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SUMMARY:Gaza Biennale
DESCRIPTION:Gaza Biennale – Jinnaah UK \nعلىأنقاضهذاالعالم| Upon the Ruins of the World
 \n28th May to 1st June
 \nWe invite you to join us across this 5-day journey. Whether you come for a moment or stay for the entire arc\, your presence matters deeply. \nThis is more than an exhibition and program — it is a call to gather\, witness\, and support. \nمنذأبريل٢٠٢٤،يتحدىفنانوغزةالفناءمنخلالالإبداع،كاسرينكلالقواعدوالتوقعات. وسطالأنقاضوالحزن،نُصرّعلىالجمالوالذاكرةوالخيالوالإنسانية. أُعلنعنبيناليغزةفينوفمبر٢٠٢٤،فهلكانذلكحقيقيًا؟كلقطعةفنيةمنحوتةمنالحزنتُعلنأنالثقافةباقيةحتىمعتحولالعالمإلىرماد. هذاليسمجردمعرض،بلهوذكرىوبعث. يقفأكثرمن٥٠فنانًامعًا،أصواتهمترتفعوسطالحصاروالصمت،ليصنعوافعلًاجماعيًاللبقاءالثقافي. \nSince April 2024\, artists in Gaza have defied annihilation through creation\, breaking all rules and expectations. Amid ruins and mourning\, we insist on beauty\, memory\, imagination and humanity. The Gaza Biennale was announced in November 2024\, was it real? \nEach piece carved from grief is a declaration that culture survives even as the world turns to ash. This is not just an exhibition — it is remembrance and rebirth. Over 50 artists now stand together\, voices rising through siege and silence\, forging a collective act of cultural survival. \nعلى أنقاض هذا العالم | Upon the Ruins of the World is the first official exhibition of the Gaza Biennale\, presented and co-lead in London by Jinnaah UK\, a grassroots collective of artists\, activists\, and cultural workers in solidarity with the Palestinian people\, answering the call of the Gaza Biennale\, organising in the UK in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Over 50 Gazan artists—whose work was born in siege\, in mourning\, in survival—will be exhibited together for the first time anywhere in the world. It is remembrance. It is rebellion. It is rebirth. \nSince Gaza Biennale’s announcement and Jinnaah UK’s partnership in November 2024\, the Gaza Biennale – Jinnaah UK has unfolded across public space—in projections and bilingual interventions on the walls of major institutions\, transforming the city into a living archive of cultural resistance. \nNow\, for the first time\, this work enters a dedicated exhibition space. Through installations\, live-streamed conversations\, talks\, workshops\, participatory works\, and multilingual programming in both Arabic and English\, this landmark event invites audiences into the heart of the Gaza Biennale. \nIn a time of increasing hostility toward Arab\, Muslim and Palestinian identities\, the exhibition’s bilingual nature is deliberate: to resist invisibility\, assert presence\, and honour linguistic and cultural integrity. \nHighlights of the public program include live discussions and workshops with artists in Gaza\, topics include art\, race\, fragmented Palestinian identity and disability\, and conversations on cultural labour under siege. Guest speakers include Yara Eid and others to be announced\, including artists from inside Gaza. \nA full schedule including ticket booking can be found[here]. \nIn the absence of institutional courage\, this exhibition affirms what communities already know: that people rise\, and art builds worlds. It is a call to the UK cultural sector—to uplift Palestinian artists\, sever ties with complicit institutions\, and speak out against genocide. \n“There is no other project like this in the world. The time is now to highlight and make room for the most critical artists of our time.” \nSpokesperson – Gaza Biennale – Jinnaah UK \nWe are raising vital funds for our work and for the artists of the Gaza Biennale. Donations — offered with generosity and love — will help us continue holding space for voices\, visions\, and stories that must not be lost. \nWhen lands are silenced and lives made invisible in the main stream\, what often remains are the stories — the culture\, the language\, the art. This is also what we are protecting. This too is what we are building. And we need you with us. \nThe exhibition is supported by:\n‘heart’ Al Risan Art Museum (‘h’ARAM) aka Forbidden Museum\, Agent.C\, Palestinian Youth Movement\, RESOLVE Collective\, Street Sound System\, Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S)\, TEAM\, White Kite Collective\, multitudes.coop\, Art 4 a Free Palestine\, Shams and Rise\, XR Art Blockers\, MAKAN\, BOLD MELON COLLECTIVE\, Yards Theatre\, Kunstraum\, UGLY DUCK\, and Fatema Zeinab (one of the Filton 18). \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/gaza-biennale/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Some Kind Of Bliss
