Events

@DISTURBANCE // SOUTHWARK LGBTQI+ SPECIAL We are over the moon to announce the support from local organisation Team London Bridge to continue our experimentation around dance, performance, video art and live stream with our project @Disturbance. @Disturbance is a platform supporting diversity, underrepresented bodies and voices in the arts. It aims at transcending boundaries between digital &…

@DISTUBANCE: SHOWCASE OF QUEER PERFORMANCES & VIDEO ART TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DIGITAL & PHYSICAL SPACE. https://vimeo.com/543149207 After the success of our first @Disturbance show in October 2020 Ugly Duck are coming back with a new selection of queer experimentations around dance, performance and video art using livestream as our creative medium. On the 24th February…

Niya B | Ekdysis   Single-channel video In Greek mythology, the seer Tiresias was allegedly transformed into a woman for seven years for disturbing two copulating snakes on Mount Cyllene. Niya B re-reads this myth from an eco-transfeminist lens through ritual performances, workshops and sonic explorations. The project is called ‘Ekdysis’ – the biological term referring…

WINGS BY LEAH KIRBY - RESIDENCY AND INDUSTRY SHARING On 9th July 2021 WINGS (work in progress) will be presented at Ugly Duck, following a two-week research and development period supported by Arts Council and The Chateau. A project that has built significant momentum despite being birthed mid-pandemic, WINGS is essential viewing for anyone interested…

TERMINAL BY RCA - EXHIBITION Terminal is not where; it’s when. When flights were indefinitely delayed. When the desolated underground acted out dystopias, devoid of passengers. When communities dispersed across the globe, separated by miles and time Zones. When confinement. When it felt like the end — terminus from Latin. For the neo-nomads, lobby-room dwellers, coffee-shop inhabitants — creatures…