Alexiou,Disorders Vol. 2 Photographer Antonis Maros
We caught up with the young collective Disorder Live Art ahead of their event Disorders Vol 3
Hey, thanks for taking some time to chat to us about your group and your practice. You will be presenting Disorders Vol. 3, the…
We caught up with Anna Dumitriu ahead of her exhibition Intelligent Machinery with Alex May
Hello Anna, thanks for taking some time out to talk to us about your practice. The whole team at Ugly Duck are very fond of your work and we are really looking forward to hosting your exhibition from 27th to…
Marta Di Francesco in residency at Ugly Duck in February 2018
Janus is a VR art project that explores the duality of time and its effects on our identity. Inspired by the ancient god of time – the two-faced Janus, the project questions the meaning of one’s identity in times of transformation, as past and future…