DESCRIPTION:Some Kind of Bliss is not a performance you watch. \nIt’s a zone you enter. There’s no stage. Only presence. No protagonist—only fragments. \nRooted in the lived experiences of the Pan-Asian queer diaspora in London\, this piece reclaims small acts of transgression—taking an onion\, leaving a broken speaker\, a fake eyelash in the sink—as gestures of survival\, desire\, and self-making in the face of urban alienation. \nInspired by Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of the Rhizome\, the work builds a post-linear\, anti-hierarchical structure. There is no fixed center. No clear start or end. Each performer generates their own territory. Each audience member\, by entering\, reshapes the space. It’s self-organizing. Nomadic. Improvised. \nWe don’t just talk about queerness—we queer performance itself. The structure\, the temporality\, the syntax. In this performance\, language breaks into what I call a divaricate tongue—cursed\, forked\, overflowing with semantics but void of clear meaning. When we speak in the borrowed tongue of another’s system\, our words crack. Our grammar glitches. But grammar never saved us. Only gesture does. \nThe toilet becomes a symbolic stage—a space without spectators. We shit\, we clean\, we think. These gestures\, in their solitude\, become public. Intimate spaces turn into sites of collective awkwardness\, overexposure\, refusal. It’s not purification—it’s revelation. \nThis is a place of displacement—not just thematically\, but structurally\, temporally\, emotionally. It moves sideways. It doesn’t belong. But it connects. We are not interested in being part of a named form. Once you’ve felt the soft\, undefined structure of queer community\, you can’t go back. You don’t want to. – \n  \nDirected by Shuwent @shuwent_ \nProduction: \nSherr(Yixue Gao) @yixue.exe \nPeng Yuanqinghe @penguin0o0oo \nPerformers (A-Z) \nBabyangelanqi @babyangelanqii \nCalvin @calvintcao \nHuman @humanitself \nMars @chmmars \nQingqing Liu @weeeekdu \nShuya \nShuwent @shuwent_ \nCostume \nHuman @humanitself \nLesslie @leslesslie \nArt Design \nRuby @rubyyo.o \nMusic Live \nGreg @gre9_d \nPrensented by Pharos \n@pharos_london \nExhibition \nThe Great Doll：Two-Year Retrospective of PHAROS\nOutside of the performance\, we’re also presenting a two-year retrospective exhibition at the ground floor. \nFrom Beijing to London\, Pharos celebrates over two years of radical queer performance with a retrospective of our core series. This exhibition revisits five works from the VOL performance series and selected moments from Golden Prostitute\, tracing our evolving language of resistance\, ritual\, and re-imagined identity. Through theatre\, drag\, and embodied mythologies\, we reflect on what it means to gather\, to fracture\, and to begin again.\n\n \n* We warmly welcome audiences from neurodiverse\, LGBTQ+\, cross-cultural\, and disabled communities. This is a space for shared presence and care. \nAccessibility:\n• The venue is partially wheelchair accessible. Please contact us in advance for assistance.\n• The performance involves standing and moving through different zones. \nNeurodiversity Friendly： This is a sensory-rich environment with fluctuating sound and lighting. Quiet zones are available. Please reach out for a sensory guide or support.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/pharos/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250612T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250615T180000
DTSTAMP:20250609T163343Z
CREATED:20250501T103347Z
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SUMMARY:A Collective Archive
