What's On
An overview of forthcoming events supported through our Current Projects. Please click into More Info on each event for more information and how to book. For a full list of Jerwood Visual Arts exhibitions and events please visit www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Jerwood Encounters: Formed Thoughts
Curated by Clare Twomey
18 January - 26 February 2012
Curator Clare Twomey brings together work by artists Phoebe Cummings, Glithero (Tim Simpson & Sarah van Gameren) and Tracey Rowledge to explore the active dialogue that materials provoke in the conception of new work and in its physical formation.
‘Material use is a given in the making of art and craft objects. In this curation I address the use of materials from artists who predominately make contributions to practice within the areas of material specific works, engaging the materials as co authors.’ Clare Twomey, 2011
Works on display will include three new works in Glithero’s Burn Burn Burn series (previous work pictured), in which a flame travels over a path of flammable screen-printed paint, leaving behind it a charcoal trace which reveals the memory of a moment that has already passed. Phoebe Cummings’ Vanitas explores the possibilities of clay as a raw material, disregarding notions of ceramics as a studio-based practice and as permanent possessions. Her installation will be constructed on site at Jerwood Space, where the work will be left to disintegrate and be broken down over the course of the exhibition. Tracey Rowledge will create new work for the exhibition, drawing directly onto the gallery wall over a 10-day period. Her work explores the quality and history of a familiar material to create an intricate language which juxtaposes the familiar with the unfamiliar.
Bingo
By Edward Bond
16 February - 31 March 2012
FOR SIX WEEKS ONLY, PATRICK STEWART AS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The glory years of London behind him, William Shakespeare finds himself in an overwhelming moral dilemma. Like his greatest creation King Lear, he has to decide: what shall he do with his money and his power?
Aurora Orchestra: Far, far away
13 March 2012
Foot-pounding five-piece folk band Harry Oakwood joins Aurora for a concert inspired by journeys both real and imagined. Iconic works by Wagner and Copland sit alongside Julian Anderson’s dazzling Alhambra Fantasy; new commissions from the winners of the 2011 BBC Inspire Young Composers’ Competition; and original music by Harry. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, this performance celebrates Aurora’s Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award.
Collectif and Then... Lost Post
CircusFest 2012
30 March - 1 April 2012
A brand new circus show from emerging circus company Collectif and then... fusing contemporary movement with inventive aerial skills
Inspired by an extract from Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in which the islands of New York drift apart and separate friends, families and lovers, the show explores what happens when communication reaches breaking point. The performers play with adhoc ways of communicating, old and new: paper planes, carrier pigeons, smoke signals, cup and string...
Kate Hewitt: Wild Swans
13 April - 13 May 2012
China at the heart of the 20th Century. A nation transformed beyond recognition.
Through the eyes of one fiercely courageous family,Wild Swans takes us on a journey from the early days of Communist hope and struggle, through the chaos and confusion of Mao's Cultural Revolution to the birth of a superpower.
An astonishing human story, Wild Swans has sold 13 million copies in 36 languages, making it the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history.
Vivienne Franzmann: The Witness
Jerwood New Playwrights at The Royal Court
1 - 30 June 2012
'Sometimes when I think of going back. I feel like I could run there. It’s like I'm being called back. I know it sounds ridiculous. And sometimes I don't give a shit about any of it and I just want to stack shelves for the rest of my life.’
Captured in an award-winning shot Alex was rescued from Rwanda and adopted by the man behind the lens. Back from uni and returning to where she was raised the distance between father and daughter stretches taut. In the dark room of a Hampstead home a long hidden secret is slowly exposed in a flash of revelation.
Vivienne Franzmann’s new play is a piercing and dark thriller of modern morals.
Emily Howard & Second Movement: Zatopek!
Small Grants: PRSF 20x12
15 June 2012
Zatopek! is a 12 minute chamber opera by Emily Howard and Second Movement for baritone, mezzo, adult and youth chorus and mixed ensemble, inspired by legendary Czech Olympian, long distance runner Emil Zatopek (1922-2000). In 1954 Zatopek set a new world record for the 5000m running the distance in 13:57 minutes. Emily Howard and Second Movement will have just a little less time to celebrate his life and times from the starting pistol of his international breakthrough at the London 1948 Olympics to the final finish line.
