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MY BLOOD IS MY VOICE WORKSHOP SERIES 7th Jan, 4th Feb & 3rd March 2024   Bringing the new year in with community vocal work, My Blood Is My Voice draws from the neuroqueer experience to facilitate 'collaborative embodied sounding' - a type of vocal improvisation which invites deep listening to both the individual body…

OTHERWORDLY TRANSMISSION Yellow Alien Animal Artificial and Infinite Intelligence An immersive interactive performance and disruptive installation ALIEN AI is an immersive interactive performance and disruptive installation that “breaks” and “glitches” emerging technologies and enables algorithms to subvert their functions to invent new Humane or Alien Technologies. Amongst the destabilising constructs of technological emergency, public participation is…

“Something Don’t Feel Right” is a collaborative piece developed by BIPOC musicians, movement artists and visual artists to raise awareness and to evoke conversation about the diasporic experience. This project aims to cultivate an understanding of diversity as an authentic aspect of the human experience within a socially and politically dynamic world, in motion and…

Violent Bodies Femanifesto Exhibition, Workshop & Performances As inhabitants of the world, we are part of an interconnected system. We influence the people, places and entities around us in discreet and obvious ways, and ultimately disrupt each other’s lives. This exhibit will expand this moment of inevitable disruption, and explore its impact on our bodies…

Martin O'Brien and Future Ritual present DISCHARGE Symposium & Performances DISCHARGE was a notorious performance art event dedicated to presenting difficult, radical and marginalised performance work. Curated by artist Martin O'Brien and hosted by kink and fetish clubs in London, DISCHARGE embraced the endless possibilities of the performance space for aesthetic, physical, and political art and experimentation. A…

welcome to the uk “Welcome To The UK” is a group exhibition and performance, which aim to discuss how visa policies have affected people's lives. The curatorial vision of “Welcome To The UK” aims to inquire into the material, affective, performative, spatial and identity politics of cross-border human mobility through a tangible practice that zooms in the intricate border…

Spring ImmersionBotswana-born Award-Winning Artist, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile, Embarks on "Spring Immersion" Residency at Ugly DuckDuring her residency, Botswana-born interdisciplinary artist, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile, embarks on a transformative exploration of decoloniality through a multi-disciplinary artistic lens. Katlego's work delves into the intricate intersections of borders and boundaries, offering a profound reflection on how these physical divisions…

Atenti... presents a multi-faceted exhibition featuring three distinct installations, a captivating live performance, and immersive video screenings. The overarching aim is to foster an interactive dynamic between the live performer and the audience, encouraging engagement within the space. Central to the exhibition's theme is an exploration of power dynamics inherent in the act of granting…

MY BLOOD IS MY VOICE Explore a multisensory world built around the power of the collective human voice and how its ancestry shapes our connection to life beyond human binaries through the queer & neuroqueer lens.   your voice is a luminary guide to well trodden paths of fractured facets in knowing far beyond the…

TALKING TEXTURES An opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the richness of SWANA culture and hair diversity Join Yasemin Hassan for a launch night to remember for Talking Textures, an analogue photo series shot by Yeliz Zaifoglu delving into the hair, beauty, fashion and culture of Southwest Asian and North African regions. Talking Textures is…

shedding:::selves - Queer East 2024 Exhibition  Visitor Information Exhibition Opening Night Friday, 19 April, 18:00 – 21:00 The opening night event will feature a one-night-only live performance by LI YILEI. The exhibition opens daily from 20-28 April, from 12:00 to 17:00 About Diverging from normative ideals and modes of being, shedding:::selves brings together eight artists…

( Press release audio described available bellow ) Ugly Duck Bermondsey is excited to announce the first ever summer edition of @Disturbance, taking place on Saturday June 22 & Sunday June 23. Following the success of previous programmes championing LGBTQIA+ performance, video and digital artists, @Disturbance makes maximum use of Ugly Duck’s Tanner Street location,…

Les Nuages will come to Ugly Duck on the 13th of July, for one performance only. A 30 minute version of this otherwordly piece directed and performed by Bea Bidault, with original music by Mayah Kadish and costume design by Shanti Bell. Come and be mesmerized by a fictional landscape, bodies filled with air and…

Making Sh*t Happen! LET’S MAKE SH*T HAPPEN! Chisenhale Dance Space takes over Ugly Duck on July 20th and 21st, offering a weekend of art, activism, dance, and networking. MSH Performance Party // 20th July, 7-10pm No stage. No overbearing host. Just great music, dancing, and unannounced performance interventions emerging throughout the night. With a stunning…

The University of New South Wales Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art Paul Gladston, in collaboration with Ugly Duck, proudly presents "Yique's Way - Mutuality in Extremes," an innovative exhibition featuring the works of emerging artist Yique. Last year, Yique and a collective of artists made a bold statement by completely whitewashing the Brick Lane…

Eclipse 30.08.2024 - 08.12.2024 Artist: NONOTAK Date: 2024 Captivate the senses, connect with your surroundings, and challenge reality as you delve into ECLIPSE, NONOTAK’s solo London debut presented by Lumen Studios. This evocative audio-visual experience explores the power and impact of light on visual perception when combined with space and sound. Light will be sculpted…