DESCRIPTION:A Collective Archive\n12–15 June 2025\nUgly Duck\, London\nA Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices\, shared resistance\, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary\, experimental\, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration\, risk\, and ideas outside the margins of mainstream culture. \nWe invite you to join us for this final chapter: a gathering\, a gesture of gratitude\, and a call to collective imagination. \n\n\n\n\nProgramme: \nThursday 12 June (6–10 pm)\nJoin us for the opening soirée with an exhibition featuring 15+ multidisciplinary artists\, immersive installations\, and live performances by Biogal and Helga Alarcón. \nFriday 13 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nPerformance Night (6–10 pm)\nMartin O’Brien presents Fading Out of Dead Air (3-hour durational performance) \nSaturday 14 June\nA Collective Collage Workshop (2–5 pm) with Bold Mellon Collective\n(All works donated to Bishopsgate Institute) \nGushing with Gabby (5–6 pm)\nA Montez Press Radio broadcast hosted by Gabriela Cala-Lesina with Deen Atger\, Biogal and Oduenyi Nwike. \nBold Mellon Collective Commissions (6–7 pm)\nPerformances by Helin Karabil\, Hḗrā Santos\, Emilia Nurmulhamet & Dear Annie \nTribe Incorporated: Sound and Poetry (7–8 pm) \nThe Last Dance (8:30 pm–midnight)\nMusic: Josh Quinton & friends\nPerformance: Sophie Brain\n(Join us for a final celebration in this incredible building as we turn the garage into a dancefloor!) \nSunday 15 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nClosing Performances (3–6 pm)\nChloé Filani\, Puer Deorum & Joy Kincaid \n\n\n\n\nThis project is a celebration of what has been possible and what can be done again. A reflection on subversive practices in a gentrified city. Not from a place of mourning\, but from a desire to imagine otherwise. \n\nThis event is the culmination of a community-driven archival project we designed to honour & conserve our legacy of showcasing daring & avant-garde art crucial to London’s LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the support of Arts Council England this will include the publishing of a book\, a mixed media archive and concludes with this week long exhibition\, performances & talks event to celebrate the impact of UD together. \n\n*Poster design Alfie Allen  \n🎟 Ticket Types Explained \n\nConcession (Unwaged / Low-Income):\nThis reduced-price ticket is for those who are currently unable to pay the full standard ticket price due to financial circumstances. This includes people who are unemployed\, underemployed\, students\, or in receipt of benefits.\nStandard:\nThis is the general admission ticket. If you are comfortably able to pay this rate\, we encourage you to select this option.\nSupporter / Donate-a-Seat:\nPurchasing a ticket at this tier helps us subsidise concession and Pay-What-You-Can places for those who otherwise couldn’t afford to attend. You are directly supporting community access and inclusion. Thank you!\n\n💛 Community & Support Notes \n\nCan’t afford even a concession ticket?\nWe believe cost should never be a barrier. We’ve reserved a small number of Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) spots. Please email [your contact email here] to request one—no explanation needed.\nHelp make our event accessible:\nChoosing the Supporter tier helps cover costs for unwaged or low-income attendees. Every ticket at this level directly contributes to a more inclusive event.\nSliding-scale pricing:\nAll our tickets are offered on a sliding scale. We trust you to choose the level that feels fair and comfortable for your circumstances.\nPlans changed?\nIf you can no longer attend\, tickets are refundable—just get in touch with us.\n\n\n\nThe Lineup\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists \nBiogal\, Blanca Regina\, Chloé Filani\, Claye Bowler\, Elodie Gatacre & Aster Munro\, Fiona Albrow\, Georgia Semple\, Hazel Blair\, Jean Cleverley\, John Lee Bird\, Josh Quinton\, Joy Kincaid\, Luis M.S Santos\, Martin O’Brien\, Puer Deorum\, Rough Fabrics\, Svar Simpson\, Oduenyi Nwikke\, Shadi Al’Atallah\, Sophie Brain\, Nurul Wardani\, Adam Krishan Popli … \nSpecial Partnership Mention: Southwark Council & Bold Melon \n\n\n\n  \nSupported by Arts Council England
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/a-collective/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250613T220000
DTSTAMP:20250609T163040Z
CREATED:20250527T135641Z
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SUMMARY:Fading Out of Dead Air
