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SUMMARY:FINALLY: THE CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS MA FINE ART GRADUATE SHOW
DESCRIPTION:THE CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS MA FINE ART COURSES\, CLASS OF 2020 WELCOMES YOU TO THEIR GRADUATE SHOW\, THURSDAY 2ND – SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2021\n\nThe CSM MA Fine Art courses\, class of 2020 welcomes you to their belated graduate show curated by where’s the frame?. \nThe show runs from the 2nd – 5th September 2021 at Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street\, London SE1 3PL with the Private View from 7 – 9.30pm on Thursday 2nd. \nThe looong-awaited 2020 CSM MA Fine art degree show is FINALLY happening. To say the past year and a half has been hard for graduating artists is a massive understatement. On top of dealing with a spiralling COVID-19 crisis\, they had their IRL workshops and crits cancelled\, their studio spaces closed\, and their much-anticipated degree show moved online. \nBut at last\, the Central Saint Martins MA Fine Art\, MA Art & Science\, and MA Contemporary Photography: Practices & Philosophies graduates can show everyone what CSM’s class of 2020 have created despite all these uncertainties. Finally. \nPlease pre-book a free\, timed slot in advance of your visit. \nPlease wear a face covering in our spaces unless you are exempt\, and stay at home if you are unwell. \nPlease keep a two-metre distance from others and follow relevant Covid guidelines.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/finally-the-central-saint-martins-ma-fine-art-graduate-show/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:PSX: A DECADE OF PERFORMANCE ART IN THE UK
DESCRIPTION:PSX: A DECADE OF PERFORMANCE ART IN THE UK\nAfter ten journeys around the sun – our bodies soaked in blood\, sweat\, tears & eco-glitter – we are celebrating our 10th anniversary by looking to the past\, present & future(s) of performance art in the UK. Through a series of screenings\, talks\, performances\, exhibitions\, bursaries\, workshops and residencies\, PSX invites everyone to celebrate this decade of performance art with us. \n\nChinasa Vivian Ezugha\, 2016. Photo by Monika Sobczak\nPSX is intergenerational. PSX is queer\, Trans*\, POC & womxn to the front. PSX is international and local. We are working with 39 artists from April to August\, across three locations; ] performance s p a c e[ (Folkestone)\, VSSL (Deptford\, London) and Ugly Duck (Bermondsey\, London). \n\n\n\nAlastair MacLennan\, 2020. Photo courtesy of the artist\nWhat dreaming of performance art in the UK would be complete without a durational live event? In August this year we invite you to be p r e s e n t and hunker down with us as 9 exceptional artists present new commissions across 10 hours. \n\n\n\nRubiane Maia\, 2015. Photo by Hick Duarte\nArtists include:\nAnne Bean\nAlastair MacLennan\nChinasa Vivian Ezugha\nElvira Santamaria\nJoseph Morgan Schofield\nMartin O’Brien\nPoppy Jackson\nRubiane Maia\nSelina Bonelli \n\n\n\nPoppy Jackson\, 2014. Photo by Carrie Ruckle.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/psx-a-decade-of-performance-art-in-the-uk/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210820
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SUMMARY:OTHERNESS X THE CHATEAU X UGLY DUCK FILM PROGRAMME
DESCRIPTION:A NIGHT OF FILMS HIGHLIGHTING TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES OF TRANS AND GNC PEOPLE\n\ntherness Archive in support of The Chateau has created a short film program highlighting the beautiful and transformative experiences of trans and GNC people. Join us for a no-cost screening night featuring work from the 80s to today. \nThis event is in partnership with Ugly Duck. \nScreening programme: \nThe Corrective Kiss by Lauren John Joseph (2020) UK\n[To live is to perform\, the world outside our front door a mere stage. But\, what happens when a pandemic makes us afraid to cross the threshold.] \nTerror\, Sisters! by Alexis Langlois ( 2019) France\n[Today is a day like any other for Kalthoum and her girlfriends. They sip cocktails\, look for sex on the internet\, impatiently want love and\, once again\, suffer the transphobic insults of strangers.] \nPlus more films to be announced in the coming days! \n \nAccessibility: Films are subtitled in English. The Venue is wheelchair accessible and does not require stair access. \nOtherness Archive: \nThe Otherness Archive defies the historic censorship of homosexual\, trans and racial themes\, and instead highlights them as representations of otherness that deserve equal\, if not greater\, recognition. Otherness acts as a route into complex narratives and subjectivities that make for richer cinema. We honor and highlight our community of trans masc\, trans male\, trans nonbinary\, trans freminine\, trans women and gender-queer people through the language of cinema. As well as groups of artists and writers from the trans* community who discuss and share films that had an impact on them and the history of their subcultures.  – @Otherness_Archive \nThe Chateau: \nWe are The Chateau\, an underground DIY LGBTIQA+ bar\, cultural space and performance collective for South East London\, created by and for queers. Branded as “revolutionary” by Time Out Magazine\, our purpose is to address the severe lack of safer spaces for the LGBTIQA+ community in SE London. Since 2006 official figures showed across London 58% of LGBTQIA+ venues have closed\, in Southwark borough that figure is 67%\, and in neighbouring Lewisham it is 100%. Originally born as a 2 month DIY queer pop-up in an empty religious themed cocktail bar in Camberwell\, The Chateau seeks to change the narrative\, and bring positivity into the scene through radical queer programming in a unique and inclusive space\, especially catering to those marginalised within our community. Come and join the queer revolution in SE London! \nhttps://www.thechateau.org.uk/about \n\n\n\nCovid policy: If you’re feeling unwell please stay at home. We want to create a considerate enviroment for everyone involved
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/otherness-x-the-chateau-x-ugly-duck-film-programme/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:COLLECTIVE ATTENTION: ANARCHIC ACTION PRESENTS: SITE OF UNION
DESCRIPTION:RESIDENCY FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC SHARING\nCollective Attention: Anarchic Action is a project gathering of 8 action-based performance artists. It is a culmination. Emerging from a longing to be in-relation\, this assembly has been formed and held in arduous times. It is a chance to commune and confer. Through weekly co-learning sessions the artists have shared methodologies and strategies. It is a non-hierarchical environment where each artist has been able to both teach and learn. Together they see what can be found in the with\, to and between. \n\n\n\nThe ensemble collective includes: Benjamin Ivy\, Jess Heritage\, Vivian Chinasa Ezugha\, Jasper Llewellyn\, Monstera Deliciosa\, Selina Bonelli and is activated by Eleanor Dalzell Jenyns and Kate Stonestreet. It has been made possible by the generous offer of time and space provided by Ugly Duck. \n\n\n\nOperating since 2012\, Ugly Duck is a London based arts organisation that supports underrepresented voices and emerging artists. Their programme enables makers\, community groups\, professionals and the public to come together around unique cultural experiences and curated events. They have converted a beautiful empty Victorian warehouse in SE1 into a busy creative space which became\, and still is\, the home to countless rising artists. \n \nWe invite you to witness Site of Union; the convergence of these distinct practices as the artists perform together over 4 hours. In the warehouse space of Ugly Duck’s Garage\, pockets of action will emerge\, converge and dissipate. Over 4 hours\, 8 artists will perform simultaneously. Each artists’ attention will wax and wane. There may be surges of activity; or images that evolve slowly. There will be moments of excitement and time for reflection. We will be together; acting alone. \n \nAccess: \nThere is a ramp into the Hub space and the performance area is all on one level. Seating will be available throughout the event space. If you have any issues please talk to a member of the event team. \nContent note: Nudity – Blood – cutting \nNo one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please email stonestreet.kate@gmail.com for more details. \n \nCovid statement: \nAttendees are encouraged to wear a mask when inside the performance space. \nWe also recommend taking a lateral flow test on the day. Please do not attend if your test shows a positive or unclear result. In this circumstance we can provide a refund for your ticket.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/collective-attention-anarchic-action-presents-site-of-union/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210925
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SUMMARY:LOST + FOUND
