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SUMMARY:My Blood Is My Voice - Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:MY BLOOD IS MY VOICE\nWORKSHOP SERIES\n7th Jan\, 4th Feb & 3rd March 2024\n  \n\n\nBringing the new year in with community vocal work\, My Blood Is My Voice draws from the neuroqueer experience to facilitate ‘collaborative embodied sounding’ – a type of vocal improvisation which invites deep listening to both the individual body and the collective body as a healing practice. No songs to learn & no such thing as out of tune – this series of workshops focuses on elemental visualisation as a way to find vocal frequencies which can open a deep resonance with the self and others. \n\nThe workshop series is part of a year long residency that is culminating with a live gig-installation at Ugly Duck\, on 10th & 11th April 2024. Check out the tickets via the link above! \nWho For? \nThese workshops would suit folks looking to use their voice in an explorative and improvised way. People with vocal blockages\, disembodied feelings and a longing for being heard in community. Singers who are tired of being stuck in the brain and want to get into the body. You don’t need to be a singer to attend! Much of this work focuses on sounds made with phonetics and the breath. Although this workshop is open to all\, we ask that attendees are mindful of who this space has been opened up for and why. We are a collective of diverse and divergent queer folk seeking to create spaces that we feel safe(r) in. We want our spaces to do this openly. This workshop is queer lead\, consent lead\, and trauma informed on gender identity. Some of our other workshops and events will be closed to create safer environments for community building. If you have any questions\, please ask.\n\nMore about My Blood Is My Voice Project:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Blood Is My Voice is a ritual gig theatre & 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. We look to work in non-hierarchical modes of writing. Devising & composing music collectively & collaboratively through shared lived experience & magical practice. Deconstructing the gender binary of how the human voice should sound. We bear witness to freedom of expression in catharsis. However ugly. However wild. We are here to make space\, give space & take space generously. To surrender and give to our collective power. \nWe create vocal ‘noisescapes’ collectively to explore questions: \nWhat binds and separates our voice to identity? \nWhat permits us to speak to our ancestry? \nWhat does group vocal work bring out in community? \nHow do we identify with transformation\, with stepping into our true collective form? \n\nExplore a multisensory world built around the power of the collective human voice and how its ancestry shapes our connection to life beyond. After a year long in residency at Ugly Duck\, artists Porscha Present\, Tobi Adebajo\, Winter James\, Reyhan Yusuf\, Yuki Nakayama & Harshini J. Karunaratne bring their voices together to explore embodied relational practices through deep listening; exploring queer & neuroqueer futures with improvisation as a way to find the healing power of collective voice.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/mybloodismyvoice/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Martin O'Brien's DISCHARGE
DESCRIPTION:Martin O’Brien and Future Ritual present\nDISCHARGE\nSymposium & Performances\nDISCHARGE was a notorious performance art event dedicated to presenting difficult\, radical and marginalised performance work. Curated by artist Martin O’Brien and hosted by kink and fetish clubs in London\, DISCHARGE embraced the endless possibilities of the performance space for aesthetic\, physical\, and political art and experimentation. \nA decade later\, DISCHARGE returns with a special one-off day of performances\, talks and films reflecting on sickness\, queerness\, death\, disability and immortality. \nPhoto credit: Zack Mennell.\n\nFull programme to be announced in January 2024. \n  \nSymposium // 14.00 to 17.00 // £8//£10 \nPerformances // 19.00 to 22.30 // £12//£15//£18 \nFull day // 14.00 to 22.30 // £16//£20 \n\nMartin O’Brien\, Overture for the End (An Ashen Place)\, Whitechapel Gallery\, 2023. Photo by Fenia Kotsopoulou. \n\n\n\nThis is a ticketed event\, however if you face significant financial barriers\, please email producing@futureritual.co.uk and we can arrange a reduced price or free ticket. DISCHARGE is curated by Martin O’Brien and presented by Future Ritual in partnership with Ugly Duck. It is supported with public funds by Arts Council England. \n  \nAccessibility \nWe can provide BSL interpretation for both the syposium and performances should this be wanted. There is space on the order form to note this. \nUgly Duck’s ground floors HUB and GARAGE are both wheelchair accessible. The access route for wheelchair users is via the car park into the Garage. We have one  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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAge restriction: 16+ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTerms & Conditions\n\n\n\nTickets are non-refundable.\nThe live performances demonstrate explicit content drawing on different lifestyles\, belief\, and especially expressions of gender and sexuality.\nContent may not be suitable for a general audience and unsuitable for the young. Parents are advised to make an informed choice for their children.\nAttendance at the event is at your discretion. Behaviour that disrupts\, endangers or disrespects other attendees and performers will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave.