DESCRIPTION:Fading Out of Dead Air (Transmissions for the Necropolis) \n3 hrs durational performance by Martin O’Brien \nA scratchy sound of white noise emanating from a small radio fills the dark room. A faint voice comes through. It sounds like nothing from this world\, as if death itself was speaking. Somewhere else\, sickly patients lay in hospital beds in hell. They don’t understand why they are still sick. They listen to the hospital radio\, but it doesn’t play their favourite songs. Instead\, they listen to the sounds of a life once lived.   \nDrawing inspiration from hospital radio and stories of ghosts heard through analogue technologies\, this 3 hour performance by Martin O’Brien explores the human desire to communicate\, and record. In a strange and eerie landscape\, O’Brien shuffles around\, recording and playing half heard voices and unholy sounds. \nMartin O’Brien is an artist and zombie. He works across performance\, writing and video art. His work uses long durational actions\, short speculative texts and critical rants\, and performance processes in order to explore death and dying\, what it means to be born with a life shortening disease\, and the philosophical implications of living longer than expected. \nPhoto credits: Martin O’Brien\, Fading Out of Dead Air (Transmissions for the Necropolis)\, Whitechapel Gallery\, 2023. Photo by Marco Berardi. \n\nPlease note: this work contains nudity\, sexual content\, and deals with issues of death. \n\nPresented as part of A Collective Archive\n12–15 June 2025 \n\nA Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices\, shared resistance\, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary\, experimental\, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration\, risk\, and ideas outside the margins of mainstream culture. \nWe invite you to join us for this final chapter: a gathering\, a gesture of gratitude\, and a call to collective imagination. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme: \nThursday 12 June (6–10 pm)\nJoin us for the opening soirée with an exhibition featuring 15+ multidisciplinary artists\, immersive installations\, and live performances by Biogal and Helga Alarcón. \nFriday 13 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nPerformance Night (6–10 pm)\nMartin O’Brien presents Fading Out of Dead Air (3-hour durational performance) \nSaturday 14 June\nA Collective Collage Workshop (2–5 pm) with Bold Mellon Collective\n(All works donated to Bishopsgate Institute) \nGushing with Gabby (5–6 pm)\nA Montez Press Radio broadcast hosted by Gabriela Cala-Lesina with Deen Atger\, Biogal and Oduenyi Nwike. \nBold Mellon Collective Commissions (6–7 pm)\nPerformances by Helin Karabil\, Hḗrā Santos\, Emilia Nurmulhamet & Dear Annie \nTribe Incorporated: Sound and Poetry (7–8 pm) \nThe Last Dance (8:30 pm–midnight)\nMusic: Josh Quinton & friends\nPerformance: Sophie Brain\n(Join us for a final celebration in this incredible building as we turn the garage into a dancefloor!) \nSunday 15 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nClosing Performances (3–6 pm)\nChloé Filani\, Puer Deorum & Joy Kincaid \nThis project is a celebration of what has been possible and what can be done again. A reflection on subversive practices in a gentrified city. Not from a place of mourning\, but from a desire to imagine otherwise. \n\nThis event is the culmination of a community-driven archival project we designed to honour & conserve our legacy of showcasing daring & avant-garde art crucial to London’s LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the support of Arts Council England this will include the publishing of a book\, a mixed media archive and concludes with this week long exhibition\, performances & talks event to celebrate the impact of UD together.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists \nBiogal\, Blanca Regina\, Chloé Filani\, Claye Bowler\, Elodie Gatacre & Aster Munro\, Fiona Albrow\, Georgia Semple\, Hazel Blair\, Jean Cleverley\, John Lee Bird\, Josh Quinton\, Joy Kincaid\, Luis M.S Santos\, Martin O’Brien\, Puer Deorum\, Rough Fabrics\, Svar Simpson\, Oduenyi Nwikke\, Shadi Al’Atallah\, Sophie Brain\, Nurul Wardani\, Adam Krishan Popli … \n\n\n\nSpecial Partnership Mention: Southwark Council & Bold Melon & Queer Art Projects \n\n\nSupported by Arts Council England
