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SUMMARY:Queering Clay: Free Clay Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Drink some tea in a chilled space with a bunch of other queer people and make some cool clay sculptures 😀 \n\nThis workshop is designed for queer women\, non-binary\, intersex\, and trans+ people (or anyone who is exploring their identity within this bracket). No prior experience of making or working with clay is required!\n\nWe will use a combination of mould-making and sculpting techniques to create ceramic artworks based on parts of our own bodies. The aim of the workshop is to create a safe space for people to enjoy playing with clay\, and explore different ideas we hold about how we relate our queerness to our body.Please be aware that we will be working intimately with our own bodies.\n\nThe way in which you choose to do this is totally up to you; whether that involves full nudity or limiting contact with the clay to only your hands. The most important thing is that everyone feels completely comfortable\, has fun\, and hopefully learns something.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/queerclay/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:ANTI // DOOMED feast
DESCRIPTION:ANTI / DOOMED FEAST MENUUGLY DUCK 13.10.237pm – 9.30pm\n\n \nThis feast invites you to think about the food itself and its origins\, culture\, history and links to magic and medicine \nIMPORTANT INFO: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PERSONAL PLATE\, CUTLERY AND GLASS(To avoid using disposable materials)\n\n \nAn intimate feast designed to feed you with vitality\, connection\, power and resilience. Offerings of different dishes and treats intuitively prepared with foraged ingredients\, ferments and medicinal plants that are connected to healing\, resistance and queerness – An antidote to doom. All plant-based. \ncheck out Full Menu   \nAbout BB’s Kitchen BB cooks inspired by flavours offered by the different landscapes around her. Wild foraging unique plants seasonally\, exploring traditional preserving processes from different cultures\, sun pickling\, fermentation\, sun drying\, brewing and playing with different cooking methods are all part of her practice. She works to challenge the boundaries of how we view\, understand and experience food. BB wants to bring pure pleasure and excitement into eating. Paying attention to all aspects of food from sensory explosions to emotion. She treats cooking as art and alchamy. She curates tasting and feasting experiences that go beyond dinning\, where interaction and connection with food\, our environment and each other are all part of the event.   About Pretty Doomed  ‘Pretty Doomed’ has emerged from the intricate interplay of various emotions: the feelings of doom\, unsustainability\, exhaustion\, and financial constraint juxtaposed with the sensations of fabulousness\, queerness\, vitality\, and alignment with our core values. Our aim is to scrutinise the sustainability of our art community\, explore new economic possibilities\, foster mutual support\, and extend an invitation to audiences\, collectors\, and friends to discover artists and their works\, potentially making acquisitions. ‘Pretty Doomed’ will feature a group exhibition in the format of an art fair where each artworks will be on sale and a three-day program of performances\, artist talks\, discussions\, conversations\, and film screenings. The program details will be announced shortly on our social media and website. Ugly Duck is one of the few independent art venues that showcases queer and alternative art in London. Artist-led Queer Art Projects has the only online art gallery dedicated solely to queer art: qap.digital. Together\, they have united their creative forces to offer you a glimpse into the world of outsider art during Frieze week.  More info and program ==> HERE 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/anti-doomed-feast/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:PRETTY DOOMED
DESCRIPTION:Pretty Doomed\, is an unconventional art fair & exhibition presented by Ugly Duck & Queer Art Projects\, which seeks to challenge the sustainability of the underground and queer art worlds. The first edition took place from the 12th to the 15th of October 2023. \nUgly Duck is one of the few independent art venues that showcases queer and alternative art in London. Artist-led Queer Art Projects has the only online art gallery dedicated solely to queer art: qap.digital. Together\, they have united their creative forces to offer you a glimpse into the world of outsider art during Frieze week. \n‘Pretty Doomed’ has emerged from the intricate interplay of various emotions: the feelings of doom\, unsustainability\, exhaustion\, and financial constraint juxtaposed with the sensations of fabulousness\, queerness\, vitality\, and alignment with our core values. Our aim is to scrutinise the sustainability of our art community\, explore new economic possibilities\, foster mutual support\, and extend an invitation to audiences\, collectors\, and friends to discover artists and their works\, potentially making acquisitions. ‘Pretty Doomed’ will feature a group exhibition in the format of an art fair where each artworks will be on sale and a three-day program of performances\, artist talks\, discussions & conversations\, and film screenings.  \nGet ready to immerse yourself in a diverse array of artists working across mediums\, all set to question\, or even showcase\, the sustainability of queer art and independant art spaces. \nThe exhibition will be set across four different spaces giving the audience the rare opportunity to discover all floors of Ugly Duck’s former Victorian factory. \nProgramme: \nThursday 12th October – Opening Night \n6.30pm: Performance by Benjamin Sebastian (Garage\, ground floor) \n7.45pm: Deen Atger & Queer Art Project (hub\, ground floor + BSL interpreted) \n8.00 pm: Performance by Alicia Radage (Garage\, ground floor) \n8.30 pm: Performance by Clementine Bedos  (Garage\, ground floor) \n8.45 pm: DJ’s   (Garage\, ground floor) \n9.30: Closing  \nFriday 13th October \n4.00 pm: Artist talk with Tina Kohlmann (Hub\, ground floor) \n4.15 pm: Artist talk with Nicky Broekhuysen (Hub\, ground floor) \n5.00 pm: Artist talk with Youngsook Choi (Hub\, ground floor) \n5.30 pm: Performance by Mijke van der Drift (Hub\, ground floor) \n6.00 pm: Relaxed exhibition tour  \n7.00 pm: Anti // Doomed feast – Vegan diner experience by BB Kitchen ( More info here ) (Hub\, ground floor) \n9.30 pm: closing \n  \nSaturday 14th October \n3.00 pm: Performance by InXestuous Sisters (Hub\, ground floor)4.00 pm: Conversation / Archiving performance art  (Hub\, ground floor)5.30 pm: Performance by Tuna Erdem (Hub ground floor)6.00 pm: Conversation / The Freedom of Doom with Babetheory and Deen Atger (Hub\, ground floor)  \n7.00 pm: Performance by Elijas Grybe (Hub\, ground floor) \nSunday 15th October \n2.00 pm: Conversation: Why are we doomed? (Hub\, ground floor)3.30 pm: Performance by Kell w Farshéa (Hub\, ground floor)4.00 pm: Conversation:  (Lack of) Accessibility & Sustainability with Anita Kaslow Care-fuffle working group & Elinor Hayes\, Shape Arts (hub\, ground floor + BSL interpreted) 5.00 : Closing performance by Adam Moore (Hub\, ground floor) \nAccessibility – Full access document here  \nUgly Duck’s ground floor HUB and GARAGE are both located on the ground floor and are wheelchair accessible. The access route for wheelchair users is through the car park into the Garage. We have one fully accessible toilet\, and all toilets are gender-neutral. \nAll artists will have work downstairs\, the upper floors will present collection of past works from exhibiting artist. Ugly Duck and Queer Art Project will provide alternative video and image documentation for individuals who may not be able to access the first and top floors.  \nThere are benches and chairs available in the space for seating. If you require assistance for your visit to Ugly Duck\, please contact us at general@uglyduck.org.uk\, and we will do our best to help you plan your visit. Ugly Duck is operated by a team of queer and queer ally staff\, all of whom have received basic training in inclusivity and accessibility. \nWe acknowledge\, regret and sincerely apologise for the lack of accessibility to this exhibition and its events \nCollaborators and Participating Artists \nFor ‘Pretty Doomed\,’ Ugly Duck and Queer Art Projects are collaborating with VSSL\, Kawai Agency\, ]performance s p a c e [\, qap.digital\, Carefuffle\, and independent artists and collectives. More collaborators will be announced on our social media and web pages soon. \nNiya B\, Mustafa Boğa\, Nicky Broekhuysen\, Elija Grybe\, Nilbar Güreş\, Chris Hawkes\, Şafak Şule Kemancı\, Tina Kohlmann\, Adam Moore\, Mitchell Moreno\, Katarzyna Perlak\, Alicia Radage\, Sophie Seita\, Victoria Suvoroff\, Erdem Taşdelen\, Funa Ye\, ]performance s p a c e [ archive (keioui keijaun thomas\, Bean)\, Benjamin Sebastian\, Özlem Ünlü\, Youngsook Choi\, Tuna Erdem\, Istanbul Queer Art Collective\, Francis Whorrall-Campbell\, Imogen Cleverley\, Puer Deorum\, Abigail McGinley\, Erin Holly\, Anya Palamartscuk\, Magda Onatra\, Ruiji Han\, Hazel Blair\, H. Alix Mourrier\, Kasra Jalilipour\, Feryel Atek\, Susannah Pal\, Rowan R\, Peggy Huang\, Daniel Felstead\, Muzi\, Finn Dovey\, Bart Seng Wen Long\, Yiwen Li\, Chaney Diao\, Juliusz Grabianski\,  Laura Kazaroff\, Thom Grog\, Pamela  Enyonu and more to be announced. \nImage list & credits \nAbigail McGinley\, Double Trouble\, 2021\, courtesy of the artist \nImogen Cleverley\, Tough Stuff from the series Coming to Power\, 2023\, courtesy of the artist \nFeryel Atek\, Love Cosmogony\, 2023 courtesy of the artis\t
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/prettydoomed/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Altar-native
DESCRIPTION:Altar-native Exhibition: A Journey into East and Southeast Asian Ancestral Heritage in newly opened Ugly Duck Courage Yard \n31st October – 5th November\, The Greenhouse\, Courage Yard\, Shad Thames\, London SE1 2NJ \nCourage Yard with exhibition Altar-native featuring work by nine East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) artists. From October 31st to November 5th\, Altar-native will offer a captivating exploration of ancestral heritage and veneration\, weaving together enigmatic histories and personal journeys through diverse artistic expression. \nAltar-native immerses visitors in the multiplicities within ESEA culture and diaspora. The artists come together to magnify and challenge ideas of death and mourning\, confronting societal taboos. By expanding the notion of “ghosts”\, exploring ritual and altar practices\, the exhibition serves as a conduit for the reexamination of ancestral\, and therefore personal\, identities. The exhibition also explores themes of loss and immortality\, transcending human-spirit boundaries and conventional understandings of grief. \nLaunching on Halloween\, guests attending the opening night are encouraged to draw on ghosts and ancestral heritage as inspiration for their costumes/outfits. \nCurators:\nDora Lam\nDuong Thuy Nguyen \nFeatured Artists: \nAlison Lam @alisonlam_art\nBettina Fung | 馮允珊 @bettinafws\nDora Lam @dorathedrawer\nDuong Thuy Nguyen @duonguyen.thuy\nMegumi Ohata @megumiohata\nKV Duong @kvduongart\nSammi Mak @mak.sammi\nYang-En Hume @yangenhume\nYu Leng @buleng000 \nAbout the artists \nAlison Lam  \nAlison Lam identifies as a neurodivergent\, interdisciplinary\, socially engaged British-Chinese educator\, activist\, a mother\, as an artist using differing materials such as porcelain\, metals\, glass and paper. Alison’s work explores through her cultural heritage difference\, isolation\, belonging and inclusion and her practice facilitates conversations for people who sometimes find it hard to communicate. Stemming from her own personal experiences with her two sons\, who are autistic with complex needs\, Alison uses art and activism to bridge these gaps and create a space that’s supportive and accessible.  \nBettina Fung  \nBettina Fung | 馮允珊 is a Hong Kong born\, British-Chinese artist based in the UK. Her practice centres around the performative nature of drawing\, and bringing people together to explore participative means of sharing the creative making process. She creates 2D\, site-specific and performative works that explore and question subjects of legacy\, belonging\, futility\, productivity and progress. With a strong interest in the ideas of ‘commoning’ and ‘creative collective actions’\, her recent works are associated with the themes of shared authorship and the dynamics within working and building together and often involve audience interactions. \nDora Lam  \nDora Lam is an interdisciplinary artist navigating notions of identity\, diaspora\, transnationalism and heritage. Her socially-engaged work deals with cultural complexity and displacement on personal and collective levels. She is especially interested in how collaborative art practices can mine\, construct\, preserve and engage with the more nuanced forms of cultural and familial heritage. She is concerned with challenging the “invisibility” of the (mis/under)represented ESEA diaspora and places community at the forefront of her practice. \nDuong Thuy Nguyen  \nDuong Thuy Nguyen is a Vietnamese multidisciplinary artist\, and writer based in London and Hanoi\, who explores the questions of origin\, memory\, and belonging in relation to place and landscape. Using habitats as the basis\, Duong experimental works concurrently allude to the historic circulation of products and people\, to cycles of life\, death and rebirth\, as well as notions of individual history\, intergenerational exchange and inherited trauma. Graduating from Central Saint Martins with a distinction\, Duong’s Master Fine Art project was awarded as a winner of Maison/0 This Earth Award and the mentioned Cass Art prize in 2023. \nMegumi Ohata  \nMegumi Ohata is a London-based interdisciplinary artist and SFX MUA of primarily Japanese heritage with a mixed Korean background. Their practice explores gender\, identity\, and Posthuman philosophy\, addressing personal traumas – from the impacts of child abuse to the discrimination they have faced due to their Asian heritage. Ohata perceives their art as an extension of their own body\, blurring boundaries beyond their skin\, seeking the non-human form within. They challenge the role of artists in breaking free from society’s negative cycles and pose the question: What does a body need to be relatable? \nKV Duong  \nKV Duong (b.1980 Ho Chi Minh\, Vietnam) is a London-based artist who examines the complexities of the Vietnamese queer identity through painting\, performance\, sculpture\, and installation. Duong grew up in Canada to Chinese Vietnamese parents displaced by the Vietnam War. In his work he explores themes of migration and cultural assimilation through the lens of his personal and familial history. Duong presented his first institutional solo exhibition at the Migration Museum in 2022. In Spring 2022\, he co-curated and led a collaborative exhibition titled “No Place Like Home” at Museum of The Home.  \nSammi Mak  \nSammi Mak is a female artist born in Hong Kong and currently based in London. Her works explore how painterliness depicts personal experience and identity in reality\, acting as a form of language. She delves into the realm of poetry by replacing linguistics with painted lexicology. Her works bring together the psychological stages and spiritual connections of human beings and the universe\, conveying a sense of oneness and ecstasy through paint and writing. \nYang-En Hume  \nYang-En Hume is an Australian-Singaporean artist working with installation\, textiles\, and alternative photographic processes. Her work explores memory\, untold stories\, and cultural identity. Hume’s work explores the Asian-Australian experience\, reflecting particularly on the permeable categories of ‘Asia’ and the ‘West’.  She is interested in how family photography is used as a social practice that both reflects and shapes relationships and cultural practices.  \nYu Leng  \nYu Leng is from Jinan\, China and has been living in the UK since 2015. She graduated from CSM with an MA in Contemporary Photography; Practice and Philosophy in 2021. Her work involves photography\, moving images and performance. Usually intrigued by the physical space\, landscape\, notion of power and time discursively. Her work centres around the reconstruction and deconstruction of the narratives surrounding her daily life. She was interested in adopting a phenomenological way of documentation\, portraying obscure figures while realising the impossibility of escaping the cultural notion that was embedded in her. She enjoys playing with different digital tools and also practising techniques with analogue cameras. \nCommunity Drumming CIC – Drumming Circle (collaborative performance) \nEdgar Deu and Gary Lee are percussion teachers and band leaders with more than 15 years of experience playing afro-brazilian music. They recently founded Community Drumming CIC\, a non-profit organisation that provides low cost drumming workshops to underrepresented\, underprivileged and marginalised groups with the goal of building inclusive\, collaborative and resilient communities that fosters human interactions\, empowers people\, develops their artistic creativity\, and improves their mental well-being.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/altar-native/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:The Brink
DESCRIPTION:The BrinK\nNew ruins have not yet acquired the weathered patina of age…’ Rose Macaulay\, Pleasure of Ruins\, 1953\n\nThe Brink is an expansive exhibition of 21 artists\, both established and early-career\, whose works range sculpture\, installation\, painting\, and performance\, all set within the space of a formerly dilapidated tannery. The exhibition\, a collaborative initiative with artists Anna Blom\, Jo Dennis and curators Marjorier Ding\, Elena Shkvarkina and Linlin Zhu\, brings together artists from different disciplines\, creating work that explores the psychological\, physical\, and imagined dimensions of a space.\n\n\n\n\nUsing a stripped back site as a way to explore the idea of place and conversely\, non-place. Sites like this are often liminal spaces\, which means that they are in-between places. They are not fully public or fully private\, not fully built or fully natural. This liminality creates a sense of disorientation and alienation\, which is used as a point of departure for exploring the complex and often contradictory ways in which we experience space\, and to consider the ways in which place can be shaped by our personal and collective memories and culture. The works will navigate themes of temporality\, mortality\, and the relationship between the individuals and the spaces they inhabit\, as well as the ways in which place can be shaped by memory\, history\, and mythology.\n\nWith artworks tailored for the exhibition\, The Brink encompasses both the ground floor and garage of the Ugly Duck exhibition space\, featuring: Abigail Norris\, Alex Young\, Anna Blom\, Elena Shkvarkina\, Ge Hui\, Ivan Seal\, Jo Dennis\, Katrin Spranger\, Nicola Hicks MBE\, Pía Ortuño\, Ross Taylor\, Tom Woolner\, Xu Haoyang\, Zhang Guangyu\, ZITA.\n\n\n\nSpecial guest KV Duong will perform Katrin Spranger’s 1.8\, an evocative environmental statement\, in collaboration with costume designer ZITA. In addition to the exhibition\, the special screening program led by Linlin Zhu will showcase a range of mid and short films\, including documentary films directed by Pietro Francesco Pingitore and Siyi Gu\, experimental shorts created by Laura Puig and Chengzhou\, and an animation by Elmano Diogo. These films delve into themes of healing through art\, spiritual exchange with nature\, and the potential for resurrection amidst ruins. The documentaries spotlight animal life trapped within artificial ecosystems. Experimental shorts incorporate the human psyche into wildlife medium of trees and goldfish\, while the animation guides the audience towards healing psychological trauma.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/the-brink/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Donate to support Ugly Duck arts community
DESCRIPTION:Ugly Duck is a London based arts organisation that supports under-represented voices and emerging artists.  \nArtists have access to subsidised rehearsal space\, given them access to technical support\, provide time with our in-house producing team and offer opportunities for public presentation.  \nAll contributions mean a great deal to us and the artists we support. \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/donate/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Our Suspended Corridors
DESCRIPTION:Our Suspended Corridors\nClaudia Palazzo premieres new performance work Our Suspended Corridors\, alongside her re-staged durational installation Vertebral disc at Ugly Duck\, London on Saturday 16th September.\nSat 16th Sept:\nInstallation 6.30pm-8pm (free\, drop in anytime) \nPerformance 8-9pm (ticketed\, set time) \n\nSun 17th Sept: \nInstallation 1-4pm (free\, drop in anytime) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are 26 vertebrae in the adult human spine. I couldn’t order a replacement. My spine is the length of this light. \nClaudia Palazzo premieres new performance work Our Suspended Corridors\, alongside her durational installation Vertebral disc at Ugly Duck\, London. Created and performed alongside musician/producer Conrad Kira with lighting artist Marty Langthorne. \nThe Performance comprises dance\, live sound\, wheels\, text and a lot of strip lights. It explores notions of urban healing and the concrete fetish\, the absorption of bone\, noise and cement. Navigating the complex tensions between inherent strength and the impact of damage. \n  \nGet up\, just get up…up. It’s better to go out on a high. \nSome new kind of high rise \nCredits:\nChoreography\, concept\, performance: Claudia Palazzo\nSound design and performance: Conrad Kira\nLighting: Marty Langthorne and Alistair Armstrong\nProducer: Eve Veglio-Hüner\nAssistant Producer: Anna Quiney\nOutside Eye: Harun Morrison\nDramaturgical Support: SERAFINE1369\, Emilyn Claid\nSound engineer and technical hires: Bosco Taylor\nInstallation operation and project support: Tom Wilkinson\nAccess consultation and support: Priya Mistry\nProp fabrication: Quentin Chisel\nArtist assistance: Eric Domingo Peña Quintero\nMarketing Images: Ian Buswell\n  \nFunded by: \nArts Council England and Marlborough Productions \nEarly research funded by FABRIC Open Residency\, special thanks to Jim Hendley and Eric Domingo Peña Quintero \nSpace provided by Institute of Contemporary Art\, South East Dance\, The Spire\, University of East London\, Chisenhale Dance Space\, Old Diorama Arts Centre and Ugly Duck. \n— \nVertebral disc is an immersive installation that you can spend as much or as little time as you like in. There is no spoken text and you are free to explore the space at your own pace. Or have a dance if you want. This work was created during lockdown for one household at a time. \nI need something that can represent me in my absence. Something to get up on the podium. \nCredits: \nConcept\, Sculptures and lighting :Claudia Palazzo \nMusic by Conrad Kira \nProjections by danni Spooner\, Ian Buswell and Claudia Palazzo \nOperated by Tom Wilkinson \nPreviously supported by\, and shown at BUZZCUT\, Tramway 2021 \n— \n\n\nDetails: \nDoors at 6.30pm for installation (free) \nPerformance at 8pm (ticketed\, duration 50-60 mins\, no interval) \nTickets: £8 full / £5 concessions (If income is a barrier to you attending please email general@uglyduck.org.uk) \nAccessible ground floor space with accessible toilet. Chairs will be available\, please get in touch with any access needs ahead of time and we will do our best to accommodate and adapt. Please note this performance contains flashing lights \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/our-suspended-corridors/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Videomapping Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Creating visuals: projection mapping workshop – London    12 -13 August\nWhere: Ugly Duck\n47/49 Tanner Street SE1 3PL\, London Bridge\nWhen: 12th – 13st August\nFrom 11 am to 5 pm.\nTickets and price – 12 people maximum – £180 for the weekend \nEx-alumni 10% discount applies\n\n\nCreating visuals: projection mapping workshop is 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 projects 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 5\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\nOriented to Mac and PC 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\nAbout the mentors:\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.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/workshop/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Do You Buy This