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/discharge/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the UK
DESCRIPTION:welcome to the uk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Welcome To The UK” is a group exhibition and performance\, which aim to discuss how visa policies have affected people’s lives. The curatorial vision of “Welcome To The UK” aims to inquire into the material\, affective\, performative\, spatial and identity politics of cross-border human mobility through a tangible practice that zooms in the intricate border infrastructures entangled with people’s everyday lives\, via a figurative space – a pop-up airport.” \nThe group show will be discussing social politics around creatives living in the UK with visas\, how the visa policy influence/dominate people’s lives\, practices\, plans and identity etc.\, across different medium and forms by various artists\, with 3 core concepts:\n• Airport – The show venue\n• Luggage – The Space of Space\n• The process of artwork setup – a part of the show \nWhile “being wherever you want” seems to be a self-evident freedom of movement\, it not only represents “possibilities”\, but is also tied up with social mobility and deeply determined by privilege. Privilege is rooted in our lives\, it can come from socio-economic\, historical and cultural contexts\, or even luck\, and it shapes every aspect of our lives. \nWelcome everyone to enter a pop-up “airport” and walk into the inside world of someone’s swing life — a life full of complex identities\, precarity and dreams\, as the metastability of the LUGGAGE\, it is “ready to move”\, and the finiteness of the LUGGAGE\, it is “constrained by multiple conditions”. \nThis show supported by Ugly Duck \nWe strive to keep our ticket prices as low as possible to facilitate everybody’s attendance. However\, if you are able to\, please consider making a donation of £5-£10 in support of this local independent art venue. \n 
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/welcome/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Spring Immersion
DESCRIPTION:Spring Immersion\n\nBotswana-born Award-Winning Artist\, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile\, Embarks on “Spring Immersion” Residency at Ugly Duck\nDuring her residency\, Botswana-born interdisciplinary artist\, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile\, embarks on a transformative exploration of decoloniality through a multi-disciplinary artistic lens. Katlego’s work delves into the intricate intersections of borders and boundaries\, offering a profound reflection on how these physical divisions inspire disruptive and hybrid art-making practices. Her residency becomes a canvas for breaking down societal constraints\, revealing the potential for unity and shared humanity.Katlego’s “Spring Immersion” is a creative journey that not only ventures into decolonial discourse but also serves as a poignant continuation of her contemplation on grief\, loss\, temporality\, and archiving. \n \n\nThrough her art\, she skilfully weaves together narratives that transcend temporal and spatial constraints\, creating a rich tapestry that resonates with diverse audiences. Katlego’s residency promises to be a captivating odyssey\, where her artistic vision challenges preconceptions\, fostering dialogue and understanding. As she navigates the blurred lines of traditional art forms\, Katlego emerges as a trailblazer\, pushing the boundaries of expression and contributing to the ever-evolving conversation on identity\, belonging\, and the shared human experience.\n \n\nIn the build-up to the performance\, on March 24th \, Kol-Kes will facilitate a community writing workshop open to the public featuring a walking tour of Queer London through Global Voices Theatre. As a founding member of the Queer Tours of Londoncollective\, Kol-Kes is fond of archiving as advocacy. \n\n\n\nGlobal Voices Theatre staged the first reading of Kol-Kes’ short play\, Talking Heads\, in 2019 as part of the Global Queer Voices festival.\n \nThe residency will culminate in the public installation / performance Atenti… at Ugly Duck on 6 April 2024 \n \nThe “Spring Immersion” is made possible through support from Ugly Duck\, Off/Track\, Global Voices Theatre and the National Arts Council of Botswana. \n \n\nFor media inquiries\, please contact: \ngeneral@uglyduck.org.uk
URL:https://uglyduck.org.uk/event/spring-immersion/
LOCATION:Hub / Garage\, 49 Tanner Street\, London\, SE1 3PL\, United Kingdom
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