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/martin-ob/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:The Last Dance
DESCRIPTION:The Last Dance \nUgly Duck closing party ! 8.30 pm – 00h \nJoin us for a rare and last occasion to celebrate our work in this wonderful building and to turn the garage into a dance floor \nMusic : Josh Quinton and Friends  \nPerformance : Sophie Brain \n\n\nPresented as part of A Collective Archive\n12–15 June 2025 \n\nA Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices\, shared resistance\, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary\, experimental\, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration\, risk\, and ideas outside the margins of mainstream culture. \nWe invite you to join us for this final chapter: a gathering\, a gesture of gratitude\, and a call to collective imagination. \nProgramme: \nThursday 12 June (6–10 pm)\nJoin us for the opening soirée with an exhibition featuring 15+ multidisciplinary artists\, immersive installations\, and live performances by Biogal and Helga Alarcón. \nFriday 13 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nPerformance Night (6–10 pm)\nMartin O’Brien presents Fading Out of Dead Air (3-hour durational performance) \nSaturday 14 June\nA Collective Collage Workshop (2–5 pm) with Bold Mellon Collective\n(All works donated to Bishopsgate Institute) \nGushing with Gabby (5–6 pm)\nA Montez Press Radio broadcast hosted by Gabriela Cala-Lesina with Deen Atger\, Biogal and Oduenyi Nwike. \nBold Mellon Collective Commissions (6–7 pm)\nPerformances by Helin Karabil\, Hḗrā Santos\, Emilia Nurmulhamet & Dear Annie \nTribe Incorporated: Sound and Poetry (7–8 pm) \nThe Last Dance (8:30 pm–midnight)\nMusic: Josh Quinton & friends\nPerformance: Sophie Brain\n(Join us for a final celebration in this incredible building as we turn the garage into a dancefloor!) \nSunday 15 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nClosing Performances (3–6 pm)\nChloé Filani\, Puer Deorum & Joy Kincaid \nThis project is a celebration of what has been possible and what can be done again. A reflection on subversive practices in a gentrified city. Not from a place of mourning\, but from a desire to imagine otherwise. \n\nThis event is the culmination of a community-driven archival project we designed to honour & conserve our legacy of showcasing daring & avant-garde art crucial to London’s LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the support of Arts Council England this will include the publishing of a book\, a mixed media archive and concludes with this week long exhibition\, performances & talks event to celebrate the impact of UD together.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists \nBiogal\, Blanca Regina\, Chloé Filani\, Claye Bowler\, Elodie Gatacre & Aster Munro\, Fiona Albrow\, Georgia Semple\, Hazel Blair\, Jean Cleverley\, John Lee Bird\, Josh Quinton\, Joy Kincaid\, Luis M.S Santos\, Martin O’Brien\, Puer Deorum\, Rough Fabrics\, Svar Simpson\, Oduenyi Nwikke\, Shadi Al’Atallah\, Sophie Brain\, Nurul Wardani\, Adam Krishan Popli … \nSpecial Partnership Mention: Southwark Council & Bold Melon & Queer Art Projects \n\n\nSupported by Arts Council England
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/the-last-dance/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250615T000000
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CREATED:20250527T154156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T153300Z
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SUMMARY:A Collective Archive: Saturday Program
DESCRIPTION:A collective Saturday\nUgly Duck memory lane A Collage workshop: 2 pm – 5 pm with Bold Melon – (To be donated to Bishopgate institute)  \nGushing with Gabby (Montez Prez Radio) : 5 pm – 6 pm \nSouthwark pride performance artists: 6.30 pm – 6.45 pm \nTribe Incorporated sound and poetry: 7pm – 8 pm \n(Followed by the last dance party until 00am)  \n\n\n  \nPresented as part of A Collective Archive\n12–15 June 2025 \n\nA Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices\, shared resistance\, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary\, experimental\, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration\, risk\, and ideas outside the margins of mainstream culture. \nWe invite you to join us for this final chapter: a gathering\, a gesture of gratitude\, and a call to collective imagination. \nProgramme: \nThursday 12 June (6–10 pm)\nJoin us for the opening soirée with an exhibition featuring 15+ multidisciplinary artists\, immersive installations\, and live performances by Biogal and Helga Alarcón. \nFriday 13 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nPerformance Night (6–10 pm)\nMartin O’Brien presents Fading Out of Dead Air (3-hour durational performance) \nSaturday 14 June\nA Collective Collage Workshop (2–5 pm) with Bold Mellon Collective\n(All works donated to Bishopsgate Institute) \nGushing with Gabby (5–6 pm)\nA Montez Press Radio broadcast hosted by Gabriela Cala-Lesina with Deen Atger\, Biogal and Oduenyi Nwike. \nBold Mellon Collective Commissions (6–7 pm)\nPerformances by Helin Karabil\, Hḗrā Santos\, Emilia Nurmulhamet & Dear Annie \nTribe Incorporated: Sound and Poetry (7–8 pm) \nThe Last Dance (8:30 pm–midnight)\nMusic: Josh Quinton & friends\nPerformance: Sophie Brain\n(Join us for a final celebration in this incredible building as we turn the garage into a dancefloor!) \nSunday 15 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nClosing Performances (3–6 pm)\nChloé Filani\, Puer Deorum & Joy Kincaid \n  \nThis project is a celebration of what has been possible and what can be done again. A reflection on subversive practices in a gentrified city. Not from a place of mourning\, but from a desire to imagine otherwise. \n\nThis event is the culmination of a community-driven archival project we designed to honour & conserve our legacy of showcasing daring & avant-garde art crucial to London’s LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the support of Arts Council England this will include the publishing of a book\, a mixed media archive and concludes with this week long exhibition\, performances & talks event to celebrate the impact of UD together.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists \nBiogal\, Blanca Regina\, Chloé Filani\, Claye Bowler\, Elodie Gatacre & Aster Munro\, Fiona Albrow\, Georgia Semple\, Hazel Blair\, Jean Cleverley\, John Lee Bird\, Josh Quinton\, Joy Kincaid\, Luis M.S Santos\, Martin O’Brien\, Puer Deorum\, Rough Fabrics\, Svar Simpson\, Oduenyi Nwikke\, Shadi Al’Atallah\, Sophie Brain\, Nurul Wardani\, Adam Krishan Popli … \nSpecial Partnership Mention: Southwark Council & Bold Melon & Queer Art Projects \n\n\nSupported by Arts Council England
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/collectivesat/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250615T000000
DTSTAMP:20250609T145303Z
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SUMMARY:A Collective Archive: Sunday Program
DESCRIPTION:A collective SUNDAY\n\n\nThe weekend ( and Ugly Duck ) closes with performances by Chloé Filani\, Puer Deorum\, and Joy Kincaid. \nPresented as part of A Collective Archive\n12–15 June 2025 \n\nA Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices\, shared resistance\, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary\, experimental\, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration\, risk\, and ideas outside the margins of mainstream culture. \nWe invite you to join us for this final chapter: a gathering\, a gesture of gratitude\, and a call to collective imagination. \nProgramme: \nThursday 12 June (6–10 pm)\nJoin us for the opening soirée with an exhibition featuring 15+ multidisciplinary artists\, immersive installations\, and live performances by Biogal and Helga Alarcón. \nFriday 13 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nPerformance Night (6–10 pm)\nMartin O’Brien presents Fading Out of Dead Air (3-hour durational performance) \nSaturday 14 June\nA Collective Collage Workshop (2–5 pm) with Bold Mellon Collective\n(All works donated to Bishopsgate Institute) \nGushing with Gabby (5–6 pm)\nA Montez Press Radio broadcast hosted by Gabriela Cala-Lesina with Deen Atger and guests. \nBold Mellon Collective Commissions (6–7 pm)\nPerformances by Helin Karabil\, Hḗrā Santos\, Emilia Nurmulhamet & Dear Annie \nTribe Incorporated: Sound and Poetry (7–8 pm) \nThe Last Dance (8:30 pm–midnight)\nMusic: Josh Quinton & friends\nPerformance: Sophie Brain\n(Join us for a final celebration in this incredible building as we turn the garage into a dancefloor!) \nSunday 