Posts Tagged ‘performance art’
Hackney Showroom announces JOY & DISSENT: A festival of cultural activism from 27 March – 9 April
To celebrate their 2nd birthday, creative and cultural space Hackney Showroom has put together an outstanding programme of cutting edge new performance, bringing together 20 new shows & 80 artists
Read MoreRagnar Kjartansson, Barbican, review: ‘ethereal and endearingly dorky’
The work of Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson is hypnotic and strange but enormously engaging
Read MoreRagnar Kjartansson, Barbican, review: 'ethereal and endearingly dorky'
The work of Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson is hypnotic and strange but enormously engaging
Read MoreA celebration of the body: the work of performance artist Poppy Jackson
Poppy Jackson, who caused a stir last November with a performance that saw her sit naked on the roof of Toynbee Hall, talks about the wider significance of artwork and the female body in public spaces
Read MoreTo treat naked artist Poppy Jackson as a joke is to dismiss something powerful
Straddling the roof of Toynbee Hall, Jackson’s performance at Spill festival was a daring piece of experimental art. So why did most media reports reduce it to the lowest common denominator?
Read MoreHackney Wick gallery Performance Space is one of a kind
Boundary pushing art venue unique in the UK
Read MoreA very Hackney WickED weekend
Despite the rain, Hackney WickED’s excursion to Red Market was a resounding success
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