DESCRIPTION:Do You Buy This\n\n\nDo You Buy This? showcases commodified feminist objects\, considering the duality between critiquing corporate cooption and supporting feminist practice. We look forward to welcoming audiences to explore the complexities of operating in a capitalist system\, exercising our spending power in feminist ways. \nWe are exhibiting commodities that have been produced in corporate environments\, alongside works created by independent artists. All works have been sold or are intended for sale and all explore feminism\, especially the intersectional focus of its fourth wave. \nStudents of the History of Design MA Programme at the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal College of Art (Amber Kim\, Cas Bradbeer\, Sufiyeh Hadian and Zarna Hart) have curated this showcase\, selecting a broad range of commodified fourth-wave feminist objects made from 2012 to the present day. \n“Our aim as curators is to explore financially supporting feminist practice while remaining critical of the capitalist commodification of feminism. We invite our visitors to engage with this discourse” \nZarna Hart\, Cas Bradbeer\, Sufiyeh Hadian and Amber Kim \n  \nHoused at Ugly Duck\, on the ground floor of their Victorian warehouse\, the exhibition will further their commitment to support under-represented voices and emerging artists. \n– 3rd August\, 6-9pm – Private View \n– 4th August\, 12-8pm – Open\, including a Curators’ Tour \n– 5th August\, 12-8pm – Open\, including a zine workshop with Holly Casio \n– 6th August\, 12-6pm – Open\, including a tile painting workshop with Rebecca Wise \n  \nVisit www.doyoubuythis.com for more information\, or contact doyoubuythis@gmail.com \nThis exhibition has been developed with the support of Ugly Duck. It is funded by the History of Design MA’s Student-Led Project Fund\, in addition to the Design History Society’s Research Exhibition Grant.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/do-you-buy-this/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:LOST+FOUND Residency + Sharing
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to invite you to the sharing of a month-long residency on Thursday 27th July featuring 16 artists from Africa\, Asia and Europe! \nLost & Found is an artist-led hybrid residency & research programme\, investigating new ways of collaborating virtually\, and engaging audiences across geographical boundaries. This year artists have been exploring ‘The Long Way Home’ under the guidance of a powerful artist director trio from Botswana\, Uganda and India: Kat Kai Kol-Kes\, Pamela Aobo Enyonu and Diya Naidu.  \nOn the evening of Thursday 27th July – starting at 5pm GMT – you are invited to immerse yourself in performances\, installations with visual\, sound and wordart as well as other surprises \nBotswana/Chile/Germany/India/Iran/Kenya/Nigeria/Rwanda/South Sudan/Switzerland/Uganda/UK \nEast African Soul Train (EAST) brings artists from across disciplines & geographies together on a journey to experiment artistically\, critically exploring our entangled histories & futures. Rendered impossible during the pandemic\, EAST has grown to include Lost+Found\, a hybrid artist-led residency and research programme exploring how we can connect and collaborate virtually\, in meaningful ways that push our artistic practice. 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.  \nLost+Found uses technology and gamified approaches to catalyse connection\, collaboration and cutting-edge work across geographies and disciplines (https://www.eastsoultrain.global/lostfound). Throughout the six-week programme\, 16 artists from across Africa/India/Europe\, will be guided through an online/offline process that inspires them to play\, share perspectives with their peers\, take risks and create new collaborative work. In this  programme we work with local partners around the world\, use low-tech hacks and repurpose smartphone technologies (Zoom/WhatsApp/GPS/QR). The project will culminate in a series of on/offline performances/installations in India\, Kenya\, the UK and via Zoom for global audiences starting week commencing 24th July 2023. Following the residency we will produce an NFT collection and works will also be available virtually and as an ‘exhibition in a box’\, which artists from the wider EAST collective can also use to create pop-up events in their own localities. Artists also actively participate in an ongoing research programme\, generating new questions\, insights and perspectives around the complex North/South power dynamics present in creative exchange opportunities and the care needed to address them. This will lead to a webinar and collaborative research paper later in 2023. \n  \nCo-Artistic Directors (Alphabetic Order):  \nDiya Naidu: Dancer and Choreographer (India) @diyanise \nKat Kai Kol-Kes: Interdisciplinary Artist (Botswana) @katkkolkes \nPamela Enyonu: Visual Artist (Uganda) @syokereart \nFurther Details on 2023 Collaborating Artists (Alphabetic Order): \nAde (Mandela Matur): Poet\, Author\, spoken word artist\, lyricist and expressive arts therapist \n(South Sudan) \nArya Rothe: Documentary filmmaker (India) \nAldir Polymeris: Video artist\, performer\, theater maker and an art mediator (Switzerland/Chile) \nChuma Anagbado: Artist\, Designer\, Entrepreneur (Nigeria/Kenya) \nGisou Golshani: Multidisciplinary artist (Iran/UK) \nIngabire Gretta: Poet\, Actress\, Painter (Rwanda) \nJoy Yaa Kincaid: Multidisciplinary artist (UK) \nJustine Wanda: Stand-up comedian\, writer\, and satirist (Kenya) \nMali Bora: Music Composer and Animator (Kenya) \nMeloe Gennai: Poet and a pluridisciplinary artist (Switzerland) \nMmakgosi Kgabi: Writer. Actress. Performer. Facilitator (Germany/Botswana) \nMoratiwa Molema: Multidisciplinary Artist (Botswana) \nOish: Independent writer\, theatre-maker\, transmedia artsworker (India) \nPretty Lodenyi: Choreographer\, dancer and teacher (Kenya) \nSalome Egger: Artist\, designer and performer (Switzerland) \nTristan Siodlak: Multidisciplinary visual artist (Switzerland) \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) \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)). \nLost + Found is supported by: \nBritish Council: The British Council is a UK-based organization that works to promote cultural relations and educational opportunities globally. (https://www.britishcouncil.org/ @eastafriacarts (Insta) British Council (FB)). \nProhelvetia – Swiss Arts Council: Pro Helvetia is the Swiss Arts Council\, which supports and promotes arts and culture in Switzerland and internationally. (https://prohelvetia.ch/en/ @swissperformingarts (Insta) @Pro Helvetia Johannesburg – Swiss Arts Council (FB)). \nEAST is supported by: \nMiller-Zillmer Foundation: the foundation connects people through audio-visual art and socio-cultural projects in the interdisciplinary field of music\, photography and film internationally. (https://www.miller-zillmer.foundation/ @millerzillmerfoundation (Insta) Miller-Zillmer Foundation (FB)). \nFor more information: info@eastsoultrain.global | eastsoultrain.global/lost-found | @eastsoultrain     
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/lostfound/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea
DESCRIPTION:From the 19 to the 23th Ugly Duck welcome two projects in their victorian factory\, Dolls by John Lee Bird and It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea by Illustrious Company.   \nMore info below \nIt’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea \nCreated by world-renowned musician and music producer Martyn Ware\, composer Gabriel Ware\, and immersive storytellers Oscar Blustin and Anna Söderblom\, It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea is a captivating and thought-provoking sound and art installation\, an exploration of the waters of the earth and how the power of water binds all of humanity together.  \nMartyn Ware says\, “We invite visitors to step away from the busy streets of London and enjoy a moment of contemplation and reflection in an oasis of calm. The climate crisis is one of the biggest threats to our planet right now\, and thinking about it can create fear and anxiety that leads to paralysis; we designed ‘It’s Always Ourselves’ to remind each other that as well as a potential source of danger\, water is essential to life on earth\, infinitely precious to every living creature today and to every human culture that has ever existed. The installation asks us to look beyond our framings of division to understand that it is only by viewing ourselves as part of a planet-wide ecosystem\, culturally as well as geographically\, can we begin to act as responsible stewards of our world. Our shared collective mythology of water should propel us towards a shared collective response in the face of the rising seas.” \nThe installation’s immersive soundscape has been created using Ware’s Illustrious Company specialist ambisonic technology. He founded the company together with Vince Clarke in 2000\, to develop new forms of spatialised sound composition using three dimensional surround sound \nsystems. ‘It’s Always Ourselves’ is the latest in a line of over seventy international projects that Illustrious has created.  \nwww.alwaysourselves.com \n  \nBACKGROUND \nMartyn Ware met Blustin and Söderblom in Venice\, in the aftermath of the record-breaking November 2019 flooding that devastated parts of the city. “Venetians have dealt with acqua alta flooding for thousands of years\, it has always been a part of life in the lagoon\,” says Blustin\, “But there is a noticeable\, inarguable increase in the frequency of these events.” Since 1872\, when records began\, Venice’s seasonal flooding has exceeded 140cm 25 times – and two thirds of these instances have occurred in the last 20 years. \n“In moments like these\, you see a city or a community pull together. Students came out in huge numbers and formed human chains to pass books out of flooded libraries to higher ground\, anyone with functioning electricity offered phone charging for those without\, cafes and bars handed out coffee to everyone wading by – it was incredibly moving to see how much this city means to people\, and how quickly and whole-heartedly a community can collectively respond to a crisis.” \n“We met in an old tobacco warehouse on the Grand Canal\, the Fondaco Marcello\,” says Ware. “The walls were still drying and you could see the damage the flooding had caused. We wanted to create an experience exploring our relationship with water – that it’s both essential to all life on Earth\, but increasingly a threat to so many peoples and places.” \nSöderblom says\, “The coverage of the flooding in Venice focused on the disaster\, the damage and the inevitable cost of repairs. But our experience of living through it was more nuanced – the collective resolve of Venetians in the face of this situation was inspirational\, even hopeful. We were keen to avoid the panic often associated with the climate crisis and instead create\, with this installation\, a contemplative space for visitors to consider their relationship with water.” \n  \nTHE TECHNOLOGY \nWare’s company Illustrious specialises in three-dimensional\, spatialised sound installations. Ware uses design techniques and software honed over decades to uncanny effect. “What we do goes beyond surround sound\,” says Ware\, “Using 3D sound software (based on a technique called Ambisonics)\, micro-second delays and phase shifts enable us to trick the ear into believing sounds are invisibly located in three-dimensional space. Usually\, when you listen to music or watch a film\, you’re aware of the direction the sound is coming from – the technology we use creates a ‘sound field’ which truly immerses the listener. Even after 20 years I still find it astonishing and quite moving to experience.” \nGabriel Ware says\, “The soundscape features water rituals from around the world – the technology allows us to feel as though we’re experiencing these rituals live – as if they’re happening all around us. Three dimensional sound removes some of the barriers of traditional audio setups to offer incredibly vivid experiences.” \n  \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nMartyn Ware \nMARTYN WARE is a musician\, producer\, designer and innovator\, born in 1956 in Sheffield\, UK. He formed The Human League in 1978\, British Electric Foundation in 1980\, and Heaven 17 the same year. With these and others\, Martyn has featured on recordings totaling over 50 million sales worldwide\, establishing himself as a pivotal figure in the development of popular music. Amongst others\, he has produced Tina Turner\, Terence Trent D’Arby\, Chaka Khan\, Erasure\, Marc Almond and Mavis Staples. \nIn 2000\, he founded Illustrious Company with Vince Clarke (Erasure\, Depeche Mode) to explore the creative and commercial possibilities of their unique three-dimensional sound technology. With Illustrious\, Martyn has created immersive sound experiences for clients including the British Council\, The Science Museum\, The Royal Ballet\, Amnesty International\, the V&A Museum\, Mute Records\, BBC TV\, the Royal Observatory Greenwich\, BAFTA\, Museum Of London\, and Tate Britain. He created sonic architectural works in the British Pavilion at the Venice Architectural Biennale in 2006\, and has designed sound installations in extraordinary\, diverse settings across five continents. \nMartyn is a Visiting Professor at C4DM at Queen Mary College\, University of London\, a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and the Harvard Graduate School of Design\, a patron of Arts & Business\, a member of the LA-based international think-tank group Matter\, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts\, a member of the Writers Guild of America and a founder member of 5D (a US based organisation promoting all aspects of immersive design). He also lectures extensively on music production\, technology and creativity at universities and colleges across the world including the Red Bull Music Academy. \n  \nIllustrious Company \nILLUSTRIOUS COMPANY was formed by Martyn Ware and Vince Clarke in 2000 to create new forms of spatialised sound composition using three dimensional surround-sound systems. Collaborating with digital and fine artists\, world heritage sites\, museums\, exhibitions\, live events\, dance\, theatre\, technology developers\, researchers and educators\, Illustrious has created over sixty unique sound projects exhibited or performed worldwide. \nTechnical expertise combined with unparalleled creative and production experience\, Illustrious offers the most immersive\, sonic-augmented reality available. Illustrious also offers consultancy in cutting-edge sonic research and solutions. \nIllustriouscompany.co.uk \n  \nGabriel Ware \nGABRIEL WARE is a modern hybrid orchestral composer for soundscapes\, film and drama. \nHaving begun his composition journey in 2015 without a formal music education\, Gabriel quickly developed his style and advanced his production techniques\, relying entirely on his pure passion for film and television music. Since then\, Gabriel has worked on many major soundscape and media projects\, lending his advanced understanding of emotion\,  texture\, and experimental style\, to much acclaim. \nwww.gabrielware.com \n  \nOscar Blustin \nOSCAR BLUSTIN is a writer\, director and producer specialising in live immersive entertainment. In the UK\, he has created pioneering immersive and interactive adventures for clients including the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Durham\, The National Maritime Museum\, and the London Transport Museum\, as well as landmarks including Tower Bridge\, The Actors’ Church in Covent Garden\, and Wilton’s Music Hall. In 2011\, he founded SPECIFIQ\, an experiential site-specific theatre company that has produced work at venues from the National Theatre to the Vaults beneath Waterloo Station\, from high-rise office blocks and castles to libraries\, churches\, disused shopfronts\, forests and stately homes. \nHe has lectured at universities\, drama schools and conferences on both sides of the Atlantic\, and was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at Keene State University\, New Hampshire. \nwww.oscarblustin.com \n  \nAnna Söderblom \nANNA SÖDERBLOM’s background is a hybrid of arts\, media and technology – finding new and interesting ways to tell stories.  \nIn 2009\, she founded a company to develop immersive theatre techniques and cross-platform storytelling\, exploring ways to create and manage this (then new) kind of entertainment. Ten years of artistic and logistical evolution has culminated in Storia\, an organisation committed to world-class immersive entertainment\, ethical cultural tourism\, and accessible\, experiential history. Storia’s inaugural production\, a vast trans-media immersive historical extravaganza\, will open in Venice\, Italy\, in summer 2023. \nAnna has worked as a journalist\, columnist and sub-editor for The Times\, and as a reporter for the Guardian. She began working on the internet in 1997\, developing content and products across a wide range of online platforms. As half of a two-person team\, she conceived and created the first mobile digital products for News International\, and has consulted on digital and content strategy for clients ranging from UNICEF to Sky. As Digital Content Director for a creative advertising agency\, worked with English National Opera\, Expedia\, Royal Mail and many more. \nwww.annasoderblom.com \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/iaowfits/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:DOLLS by John Lee Bird
DESCRIPTION:Dolls by John Lee Bird\n‘Dolls and idols – a way of existence’ \n\n\nArtist John Lee Bird will be presenting a major solo exhibition\, bringing his new DOLLS project alongside work spanning his 25 year career including large scale paintings\, print\, drawing and film. With influences stemming from film\, cult TV\, performance\, drag and music\, the exhibition will be a celebration of culture\, London\, and the LGBTQ+ community.\n\nJohn says of his work: “The DOLLS project began at the beginning of lockdown with a crippling spinal condition. I felt the urge to return to working with fabric and textiles\, the way I'd begun my art degree in 1997. I found a box of felt in my studio and decided on a whim to make a David Bowie doll… just over 3 months later I’d made 69 Bowie dolls; one to mark each year that "The Man Who Fell To Earth" graced us with his existence. Covering every stage of his career. Celebrating the life of my idol and all the costume collaborators that brought his creativity to our eyes\, an obsessive tribute. My library of Bowie's music as the soundtrack to my endless stitching.\nThe project spiralled\, I wanted to make more\, looking at my vast music collection I decided to dive in and bring everyone to life in felt form. Immersing myself in their sounds as I stitched. Making one a day became an obsession and driving force…and my daily\nentertainment. Then it continued\, I started to look at my favourite films and tv moments\, ALIEN\, The Exorcist\, Twin Peaks\, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and many more. Finally deciding to stop stitching after 3 whole years in March 2023…nearly 800 dolls later.\n\nWorking with textiles gave me a comfortable way to work and an exciting challenge to attempt portraiture of a different kind: over the years I have worked on portraits through various mediums\, including a ten-year project documenting performers in large-scale paintings\, collage work and drawings; but I’ve never explored portraiture in textile work\, until\nnow.\n\nEach doll is 13 inches tall. Lovingly hand-sewn from felt…with beads\, buttons\, wool and occasionally extra fabrics and embellishments. Combining my love of music\, films and fabric gave me a sense of purpose and freedom to play and helped me through the darkest moments.” … Throughout the exhibition run\, there will be evening performances: showcasing some of the\nacts included as dolls. Including live bands\, spoken word and some special cabaret slots by performers from Cabaret vs Cancer who John will be raising funds for.\n\nOn the opening night\, visitors can purchase from a range merchandise to support the exhibition and there will be the launch of the special exhibition edition of the David Bowie Is A Doll book. There will be daily screenings of DOLL FILMS\, artist talks (led by guest ‘DOLL’ tour guides) and weekend workshops.\n\nEXHIBITION DETAILS:\nJOHN LEE BIRD\nDOLLS (and other works)\nAt UGLY DUCK\, 49 Tanner St\, London SE1 3PL\n19 th -23 rd JULY 2023. (Opening party 19 July 6-10pm)\nWEDNESDAY 19 th – SUNDAY 23 rd JULY\, 2023 : The event is FREE to attend and open daily\nfrom midday to 10pm – apart from Sunday 23 rd which is midday to 6pm.\n\nHear John introducing the exhibition here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFsvrE1rLQ\n\nInstagram: @johnleebird\nFacebook: johnleebirdart
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/dolls/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Sound for Performance workshop