15 June\nExhibition open: 1–6 pm\nClosing Performances (3–6 pm)\nChloé Filani\, Puer Deorum & Joy Kincaid \n— \nThis project is a celebration of what has been possible and what can be done again. A reflection on subversive practices in a gentrified city. Not from a place of mourning\, but from a desire to imagine otherwise. \n\nThis event is the culmination of a community-driven archival project we designed to honour & conserve our legacy of showcasing daring & avant-garde art crucial to London’s LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the support of Arts Council England this will include the publishing of a book\, a mixed media archive and concludes with this week long exhibition\, performances & talks event to celebrate the impact of UD together.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists \nBiogal\, Blanca Regina\, Chloé Filani\, Claye Bowler\, Elodie Gatacre & Aster Munro\, Fiona Albrow\, Georgia Semple\, Hazel Blair\, Jean Cleverley\, John Lee Bird\, Josh Quinton\, Joy Kincaid\, Luis M.S Santos\, Martin O’Brien\, Puer Deorum\, Rough Fabrics\, Svar Simpson\, Oduenyi Nwikke\, Shadi Al’Atallah\, Sophie Brain\, Nurul Wardani\, Adam Krishan Popli … \nSpecial Partnership Mention: Southwark Council & Bold Melon & Queer Art Projects \n\n\nSupported by Arts Council England
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/collectivesunday/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250623
DTSTAMP:20250527T104218Z
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SUMMARY:Narrating Structures: Video Mapping workshop - 21&22 June 2025
DESCRIPTION:Narrating Structures: Video Mapping workshop – 21&22 june 2025\, London\n\nWhere: Ugly Duck\n47/49 Tanner Street SE1 3PL\, London Bridge\nWhen: Saturday 21th\, 11 to 4pm & Sunday 22th June 2025\, 11 to 5pm\nTickets and price – 12 people maximum – £200 for the weekend\nEx-alumni 10% discount applies\n\n\n\n\n\nNarrating Structures is a projection mapping workshop led by Dr Blanca Regina and assisted by Pierre Bouvier Patron. Throughout a hands-on weekend workshop\, we introduce projection art\, video mapping and multimedia design.\n\nWe will look at diverse techniques for producing audiovisual projections in architectural spaces and objects and their application in artistic and creative practice.\n\nThis workshop is for artists\, graphic designers\, architects\, and anybody interested.\nSupported by Garage Cube & MadMapper.\nSuitable for beginners and intermediates; we adapt to different levels.\n\nPROGRAMME\nThe 2-day workshop is presented in sections with hands-on practice.\n\n1st Session >> Saturday\n– Introduction to the mentors and presentation of their work in this field.\n– Study multiple video mapping projects.\n(Lunch break)\n– Introduction to MadMapper 6\n– Hands-on\n– Projection mapping on different surfaces.\n– Hands-on\n\n2nd Session >> Sunday\n– Recap and Questions.\n– Technical specifications.\n– Syphon and multimedia design\,\n– Introduction to Key\, Midi\, and OSC Controls with MadMapper.\n– Hands-on\n(Lunch break)\n– Creating content and live techniques for performances and installations.\n– Creation and presentation of a specific project.\n– Hands-on\n– Short demos by participants and closing considerations.\n\nAt the end of this workshop you will be able to:\n– Create various projections simultaneously\n– Shape light into objects and spaces\n– Learn how to produce your mapping project.\n– Project management and networking with local and international communities.\n\nTech requirements:\n\n\nOriented to Mac and Windows users.\nBring your computer with a mini display/USB-C to Hdmi port adaptors if you use Mac.\nA Mac laptop with Osx 10.7 is recommended. 10.6 is not supported.\n\nThis workshop provides one projector per student and includes a 1-month full access temporal license of MadMapper and entitles the participants to an educational discount on MadMapper software purchases.\n\n** You can bring also If you have\, a midi controller\, projector\, model/shape you want to map on\, or Minimad). If you need to rent any equipment (computer) for the workshop please do get in touch.\n\n\n\n\nAbout the mentor\n\nDr Blanca Regina Pérez-Bustamante is an artist\, independent curator\, and educator based in London. She is currently creating audiovisual performances\, sound works\, installations\, and films. Her research and practice encompass video mapping\, sound art\, moving images\, performance\, and multimedia events.