DESCRIPTION:AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS RESIDENCY AND RESEARCH PROGRAMME\, INVESTIGATING NEW WAYS OF COLLABORATING VIRTUALLY AND ENGAGING AUDIENCES ACROSS GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES\n\nAUGUST 12TH – SEPTEMBER 24TH 2021 \nNairobi/ Barcelona/ Accra/ Kampala/ Berlin/ Dar es Salaam/ Bangalore/ Gaborone/ London \nHow can we connect and collaborate with other creatives in meaningful ways that push our artistic practice? \nEast African Soul Train (EAST) – a pop-up residency centred around a journey on Tanzania’s historic railway – founded in 2016 and stewarded by experimental artist Gigi Hepp\, seeks to explore just that. However\, the fourth edition\, scheduled for summer 2020\, was rendered impossible because of the global pandemic. The increased use of virtual platforms has opened up opportunities for expanding networks and working with new people\, but some of the powerful\, affective and generative qualities of physical experiences have been lost in this translation. \nThis interdisciplinary artist residency and research programme – produced by EAST and supported by African Culture Fund\, Goethe Institut Tanzania and Goethe Zentrum Kampala – kicks off on the 12th August and will bring virtual and offline worlds together in experimental ways\, investigating how key elements of this intense journey\, which catalyses connection\, collaboration and cutting-edge work across geographies and disciplines\, can be adapted and translated using low-tech technology and gamified approaches. \n\n \n\nThe residency will engage 13 cutting-edge contemporary artists from across Africa\, India and Europe working in different disciplines (theatre/technology/visual art/music/fashion/poetry) including Delasi Nunana (Ghana)\, Ibiye Camp (UK/Nigeria)\, Chief Nyamweya (Kenya) and Diya Naidu (India). Over the course of five weeks artists will be guided through and invited to co-create a process virtually that inspires them to play\, to share perspectives\, to challenge their peers\, take risks and create new collaborative work\, for on and offline audiences. The residency explores the theme ‘lost + found’: “At a time when the world is experiencing a global sense of loss\, we want to explore both loss and regeneration from a personal and communal perspective. How can our artistic practices help us un-pack the pieces and re-imagine new futures?” explains Artistic Director Maïmouna Jallow. \nThis is an experimental residency: we want to understand what works for artists – what enables them to connect\, collaborate and catalyse new artistic practice virtually – as well as what doesn’t. According to Creative Producer Dr Poppy Spowage\, who is leading the research component: ‘we are inviting artists to join us as researchers\, documenting and debriefing our experiences collaboratively\, to share insights with a wide range of stakeholders and contribute to rethinking international programming in the future’. \nWhat we will produce together:\nA vibrant network of connected creatives working across three different continents;\nnew interdisciplinary creative work;\na hybrid (virtual/physical) performance exploring new ways to share work with audiences;\na collaborative research report and webinar to document our learnings and share artists experiences with a wide range of stakeholders and through media partners. \nFurther Details on Collaborating Artists (Alphabetic Order):\nCheckmate Mido: Performing Artist/Musician/Poet/Actor/Beatboxer (Kenya)\nChief Nyamweya: Illustrator/Animator (Kenya)\nDelasi Nunana: Musician/Singer/MC (Ghana)\nDiya Naidu: Choreographer/Dancer (India)\nGigi Hepp: Musician/Visual Artist/Filmmaker (Berlin/Kenya)\nIbiye Camp: Mixed-Media Artist/Architect/Fashion Designer (UK/Sierra Leone)\nKat Kol Kes: Performance Artist/Musician/Writer (Botswana)\nKevin Karanja: Digital mixed media artist (Kenya)\nLilian Nagabbala: Creative artist/Model/Stylist/Dancer/Choreographer (Uganda)\nMaïmouna Jallow: Storyteller/Playwright/Theatre & Film Director (Kenya/Spain)\nPamela Enyonu: Mix-media/Photography/Visual Art (Uganda)\nValerie Amani: Curator/Mix-Media Artist (Tanzania)\nZuhura the African Lioness: Poet/Visual Artist/Singer/Activist (Tanzania) \n \nFurther details on EAST and Partners:\nEast African Soul Train: a pop-up residency and creative adventure on East Africa’s historic tracks\, bringing together artists\, stakeholders and audiences from different disciplines and geographies to expand artistic practice\, foster collaborations\, build inclusive networks and reimagine perspectives (https://www.eastsoultrain.global/ @EastSoulTrain).