DESCRIPTION:Sound for Performance Workshop: Intro to Creating a Performance Soundtrack\n\n\nAimed at beginners/intermediates who are interested in using sound in the context of performance\, e.g. drag or performance art. \nWe will explore: \n\n\nThe conceptual side of what makes a soundtrack effective in performance \n\n\nThe basics of digital sound\, including layering tracks and using effects \n\n\nWe will then put these things to practice by starting to build a soundtrack. \nValeria will be using Ableton to illustrate concepts\, however the content is not software specific\, so if you already have experience using a different program\, feel free to use it during the practical section instead. \nPlease bring headphones and a laptop with Ableton trial downloaded: https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/ \nIf you do not have access to headphones or a laptop\, please let me know by emailing contact.radchenko@gmail.com\, they will arrange something for you. \nValeria Radchenko is a multidisciplinary artist\, music producer & DJ. They explore the fusing of genres and mediums to dream new worlds through weaving personal narratives with speculative fiction. Aside from producing music as an independent artist\, they have composed soundtracks for films\, performances and drag acts.\n\n\nStandard price: £20\nConcession (low income/unwaged): £15 (4 tickets available)\n\n Picture by Antonio Roberts @hellocatfood
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/sound-workshop/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Birthday Tears
DESCRIPTION:Birthday Tears\nTHE BRIGHTON UNIVERSITY ILLUSTRATION GRADUATE SHOW 2023\n\n\nPrivate View – Thursday 22th June 6 pm – 10 pm\nExhibitions open – Friday 23th – 26th June 10 am -6 pm \n\nFree
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/birthday-tears/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230619T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230620T213000
DTSTAMP:20230612T124535Z
CREATED:20230504T111730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T124535Z
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SUMMARY:RƎWIRE by BJ MCNEILL
DESCRIPTION:RƎWIRE is a live work that started with dance and looks at the cross sections of disidentification through interdisciplinary theatrical practice and a queer lens. \nUsing a rhizomatic approach RƎWIRE explores traditionalisms\, while perforating and reframing them by placing them in conversation with something new\, different or other. \nDrawing from Hip Hop and alternative sonic landscapes RƎWIRE explores sampling – sonically and performatively\, and looks at hip hop and queerness through rap\, movement and object play and repurposing. \nRƎWIRE explores resistance and masculinity and the body as a site of labour alongside public & private space & sex.  \nContent Warning: This show deals with aspects of homophobia with language that may be upsetting to some audiences\, the show has themes of sex\, blood and violence and references drug use.  \n  \nAudience note: This is a standing performance. To support accessibility there will be a number of seats around the space. You are free to use them but please give up your seat if you think someone may be in more need and please leave some seats free for those who may require them and not have visible disabilities. .  \nCreatives  \nPhotography & Digital Design: Yucel Gulec \nPerformed by: Bj McNeill & Ted Rogers & Fernando Solis \nSound: Fernando Solis \nChoreography: Bj McNeill \nMovement Direction: Ted Rogers \nAssistant Producer: Amy Sze\nSet & Production Design: Anna Niamh Gorman\, Alex Clow & Bj McNeill \nTechnical Assistant: Luca Cippollone  \nBJ MCNEILL is a performer & creator based in London\, their work encompasses dance\, acting\, devising methods & drag and operates in and around theatre\, nightlife and cabaret. They are a go-go dancer and member of queer collective Little Gay Brother. Recent work includes Ouroboros at Camden People’s Theatre\, Afterparty (BBC) & Flawed____like a b_y at La MaMa Melbourne. They are soon to be an MFA graduate of Advanced Theatre Practice from the Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama.  \n@beejmcneill  \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/r%c7%9dwire/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T120000
DTSTAMP:20230523T113727Z
CREATED:20230523T104426Z
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SUMMARY:Camp Trans presents: INTRA (depend on me bby)
DESCRIPTION:Camp Trans presents: \nINTRA (depend on me bby) is an exhibition and weekend events programme showcasing the work of trans artists who explore the central theme of intradependence. Intradependence is a tactic of love\, existence\, resistance and survival – it is an anarchic reliance on one other and our community\, but also the sites we inhabit\, the spaces we build for each and the natural land we commune with. \nINTRA (depend on me bby) is a slice of what to expect at this year’s Camp Trans programme\, which daydreams about the magical summer nights of our festival to come\, a time when we hope to heal with one another by being together in nature. Tickets sales will be used to raise money for concession tickets. SOAK IT UP Xx \nThe two-day event will host visual art installations\, poetry readings\, live-art performances\, trans-led life drawing\, a panel with trans activists\, anarchist clothes and books swaps and a vegan BBQ. \nPart of the exhibition shows archival material of the original Camp Trans protests from 1992- onwards\, and audio recordings of interviews with the original attendees and organisers. Our collection includes poems and schedules from the original camp\, zines\, comics by Alison Bechdale\, and excerpts from TransSisters: the Journal of Transsexual Feminism. \nHighlights\nArrive early on Saturday to enjoy the exhibition and film loop showing Soft Boys by Kiara Mohamed Amin\, Tugs by Kane Stonestreet & Lori Lo Bianco\, Stigmata by P.O.T. and SweatMother\, and The Marking of a New Moon by Puer Deorum. \nBrowse the lending library including publications by Léann Herlihy\, and Tatenda Shamiso. Swab clothes at the clothing swab. \nEnjoy a refreshing drink from the bar\, and delicious BBQ in the sunny yard. \nBring a piece of clothing or object which has been meaningful to your transition to Maria Mautino’s quilt-making with homage to the AIDS  memorial quilt. \nDraw life drawing with Rosa Marouane. See Streams’ narrative-based movement and sound performance that ritualises moments of communion and times of separation. Listen to poetry readings curated by TISSUE at 7 pm followed by a music performance by Jordan/Martin Hell. Stay and chat with your friends and lovers till the evening ends. \n  \nCome by Sunday to continue exploring the lending library\, clothing swap\, and exhibition. \nWatch or fight in the mud wrestling in the sun. \nGet your vegan BBQ lunch before heading in to listen to a panel discussion on art’s place in anarchy and anarchy’s place in art with Jordan/Martin Hell and Mother Mandragora\, Salacious in Purple of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \nWe finish with a Filmscreening of Lou Lou Sainsbury’s performance video pollen spools out\, words scatter through a waiting room window and (Tending) (to) (Ta) by April Lin 林森. \nThe full program will be available on 25th May. \nSchedule\nSaturday 17th June \nAll day        Clothing swap\, lending library\, zines/publication selling\, vegan BBQ \n12 pm          Exhibition opens \n1 pm            Quilt making with Maria Mautino \n2 pm           Life drawing with Rosa Marouane \n5 pm           Streams – Narrative-based movement and sound performance \n7 pm           TISSUE – Poetry readings \n8 pm           Jordan/Martin Hell –  Music Performance \nSunday 18th June \nAll day        Clothing swap\, lending library\, zines/publication selling\, vegan BBQ \n1 pm           Mud wrestling \n3 pm           Panel Discussion with Jordan/Martin Hell and Mother Mandragora\, Salacious in Purple of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence \n5 pm           Filmscreening of Lou Lou Sainsbury’s pollen spools out\, words scatter through a waiting room window and (Tending) (to) (Ta) by April Lin 林森. \nAccessibility\nUgly Duck’s ground floors HUB and GARAGE are both fully accessible. The access route for wheelchair users is via the car park into the Garage. We have one fully accessible toilet. All toilets are gender-neutral. There are benches and chairs accessible in the space to sit down. If you need help to facilitate your visit please contact us at general@uglyduck.org.uk and camptransfest@gmail.com and we will do our best to help you to plan your visit. Ugly Duck is run by queer and queer “friendly” staff. They all have basic training in inclusivity and accessibility. \nProfit\nThe profit we make from the exhibition will go to offer concession tickets for those who would not otherwise be able to attend due to financial barriers. \nCredits\nCo-Curated by Elliot Lind and Biogal \nReading Curation by TISSUE \nExhibition Design by Martha Summers \nSet Assistant: Lee Bowler \nPoster Design by Saati Conran-McCormack \nSafety: Safe Only Ltd \nCamp Trans\nCamp Trans is a UK-based grassroots art and community festival created entirely by and for trans folk. Inspired by archival documentation of the original Camp Trans – an annual protest camp organised by Riki Wilchins and Leslie Feinberg outside the trans-exclusionary Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival – our camping festival is devoted to platforming trans artistry through an anarchist DIY approach to programming and funding. Hosted in a queer-owned field in Leighton Buzzard\, with access to hillsides\, forest and a swimming lake – Camp Trans firmly believes in the liberating power and joy that grows from communing in nature as a radical t4t collective. \nThe festival will consist of poetry readings\, art performances\, workshops\, foraging\, bonfires\, slime wrestling\, karaoke and swimming in a lake. The festival is run and staffed by trans people. Camp Trans is a community grassroots project\, to exchange skills and crafts\, knowledge and info. A space to facilitate and show work by trans artists. We want to create somewhere where there is time to process and try out new ideas. \nThis year\, we have invited Joni McLaughlin AKA Biogal to guest curate the artists. We plan to have a guest curator each year from now on. \nTISSUE\nTISSUE is a reading night dedicated to showcasing both established and emerging trans* and non-binary writers. It foregrounds literary work being produced by trans writers and artists\, seeking to explore and understand what it means to be trans in a way that moves beyond the strict expectations of memoir\, identity politics\, and trauma porn. \n\nLondon EventsUgly DuckMusicArtPerformanceShowcaseCommunityPoetryDiscussionWrestlingFilm\n\n\n\nThe Lineup\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril Lin 林森 / Biogal  / Elliot Lind / Gabriel Kidd  / Jesse Glazzard  / Jordan/Martin Hell / Joseph Vince Thomas / Josiah Moktar / Kane Stonestreet & Lori Lo Bianco / Katayoun Jalilipour / Kiara Mohamed Amin / Lou Lou Sainsbury / Magda Onatra  / Marlo D Mortimer / Maria Mautino / Mariette Pathy Allen / Mort Drew / Morgan Page / Mother Mandragora\, Salacious in Purple of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence / Puer Deorum / Riki Wilchins / Rosa Marouane / Streams (Matisse Pagès\, Nat Li Lin Steinhouse & Yuki Nakayama) / Susy Langsdale / SweatMother / TISSUE
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/intra/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230610T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230611T220000
DTSTAMP:20230606T132743Z
CREATED:20230606T102645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T132743Z
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SUMMARY:A Brief Pause