\n\nShe has taught more than 30 video mapping workshops worldwide including Ugly Duck since 2018 in London. In 2019\, she developed the research project ‘ Immersive Pipeline’ at Goldsmiths University\, looking at immersive audiovisual environments and translating artworks to multiple digital formats. She is the founder of Unpredictable Series and has curated a series of sound and visual art events in London at Cafe OTO\, OTO Projects\, Iklectik\, Ray’s Jazz at Foyles\, Waterstones\, and Portland Hall (CREAM/the University of Westminster). Supporters of our projects include Cream\, Crisap\, Sound & Music\, and Arts Council England.\n\nShe is currently a lecturer at Ravensbourne University\, London. From 2014 to 2021 she was an associate lecturer at the Event and Experience Design department at the University of Kent. From 2011-to 2014 she was visiting research fellow at Chelsea College of Arts & Design at the University of the Arts London. In 2010\, she received a doctorate in Humanities from University Rey Juan Carlos\, Madrid\, with the thesis: The VJ and audiovisual performance: towards a radical aesthetic of postmodernism.\n\nwww.whiteemotion.com\n\nPierre Bouvier Patron\n\nPierre Bouvier Patron is a visual artist based in London. He is currently working with different media\, such as digital video and film\, exploring the boundaries between them and creating moving image works\, performances\, and installations. He has developed various practices and skills in experimental film\, documentary films\, music videos\, etc.\n\nHe is involved in video screenings and video performances\, solo or in collaboration\, with musicians such as Syd Kemp\, Steve Beresford\, Neil Charles\, and artist Blanca Regina\, among others. His work has been shown in France\, Spain\, the United Kingdom\, Mexico\, Germany\, etc.\n\nHis latest works include Unpredictable: Conversations with Improvisers\, a series of 12 videos about improvisers in the UK\, and music videos for Ben Marc. His work also includes extensive participation with collectives such as Unpredictable Series\, Strange Umbrellas\, and several festivals such as Sonic Waterloo\, Art of Improvisers\, and Alterations Festivals.\n\n \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/narrating-structures-projection-mapping-workshop/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270812T170000
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SUMMARY:Ugly Duck Closure
DESCRIPTION:After more than ten years of reimagining what an arts space can be\, Ugly Duck will be closing its doors on August 12 as our wonderful Tanner Street Warehouse will shortly be being its redevelopment journey \nWhat started as a temporary project grew into something much larger—a home for experimental\, interdisciplinary\, and socially conscious work. From day one\, we set out to create space for underrepresented voices\, meaningful dialogues and artistic care. We want to take this opportunity to say thank you  to the artists\, audiences\, and communities who brought it to life\, and helped our  vision become a reality. \nUgly Duck was never just about the building. It was about what happened inside it: moments of joy\, resistance\, vulnerability\, connection\, and transformation. Together\, we made room for the kind of art—and the kind of conversations—that don’t always fit within traditional institutions. \nWe are incredibly proud of what we’ve built and profoundly grateful to everyone who’s been part of this journey. While the space itself is coming to an end\, the legacy we created together lives on—in memories\, in future projects\, and in the belief that something different is always possible. \nThank you\,\nThe Ugly Duck Team \nFuture contact: \nUgly Duck Closure Enquiries: director@uglyduck.org.uk \nHiring Tanner Street: hello@4749studios.com \nRehearsal Space with Chisenhale Dance: spacehire@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk \nArt projects & @disturbance: Deen Atger deen.atger@gmail.com \nKaty Darling : Linkedin
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/ugly-duck-closure/
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