\nFreehand Studios: a visual arts and education company committed to the positive transformation of African society through socially impactful content and experiences creating compelling\, inclusive and culturally relevant content in the form of illustrated books\, graphic novels\, animations and creative education courses (https://www.freehandmovement.com @ freehandstudioske) \nPositively African: an arts and media company creating content and curating events which celebrate African stories and heritage. Using different mediums\, from audio stories to theatre productions\, we work with artists from across the continent on a range of projects with long-lasting social impact in the literary and performance space (https://www.positivelyafricanmedia.com/ @PositivelyAfrican (FB and Insta) @PstvlyAfrican (Twitter)). \nUgly Duck: Operating since 2012\, Ugly Duck is a London based arts organisation that supports under-represented voices and emerging artists. Their programme enables makers\, community groups\, professionals and the public to come together around unique cultural experiences and curated events (https://uglyduck.org.uk/ @weareuglyduck (Insta) @WeAreUglyDuck (Twitter)). \nNafasi Arts Space: Nafasi Art Space is a vibrant art centre and platform for artistic exchange in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, where contemporary visual artists and performing artists come together to create\, learn\, inspire\, exhibit and perform. (https://www.nafasiartspace.org/ @nafasiartspace (Insta/Twitter/Youtube/FB) \nLost + Found is supported by:\nAfrican Culture Fund: The Fund aims to contribute to the writing and creation of new narratives of positive social change in Africa through innovative projects that it funds (https://www.africanculturefund.net/en/ @africanculturefund (Insta)).\nGoethe Institut Tanzania: The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute\, active worldwide. They promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. (https://www.goethe.de/ins/ts/en/index.html @goethetanzania (Insta) @GI_Daressalaam (Twitter) @goetheinstitut.tanzania (FB)). \nGoethe Zentrum Kampala: The Goethe-Zentrum Kampala is an apolitical and non-profit organisation (cultural society) based in Kampala. It is a cooperation partner of the Goethe-Institute that annually supports creative projects that support the cultural industry in Uganda. (https://goethezentrumkampala.org/ @gz_kampala (Insta/Twitter) @GoetheZentrumKampala (FB)). \nFor more information: info@eastsoultrain.global | eastsoultrain.global/lost-found | @eastsoultrain
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/lost-found/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:TERMINAL BY RCA
DESCRIPTION:TERMINAL BY RCA – EXHIBITION\n\nTerminal is not where; it’s when. When flights were indefinitely delayed. When the desolated underground acted out dystopias\, devoid of passengers. When communities dispersed across the globe\, separated by miles and time Zones. When confinement. When it felt like the end — terminus from Latin. \nFor the neo-nomads\, lobby-room dwellers\, coffee-shop inhabitants — creatures of the transient who thrive on our positional instability — the global lockdown was paralysing in its impasse. What does transit mean after a year of standstill? When in confinement energy is a limited resource\, what can we afford to create? When art is deemed nonessential\, how can sacrifices and compromises inform new values in the work we take into the post-Covid world — what is essential? \nRCA Visual Communication 2021 graduates are pleased to introduce Terminal\, a concept-led final year show happening at the Ugly Duck from 27- 30 June 2021. \nFollowing the life and work of over 59 Visual Communicators\, Terminal showcases essential works produced during (and in response to) the unprecedented times. This show unpacks the student experience of spending over a year in a terminal-like space\, and still having made it a prolific time in critical thinking and making. Visitors are invited to join this speculative space spread across nine exhibition zones: Arrivals\, Customs\, Vestibule\, Bus Stop\, Declarations\, Waiting Room (Library)\, Round Table\, Control Room and Duty-Free. \nTerminal features live performances\, installations\, moving image\, sonic-work\, expanded publishing\, whilst also dialogic events such as workshops\, experimental seminars\, poetry sessions along with live broadcasts from Export-Radio. \n27th – 30th June 2021 ( Closed on 29th June )
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/terminal-by-rca/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210610
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SUMMARY:WINGS BY LEAH KIRBY