DESCRIPTION:A Brief Pause\nItch The Scratch collective and current Central second-year BA Performance Arts students invite you to join us as we soften the boundaries\, doors and walls. \nbetween you and me \nbetween us and them \nbetween these and those \nbetween some and others \nA Brief Pause is a day-long festival\, celebrating joy and togetherness. Through performances\, music and workshops we will create an entangled space. A shared response-ability that will help us alter (and inspire) each other as hosts and guests. \nSo\, the offering of a cushion\, a poem\, or the touch of a blanket will carefully unravel an ongoing dialogue of change and mutual adaptation. \nLet’s rehearse radical hospitality in our hub\, designed to stimulate the seeding of connections\, companionship and kinship. Or share solace\, joy and pleasure as one multifaceted being through workshops that help us embody ourselves/our-selves/our selves. And let’s expand\, contort and feed our curiosities through a selection of performances\, talks and screenings. \n\n\nLINE UP\nBlood is my Voice / Workshop\nOpen Mic\nShar / Installation\nFreddie Wulf / Performance\nGisou Golshani / Performance\nSERAFINE1369 / Screening\nCris Lyra / Screening\nSeason Butler / Artist talk over Zoom\nVerity Spot / Poetry Reading\nAkıs Ka / Performance\nQ-BRA /DJ
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/a-brief-pause/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230602T220000
DTSTAMP:20230523T141253Z
CREATED:20230504T120650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T141253Z
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SUMMARY:PONYBOY by Eliot Duncan – book launch
DESCRIPTION:PONYBOY by Eliot Duncan – book launch\n⛓️⛓️ Join Footnote Press and Ugly Duck on the 1st of June for a night of ‘melancholic transboy swagger’ to celebrate the launch of Eliot Duncan’s ‘astonishing’ debut novel ponyboy\, a week ahead of its release ⛓️⛓️ \nA bildungsroman set over three acts\, Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin. In the first act\, Ponyboy’s eponymous narrator-a pill-popping\, speed-snorting trans-masculine lightning bolt-unravels in his Paris apartment. Ponyboy is caught in a messy love triangle with Baby\, a lesbian painter who can’t see herself being with someone trans\, and Toni\, a childhood friend who can actually see Ponyboy for who he is. Strung out\, Ponyboy follows Baby to Berlin in act two\, where he sinks deeper into drugs and falls for a fellow writer\, all the while pursued by a megalomaniacal photographer hungry for the next hot thing. \nAs Ponyboy’s relationships crumble\, he overdoses and finds himself alone in his childhood home in Iowa. The novel’s final act follows Ponyboy to rehab\, exploring the ways in which trans identity\, addiction and recovery can reforge the bond between mother and child. \n \nEliot Duncan is a writer and artist living in London. He is the co-creator of the international\, queer collective Slanted House. He studied philosophy at the American University of Paris and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.  \nLine-up  \nReadings from: \nKole Fulmine \nKatayoun Jalilipour \nEliot Duncan \nQ&A with D Mortimer \nOriginal film by Sweatmother \nBooks will be available to purchase on the night or you can pre-order a copy with your ticket.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/ponyboy/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230520T220000
DTSTAMP:20230509T112643Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T112643Z
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SUMMARY:Lifedrawing Music Club
DESCRIPTION:Lifedrawing Music Club\nThe only life-drawing experience that combines music and dance is back in town! \n  \n\n\n\n\nUnlike typical life drawing classes\, we create a fun and energetic atmosphere for drawing music lovers to enjoy. \nEach session we have a different dancer with a unique style striking poses and moving to the music selection from the guest DJ. \nJoin us for this session on Friday 19th May at the Ugly Duck. \n  \nFor this new session\, we’re taking you to Spain with a special FLAMENCO ! \nWe are so pleased to welcome the fantastic dancer and choreographer Lourdes Fernandez. \nSince getting her Master in Performing Arts at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid\, she has performed for the International Gala of Dance for UNESCO\, City of London Festival\, Jazz Festival of Birmingham and many more. She’s now teaching at the Escuela de Baile Flamenco school. \n  \nDuring these two hours \, Lourdes will mix dance performances and drawing poses from 1 to 20 minutes to the sound of the Parisian DJ Elsa Dove. \nAnd cherry on top we have invited one of Taschen’s 100 best illustrators\, Connie Lim. She will be running the session and help any beginners who would like some advice on their drawings. \n  \nYou certainly don’t want to miss it ! \nWe invite all levels to come and enjoy ! \nMaterials will be provided and you’re more than welcomed to bring your own. \n  \nINFORMATION : \n🗓 Friday 19th May – 7.30pm – 10pm (the session will start at 8pm) \n📍 UGLY DUCK – 49 Tanner St\, London SE1 3PL (The Hub) \n💸 Price : £29 (+£2.13 eventbrite fees) \n💸 Student discount : £20 (+£2.38 eventbrite fees) \n🎨 Material provided ! \n🍷Drinks will be available at the bar
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/livedrawing-mc/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T200000
DTSTAMP:20230411T100732Z
CREATED:20230222T150316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T100732Z
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SUMMARY:Something is Trying to Disappear Me
DESCRIPTION:Something is Trying to Disappear Me – James Jordan Johnson \nLargely Developed through Kevin Quashie’s writing The Black Quiet\, Something is Trying to Disappear Me is a durational performance concerned with thinking about a way to make known a method of Black interiority\, or in other words a sense of self-determined stillness\, within a performance based context and how slowness as a modality can be politically viewed within Blackess. It is from this viewpoint that Blackness and its social relationship to bodily display becomes the centre of Black physical aliveness and gesture. Taking this racialised wage and framework that demands Black performance to sustain an unwavering level of physical and athletic mastery\, is rendered as a methodological void.  \nSomething is Trying to Disappear Me at its explorative core\, leads with its linguistic interest in the Jamaican word ‘yard’\, which bears a contextual symbiosis. First within yard referring to soil and flora\, to also meaning the living quarters of the home. Through the performance\, I am thinking about the yard as an archive and how it is recalled and retold within its ability to possess a complex understanding of material culture. The carving out of a yard within the performance presents the worthwhile difficulty with imagination and experience and whether legibility can be untangled or partitioned from illegibility. The performance is a space where gestures are carved out and where some materials become decimated and reborn\, taking on a new visual sensibility and life-cycle to reify the phantasmic wonders of the mind when in recollection of family\, ancestry\, returns\, gatherings\, soil fertilisation\, ruination\, wood formations and Black nautical histories. \nArtist Bio\nJames Jordan Johnson is an artist-researcher (b.1997\, London) based in Margate working within performance and sculpture. His practice is concerned with the relationship between Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Diasporic material culture and performative histories. Thinking about the role memory plays in the political matters of citizenship\, legibility\, land and myth-making. He tends to ground his work within site-specific or public spaces\, using topographical mapping\, material and object activation.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/something-is/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T220000
DTSTAMP:20230306T142723Z
CREATED:20230220T175034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T142723Z
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SUMMARY:Meet me at the pulse of dawn
DESCRIPTION:Meet me at the pulse of dawn is an anthology of voices\, an ensemble of different ideas and thoughts that revolve around Resistance. Offering new perspectives through the artists and their work\, we want to respond with hope and change to the politics of hate and exclusion that are echoing all around the world. But what does resistance mean? What does it look and sound like?  \nWe propose politically charged performances of resistance\, in all its different facets and nuances. Celebrating diversity and the power of the arts\, we want to devise a space where\, together\, we unite our voices and create alternative future possibilities. A space to challenge\, to claim\, to condemn\, to disrupt\, to begin\, to rebuild\, to resist. \nFor one exciting evening\, Ugly Duck will be a space to search for other possible courses of action through performances and installations by an incredible line-up of artists: \nAnya Palamartschuk\nElettra giunta\nFrancesca Lista\nIoanna Georgopoulou\nJacquelyn Tepper\nJulian Nichols\nLeg0cy\nLuigi Angelini \nOduenyi Nwike\nSwim Silky\nTasalla\nLouisa Fernando\n \nAbout AmeliorAction (Insta: @amelior_action)\nSeeding hope\, harvesting change \nWith a strong ideological stand focused on inclusivity\, equality and solidarity\, we use art as a form of activism in response to the politics of hate and exclusion that are recurring all over the world. \nTranscending the medium of pure dance\, we design high-quality creative experiences that blend together different artforms in hybrid performances. We want to create an inclusive environment in which artists can thrive through collaboration and co-creation\, encouraging experimentation and community building. \nOur aim is to bring together diverse artists and audiences around sensitive topics and contemporary societal issues to question the current state of things and lay the foundation for positive change.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/meet-me-at-the-pulse-of-dawn/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230409T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230409T180000
DTSTAMP:20230321T120657Z
CREATED:20230321T120104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T120657Z
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SUMMARY:MY BLOOD IS MY VOICE
DESCRIPTION:Ａ ＨＵＭＡＮ ＮＯＩＳＥ  ＲＩＴＵＡＬ ＦＲＯＭ ＢＥＹＯＮＤ ＴＨＥ ＢＩＮＡＲＹ．  \nＡ ＣＩＲＣＬＥ ＣＡＳＴ ＷＩＴＨ ＯＵＲ ＣＯＬＬＥＣＴＩＶＥ ＢＯＤＹ \nＦＯＲ ＴＨＥ ＳＵＲＶＩＶＯＲＳ， ＴＨＥ ＤＩＶＩＮＥ． \nＷＥ ＰＯＵＲ ＯＵＲ ＶＯＩＣＥ ＩＮＴＯ ＴＨＩＳ ＣＲＵＣＩＢＬＥ  \nＴＯ ＲＩＳＥ ＵＰ \nＴＯ ＲＥＳＯＮＡＴＥ \nＴＯ ＦＩＮＤ ＯＵＲ ＨＯＭＥ． \nMy Blood Is My Voice is a brand new ritual gig theatre & collective vocal healing project in co-creation; exploring the queer & neurodivergent experience through decolonised ways of working with the human body as a complete instrument and storyteller. This open space is facilitated by vocal & magical practitioners Porscha Present\, Winter James\, Bea Xu\, Reyhan Yusuf & Tobi Adebajo. This year at Ugly Duck they will begin research & development collaboratively on a collective voice beyond the binary. Throughout the year they will be hosting trauma-informed open workshops & sharing spaces for queer & neuroqueer folk on vocal improv\, noise & drone jams\, sound healing rituals\, vocal drag & collective performance poetry. This body of work is dedicated to building community in sharing the lived experience and vulnerability of finding our voice and resisting together. Their calendar of events will also feature dedicated safer space sessions for racialised voices\, trans voices and sex working voices. Watch this space for upcoming events! \nMethodology: \nWe come together as practitioners to explore the physical experience of an amplified space to support affirmation of the queer & neuroqueer voice. Exploring and defining what spiritual alchemy in transformation means to the individual. \nCreating a vocal ‘noisescape’ collectively to explore questions:  \nWhat binds our voice to identity? \nWhat separates our voice from identity? \nWhat separates humanity?  \nWhat permits us to speak to our ancestry? \nHow do we identify with transformation\, with stepping into our true collective form?  \nA research & development piece which seeks non-hierarchical modes of writing.  Devising theatre/composing music collectively & collaboratively through shared lived experience & magical practice. Decolonizing the method of storytelling. Deconstructing the gender binary of how the human voice should sound. Amplified voices bear witness to\, and hold safe all freedom of expression in catharsis. However ugly. However wild. We are here to make space\, give space & take space. To surrender and give to our collective power.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/my-blood-is-my-voice/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230401T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230904T220000