DESCRIPTION:WINGS BY LEAH KIRBY – RESIDENCY AND INDUSTRY SHARING\n\nOn 9th July 2021 WINGS (work in progress) will be presented at Ugly Duck\, following a two-week research and development period supported by Arts Council and The Chateau. A project that has built significant momentum despite being birthed mid-pandemic\, WINGS is essential viewing for anyone interested in queer representation and intersectionality. \nWINGS is a piece of new writing by Leah Kirby\, developed as part of Soho Writers Lab and supported by Ugly Duck and The Chateau. WINGS explores power\, race\, gender and history in the queer community via it’s cast of diverse characters and personalities who flit between it’s two locations: a progressive “Queer Space” and mainstream G.A.Y-esque Soho Bar. From the 28th June to the 9th July the WINGS team are conducting a period of research and development at Ugly Duck\, culminating in a private showing to the queer theatre community on the 9th. Due to covid\, this event is limited to invited guests\, but if you would like to register your interest in the project and receive updates from the team\, please email wingsplay2021@gmail.com with your name and a short expression of interest. \nThis story is told through ‘K’ (played by Michah Holmes) who is a young gay black man navigating a matriarchal chosen family with maternal figure ‘Zaza’ (played by Porscha Presents) and sibling ‘B’(played by Len Gwyn). K finds himself in search of a different environment and gets a job at WINGS run by ‘Paul’ (played by Amelia Stubberfield) and his ‘Staff’ (played by Tamir Amar Pettet) . \nIn its essence WINGS is a coming-of-age story that delves into what it means to be black in these spaces that historically (and still do) exclude many.  As a neuro-divergent\, trans\, non-binary\, Black person Leah Kirby stepped into the scene as CYRO their drag counterpart and found family\, career and community. In their activism they have seen\, experienced\, and heard stories of exclusion\, racism\, transphobia in the very places where we are meant to be able to breathe. \nThis is a love letter\, a statement\, a truth\, a mourning\, to all the queer spaces we find ourselves in and find ourselves shut out of. And hopefully a message to a new queer space built upon the trans people of colour who risked their lives so we could have it today.    \nCreative team: \nLeah Kirby (they/them)- Lead Artist\, Writer\, CO-Director – http://www.leahkirby.strikingly.com\nTilly Bungard (She/Her)- Producer – www.tillybungard.uk\nMolly Beth Morosa (she/they) – Director – http://www.mollybethmorossa.com\nMallin Parry (Mall) (they/them) – Design – https://emparry.com/about-mallin-parry/\nBecky Barry (she/her) – BSL Interpretation \n\nSupported by Arts Council England. 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/wings-by-leah-kirby/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210524
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SUMMARY:NIYA B / EKDYSIS
DESCRIPTION:Niya B | Ekdysis   \nSingle-channel video \nIn Greek mythology\, the seer Tiresias was allegedly transformed into a woman for seven years for disturbing two copulating snakes on Mount Cyllene. Niya B re-reads this myth from an eco-transfeminist lens through ritual performances\, workshops and sonic explorations. The project is called ‘Ekdysis’ – the biological term referring to the process of shedding the external layer of the skin in reptiles. Counteracting the traditional\, patriarchal way of manufacturing history\, Niya B engages with her own autobiography to re-envision this metamorphosis as a transgender mythopoesis\, which is directly affected by ecology\, the feminine/Other and the non-human. \n‘Ekdysis’ is an ongoing project\, which is displayed through live actions\, moving image and installations. In this iteration\, Ekdysis manifests as a single-channel video following an autoethnographic journey in the land that holds the mythological events of metamorphosis. \n \nStill from video\, Performance on site\, Mount Cyllene\, Greece. (Filming by Betty Gkountani) \nProject credits: \nThis project has been made possible with support from Arts Council National Lottery Grants\, Ugly Duck\, ]performance s p a c e [\, x-church and Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest. \n \nBio \nNiya B is a transfeminist artist\, working at the intersections of visual art and performance exploring themes related to ecology\, (trans)gender politics and equity in mental health. Niya uses video\, soundscapes\, text and live acts to create a meditative space of vulnerability\, affect and interdependence. \n \nSelected shows include: \nFrom Tomorrow (Tate Britain\, London); WIP: Work in Progress/Working Process (online); Cultural Institute commission (Leeds); Futureless (Somos Art\, Berlin); Ekdysis\, solo (Enclave\, London); NEoN digital arts festival (Dundee); Unfix (CCA\, Glasgow); Eco-futures festival\, Disorders\, Translucent\, Queer Artists Now\, Fringe!\, @disturbance (London); Emergency (Manchester); Trans:plant\, solo (London)\, International Print Biennale (Newcastle); 5th Moscow Biennale; 5th Thessaloniki Biennale. \nNiya was awarded with an a-n bursary and a Jerwood bursary in 2020. Ekdysis installation will feature in the publication Future Now (Aesthetica 2021). \n#ekdysis
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/niya-b-ekdysis/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:@DISTUBANCE
DESCRIPTION:@DISTUBANCE: SHOWCASE OF QUEER PERFORMANCES & VIDEO ART TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DIGITAL & PHYSICAL SPACE.\n\n \n\n\nAfter the success of our first @Disturbance show in October 2020 Ugly Duck are coming back with a new selection of queer experimentations around dance\, performance and video art using livestream as our creative medium. On the 24th February we will be live broadcasting from Ugly Duck Studios at 47/49 Tanner Street. \n@Disturbance is a project supporting diversity\, under-represented bodies and voices in the arts. It has been designed to challenge power dynamics\, offering a platform for new representations of genders\, bodies\, identities and sexualities. \nWith a full LGBTQI+ lineup of performers and video artists living or based in Southwark: Ugly Duck wants to cultivate the area’s home grown talent\, and this platform will champion the creatives in our neighbourhood alongside artists from further afield. Each selected participant will receive a bespoke programme to include mentoring sessions on professional\, creative and technical best practices. \n  \n\n \n\n\nOperating since 2012\, Ugly Duck is an arts organisation that revitalises underused spaces by opening them up for creative uses. Our programme enables makers\, community groups\, professionals and the public to come together. By hosting unique cultural experiences and curated events we promote and support under-represented and emerging artists. \n\n \n\nPerformers \nFAUCI \nValeria Radchenko \nLee Campbell  \nVideo artists \nQigemu (April Lin 林森 and Jasmine Lin) \nAmy Pennington  \nJonathon Luke Baker \nInstallation artist \nAnya Palamartschuk \nLive Stream and computer art \nRobert Hall / B Side Live \nCurator \nDeen Atger \n\n \nThanks to Team London Bridge for supporting the project.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/distubance/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ugly Duck Spaces":MAILTO:katy@uglyduck.org.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210201
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SUMMARY:OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQI+ ARTISTS
DESCRIPTION:@DISTURBANCE // SOUTHWARK LGBTQI+ SPECIAL\n\nWe are over the moon to announce the support from local organisation Team London Bridge to continue our experimentation around dance\, performance\, video art and live stream with our project @Disturbance. \n@Disturbance is a platform supporting diversity\, underrepresented bodies and voices in the arts. It aims at transcending boundaries between digital & physical space using creative augmented livestream. With a full LGBTQI+ lineup of performers and video artists\, Ugly Duck wants to cultivate Southwark’s home grown talent\, organising technical workshops\, mentoring sessions and providing a platform for performances (physically if permitted and online). \n \nAfter a successful first edition in October 2020\, we are now looking for artists to be part of the second show at the end of February (exact date tbc as we are hoping to be able to open the doors to a small number of audience) \nWe are looking for 3 performers / groups to showcase works in between 10 min and 25 min. It can be an existing work that we adapt for the space and the stream or a new creation / work in progress.\nWe are also looking for 5 video artists whose work will be presented during the show in between performances. \nThe project will develop in the following steps \nCall out + Selection \nCreative Mentorship – Ugly Duck\nTechnical workshop and rehearsals – Ugly Duck\nPerformance \nSend your ideas / work / videos to submission@ugluyduck.org.uk – Call out open until 25th January.\n\nWe are also in partnership with LGBT Southwark Network for this event.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/opportunity-for-lgbtqi-artists/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ugly Duck Spaces":MAILTO:katy@uglyduck.org.uk
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