DTSTAMP:20230524T155216Z
CREATED:20230405T113655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T155216Z
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SUMMARY:@Disturbance Publication
DESCRIPTION:Launch event for the new @Disturbance publication giving context and background on the participating artists & their practice. \nAfter an epic fourth edition the Disturbance team designed a publication to provide more context and background on the participating artists & their practice. A reflection on the birth of the project\, the artists’ experience\, beautiful unreleased pictures AND a whole lot of articles\, sharing and poetry from the extended Disturbance community. The publication will also be the starting point of our living archive. It will be available with print on demand as well as during the launch. \n  \nPrice list \n– Publication £12 + Sending \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/publication/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230330T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230330T220000
DTSTAMP:20230302T134702Z
CREATED:20230302T123939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230302T134702Z
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SUMMARY:The Ugly Duck Project
DESCRIPTION:The Ugly Duck Project\nExperience all-female music group Synchrony give a vibrant and intimate performance in one of London’s most unique art venues. \nJoin us on Thursday 30 March for an exciting musical night with chamber ensemble Synchrony playing the extraordinary works of Stravinsky\, Bartók\, Ligeti and Florence Maunders. Chairs will be provided\, but feel free to bring cushions and yoga mats for a different experience of live music! \nAs part of the project\, 30 tickets will be made available (for a nominal fee) to girls with an interest in music from local secondary schools\, and who may not have had an opportunity to experience world-class live chamber music. Invitations will also be sent to Phoenix Place\, a specialist school for students with social\, emotional\, mental health needs\, SEN or complex needs. \nSynchrony aims to celebrate women in music and dismantle the perceived barrier between performers and audience\, by making ourselves and our music accessible to anyone. \nAs with most performance projects\, ticket sales don’t cover our overheads\, and so we rely on philanthropic support and sponsorship to bring our projects to life. \nFor more information\, tickets or sponsorship packages\, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/512781753027
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/synchrony/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck Loft\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230320T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230515T210000
DTSTAMP:20230227T120554Z
CREATED:20220607T230048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230227T120554Z
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SUMMARY:Lunarrr Playgroundz
DESCRIPTION:Lunarrr Playgroundz\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:\nLunarrr Playgroundz is an experimental open coven that tries to offer safe(r) spaces of spiritual inquiry\, transformation and healing for the queer community and its wonderful allies.\n\nThe project unfolds through ritual-workshops in accordance with the phases of the moon. It is held by the main facilitator b y u k a (they/ them)\, as well as by invited guest queer magic practitioners. Some of the themes we explore are:\n\nWays of queering and embodying the tarot\nElemental magic\nQueer ancestor altars\nRebirth rituals\nShapeshifting techniques &\nHow to create relationships to non-human familiars\nFrameworks for moon worship\nWays of befriending grief\nBlood magic\nAstrology\nTranspersonal Psychology\nChaos Magick\nAlchemy\n\nThe project unfolds through the lens of moon magic- an ancestral and animist ritual technology. This framework can help us reclaim our embodied cyclical rhythm of living\, and guide us into how to honour both our phases of growth and celebration\, as well as our grief\, rest and reflection. Like the moon\, we wax and wane.\n\nInstead of the linear\, productivity-driven timelines of patriarchal capitalism\, we devote ourselves to the creative flow woven by the magnificent planetary dance between the moon and the earth – which directs the seasonal changes\, the movement of tides and our planet’s axis. As we are mammals who are birthed\, fed and held between the cosmic and the earthly landscapes – we are made and unmade by these rhythms. Like the moon\, we wax and wane.\n\nEmpowering our lunar bodies can help us rebel against the industrial\, machine-like clock that dominates our lives and our relationship to the ecosystems. Our lunar bodies can dream into being futurities that bloom with collective care\, care that heals us from the violent spells of hierarchy\, binaries and normativity. Futurities that are guided by myths & stories full of playfulness\, solidarity\, rest. Full of camp hybrids\, sacred disruptors\, wise fools. Full of recycled altars\, ceremonial raves and sensuous technologies.\n\nThe project also asks the question- what is queer magic?\n\nLunarrr Playgroundz – both as a magical praxis & as an embodied mythology that is being collectively written- is inherently queer. Strange\, fluid\, playful. The moon is a shapeshifter.\n\nThe moon transitions all the time- from one phase to the other\, showing us its many faces\, energies and qualities via an intricate dance of reflected sunlight\, darkness\, vulnerability and power. It’s a performative ceremony of many genders\, many kinds of prayers\, many pains and many sensualities – gifted to an entire galaxy.\n\nLunar magic framework\n( to be taken as a poetic invitation and not as a recipe! 🙂\n\nWaning Moon\nAs our lunar satellite veils itself into cosy shadows- darkness slowly becomes an intimate cocoon of focus\, reassessment and rest. For half of the cycle- we can witness the tender beauty of the moon’s disappearance. Each night they sacrifice more and more of their shining skins\, teaching us about the sacred necessity of retrieval.\n\nWhat is no longer serving our needs? What layers of being are shedding and need ceremonial acknowledgement? How can we make friends with our shadows? With the sides of ourselves that we have outcasted? That we are terrified or ashamed of? Our exhaustion\, our anger\, our strangeness?\n\nThe waning moon invites us to connect deeper to our grief – so that we know more clearly what we need to let go of in order to respect our own becoming.\n\nWe acknowledge that the seeds of renewal are buried in the universe’s magical acts of disappearance. Of loss. Of letting go. Of sacrifice. Our futurities lay in the soil’s dark womb\, as we learn how to surrender in the dance of death and rebirth- breathing in and breathing out. As we give birth to ourselves into new shapes of joy\, we leave parts of us as offerings to the land\, to rot and home themselves into the mycelial networks. The past versions of ourselves become compost for our new desires and dreams to flourish.\n\nNew Moon\nThe sun and the moon are completely aligned. There is no light emanating towards us. The world is at a stillpoint. We hide\, cocoon ourselves like a dark moon\, we root ourselves into the unseen\, back to the forces of creative mystery that weave our livelihoods together. Back into the nest of dreams our queer and blood ancestors built. We pause with them so that their blessings and pains can inform our future journeys. Through this darkness we remember the wombic warmth from which life is born\, the darkness of deep soil as it homes a seed\, the point 0 from which all beginnings take place. Through this process we become intimate with our desires and offer them space\, as we water them with our powers and plan for the next lunar cycle.\n\nWaxing Moon\nLike the moon\, we shapeshift\, transition and baptise new desires and needs into expression.\nAs the light of the moon starts growing\, we reflect on our own relationship to growth and empowerment: the fears\, excitement\, hardship and tenderness that show up in the process. The waxing moon invites us to follow the momentum\, recalibrate\, expand. How does it feel to take space? To gather? To build? What is our support system while we do so? What offerings of time\, space\, kindness and patience does this birth need?\nWhat is commitment? What is devotion?\n\nFull Moon\nReaching the full moon – it’s high time we celebrate and bathe in the acceptance and gratitude of what we birthed into expression until now. We can bring offerings to our allies who supported our journeys – humans\, plants\, land\, planets and spirits.\nWho is your family? By blood\, by choice\, by devotion? How does your thank you look like? How much of you and your time you pour into learning how to celebrate them and the life around you?\nThe full moon also allows us to sense where we are in our relationship to power and expression: are we fully allowing ourselves to shine? To be seen? To manifest? With ourselves in our full splendour? With our delicious mistakes\, with our awkward joy\, with our ecstasy? Our needs and longings? The full moon is also a time for fun. Pleasure for pleasure’s sake. Ritual raves\, healing spells\nof laughter and uncensored howls.\n\nFor who\nLunarrr Playgroundz is a container of queer magic for the queer community and its allies.\nAll workshops will play with movement\, breathwork\, voice and writing in different measures\, depending on the theme and facilitator- but you will always be in charge of how you wish to interact with our suggestions and guidance\, as well as the intensity and rhythm which feels pleasureful and needed to you on the day.\nThere are no prerequisites for the rituals. Any levels of movement or magical practice are\nwelcomed: from curious creatures to baby witches & to geeky magicians who speak crow language! (if you do\, please message for a skill swap 🙂\n\nUnfortunately the space is not accessible by wheelchair.\nFor any questions feel free to email: @byuka.krow@gmail.com
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/lunarrr/
LOCATION:Ugly Duck\, 47/49 Tanner Street SE13PL\, LONDON\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Second Skin: THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE
DESCRIPTION:Second Skin & Ugly Duck presents the UK premiere of the film THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE by Marie Losier followed by a Q&A with the director.\nUgly Duck presents the UK premiere of the film THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE by Marie Losier followed by a Q&A with the director.\nAn intimate\, affecting portrait of the life and work of groundbreaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle\, Psychic TV) and their other half and collaborator\, Lady Jaye\, centered around the daring transformations the pair underwent for their “Pandrogyne” project. \nP-Orridge is revealed as an innate artist who inflects and illuminates every aspect of existence\, high and low\, exalted and humble\, with a singular sensibility; Losier’s film captures the poignant paradoxes\, the ecstasies and burdens\, of the transformation of life into art.\n– Richard Brody\, The New Yorker \n“Marie’s technique is very revolutionary. Most documentaries – and I’ve been in a lot of documentaries\, I’ve been in Joy Division\, Brion Gysin\, Burroughs\, Derek Jarman documentaries – all kinds of stuff. But they’re all the same: they sit you down and they stick a camera at you and it’s just your head\, and you’re just going blah\, blah\, blah\, blah\, blah… and it’s very ordinary. There’s nothing very interesting and radical happening. But with Marie there’s animation and she gets you to wear the most ludicrous costumes and do these bizarre things that at the time you’re doing them you’re thinking\, what the hell has this got to do with my life?\nBut when it’s all assembled\, it’s like Fellini meets documentary. It’s a very new\, radical way of making documentaries\, and quite honestly\, we think that what Marie does and the way she does it will be the template for the future.\nShe is totally unique\, very deep with a great sense of joy and emotions below her humor.”\n—Genesis Breyer P-Orridge \nShot on 16mm\, Color\, 72 mn. With Genesis P-Orridge\, Lady Jaye\, Psychic TV… Produced by Marie Losier Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival FORUM\, in 2011\nFilm Distributed by \n\nEPICENTRE FILMS (Paris-France)\nKINO ARSENAL (Berlin-Germany)\nADOPT FILMS (NYC-USA)\n\nSecond Skin\nSecond Skin is the names of a series of evenings exploring multiple trans-identities through films\, performances and discussions. The first one took place in March 2022 showcasing the UK premiere of HERMAN@S (SiblingX) by H. Alix Mourrier. \nUgly Duck’s ground floors HUB and GARAGE are both fully accessible. The access route for wheelchair users is via the car park into the Garage. We have one fully accessible toilet. All toilets are gender neutral. There are benches and chairs accessible in the space to sit down. If you need us to help facilitate your visit to Ugly Duck please contact us at general@uglyduck.org.uk and we will do our best to help you to plan your visit. Ugly Duck is run by queer and queer “friendly” staff. All of us have basic training in inclusivity and accessibility.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/genesis/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:DOING BETTER WITH WORSE
DESCRIPTION:DOING BETTER WITH WORSE\nFounded in 2018\, A Particular Reality (APR) is an inter-institutional collective focussed on building creative learning environments upon values of anti-racism\, care and collaboration. Formed by students\, alumni\, and educators from the Art Departments at Goldsmiths University of London\, Kingston School of Art\, Manchester Metropolitan and Middlesex University; APR is committed to providing a non-hierarchical space to support marginalised students and staff\, within and beyond practice-based higher education. \nThe artists in this show have all\, in some capacity\, worked with APR undergraduate students tackling the large\, unsaid questions that often go ignored in institutional learning. \nFurther reflecting on these questions around self-advocation\, self-protection and economic uncertainty\, ‘DOING BETTER WITH WORSE’ is a freeform meditation on our tendency to turn towards speculative thinking to briefly circumvent precarity\, uncertainty and burnout. \nBy dodging the constraints of the present and the real\, these artists embellish/exaggerate/dress-up narratives around identity with folklore\, mythology\, pop-culture and science fiction. The result is a diverse selection of works that refuse to speak about institutional problems in institutional languages\, pointedly preferring to create tongues of their own. \nMARION ASCHBACHER @aschbachermarion \nHAZEL BLAIR @hazelnblair \nCHRISTOPHER BOND @skysportz \nLORI-ANN BURGESS @loriannburgess \nVITTOR CAMILO @vittorcamilo \nJOHANNA DE VERDIER @_deverdier \nLEILY MOGHTADER MOJDEHI @mojjyart \nFRANCESCA TELLING @francescatelling
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/dbww/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230225T150000
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SUMMARY:Grief Tending Workshop for the Trans Community
DESCRIPTION:Grief Tending Workshop for the Trans Community. A space where we build trust and safety\, connecting with our bodies and with one another.  \n– space held by Matisse Ciel – \n3 hours workshop where we will share space together. We will start by building a sense of trust and safety between us\, and then connect with and move our bodies. Then I will offer activities to build an expression of our grief and share collectively to witness each other. A good amount of time will be allocated for rest and preparing ourselves to go back outside. \n  \nI am a white french\, trans and genderfluid\, neurodivergent and chronic-pained artist\, who experiences depression and chronic suicidality. I experience grief as a constant\, I feel it every day move through my body\, its heavy and relentless waves crashing on my inner shores. \nI want us to have a space\, a moment and a mess of trans people to allow us to be in presence with the chaos of grief\, witness and hold each other in it. \nI believe that trans-only spaces are the fiercest and softest spaces I’ve ever been into. If there is a shore I want to grieve on it’s ours. \nI’m sad\, I’m sick\, I’m struck-grieven\, I’m crazy\, I’m fucked up and I’m enraged. \nI know that all of this is choking my body and my breath when I can’t move through it. \nI invite you to come feel your grief – whichever form it may take. \n  \nI want to hold space for us\, for the versions of us that have lost all hope\, the ones who never want to wake up\, the ones who want to break everything\, the ones who wish someone could hold them but cannot fathom to be touched\, the ones who would be touched but have no one around\, the ones who had words for their experiences and never had anyone to witness them so they faded away\, the ones who cannot let grief be heard because they have to stay strong to pay rent and care for the ones around them\, the ones who want to be able to laugh before they let themselves cry\, the ones who can’t trust anymore but still want to give it a try. The ones I haven’t known yet. \n  \nAccessibility \nThe space is wheelchair accessible. (Please dm me as I will come to get you by the garage door.) \nBring whatever you need to feel at home – what you need to drink\, to eat\, warm clothes that you feel good in to move or just breathe. A blanket is welcome for resting and feeling held. \nThe co-op nearby Ugly Duck is closed now\, so if you need to buy supplies before please plan ahead. This space is permission-given\, anything you need\, you can do it. There are gender-neutral toilets that are in the space so you can go in and out of them without needing to go far. \n  \nMy dms are open for any questions-doubts\, communicating your needs and hopes and you can also message me at diamondash50@gmail.com
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/workshop-2/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T183000
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DTSTAMP:20230224T200659Z
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SUMMARY:£Brown
DESCRIPTION:The core idea of the showcase is to be able to put on something that you wish you could do in your home country. \nFascism and conservative governments in the subcontinent\, extremist groups and conservative masses\, have made expression through art difficult and unsafe. Oftentimes\, it’s not just the criticism that gets censored\, but also stories of queer joy\, female sexuality and pleasure. \nThis showcase is a platform to be as radical\, experimental and political with their art and mediums that the artists wish to be\, drawing from their lived experiences as a South Asian person. \nThe programme will be a mixture of visual and performing artists. Each performance pieces will be under 30 minutes. \nAbout  £brown\nBrown pounds is the perceived purchasing power of British asian/black communities\, that a lot of advertisers\, companies and agencies tap on. Like any other capitalistic model\, it’s a cycle of working to earn and purchase\, leading to the commodification of brown identities and cashing on brown labour to sell\, well\, chai tea latte. \n £brown is a satirical commentary on the same. It is an attempt to spend brown pounds on brown artists. (Hear that\, prime minister?) \nArtists \nAmani Saeed – Spoken Word Artist \nTeenasi Balamu \nSarah Khan  \nLady Bushra 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/brown/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:“      ”  Quote unquote
DESCRIPTION:“ ” Quote Unquote attempts to reveal the absurdity of the juxtaposing absence and presence in certain social gestures by representing different levels of visibility\, authority and extractivism. “ ” Quote Unquote is a curatorial project generated from resisting the hegemony of patriarchal narratives. \n\nIn its first edition\, we are pleased to present 16 artists of Chinese descent\, whose works emerge as collective responses to recent social and domestic brutalities against women and sexual minorities in China. Their works revolve around exploring diverse cultural facets of identity politics practice\, in the context of inquiring about the relationship between excessive self-censorship and patriarchal hegemony in the authoritative system of governance. Ideologies that celebrate compliance towards patriarchal society are well constructed and promoted by the nation through cultural products and mass media discourse.\n \nThis utterly impedes marginalised individuals both economically and politically in establishing and preserving sustained subjectivity\, not to mention the psychological coping mechanisms required to perceive and detox the hidden pain generated by experiencing these public events.\n \nIn the London milieu which is comparatively tolerant towards transgenderism and postgenderism\, this exhibition intends to showcase the subtlety of the sense of misalignment and incongruity\, exploring the difference between the productive rhythms of identity politics in China and others.\n\n\nShowcasing Artists:\nCeleste Viv Ly @virtio.djvu\nChen Yuchen @worchen\nKai Yan Cheung @jeskaiyan\nMoyu Yang @m0m0999999999\nPortia yuran li @portia__lee\nRaw2.2 @raw2.2\nUchercie @Uchercie\nVIN @vinxxchen\nWilliam Zou @zouwilliam\nXicheng Lu @breadquinnn\nXinyu Xu @xinyuiris\nYige Tong @ y11ge\nZhu qia @zhu_qia\nZhikang Cai @kaia1o\nZinong Zhang@zinong.zhang\nZeus Li @lizeqize\n\n\nHosted by @weareuglyduck\nCurated by @uchercie\nProduced by @a.phantom.city \nhttps://uglyduck.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Quote-Unquote.mp4
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/quote-unquote/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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