| 16 February - 21 May |
| Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian
Culture |
| A major festival of art, music, film, theatre
and dance celebrating Tropicalia - the cultural revolution
that re-defined Brazilian art, music and fashion in the 1960s
and beyond. |
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC1
Link
here |
| 1 March - 8 April |
| Strangers With Angelic Faces |
| Strangers With Angelic Faces
exhibits the work of Turkish and British artists. Showing
primarily video, new media and photography based practices
the exhibition seeks to explore the boundaries and intersections
of what it means to be a stranger |
The Triangle, 129-131 Mare Street, Hackney,
E8 3RH
Link
here |
| 10 March - 27 April |
| Favela Rising |
| Set in Rio de Janeiro's most
feared and violent favela (slum), the film follows the story
of Anderson Sa, a former drug-trafficker who turned his back
on crime to re-connect with his community. Having seen friends
and family members murdered, Sa decided to fight back against
the teenage drug armies and corrupt police force turning everyday
life into a never-ending cycle of violence and tragedy. |
ICA, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH.
Link
here |
| 11 April, 18.30–20.30 |
| Black British Art: Reconstituting the Canon |
| Writer Tariq Ali;
cultural critic and artistic director of the Institute of
Contemporary Arts, Ekow Eshun; Tate curator
Mike Phillips; historian Tristram
Hunt; and writer and curator David A Bailey
come together to consider the reconstitution of the British
art canon. |
Tate Britain Auditorium , Millbank, London
SW1P 4RG
Link here |
| 21 April - 5 May |
| London Palestine Film Festival
2006 |
The 2006 festival runs for
two weeks, showcasing the finest in films on the subject of
Palestine, with particular focus on films made by Palestinians.
Incorporating both
documentary and fiction work, the festival provides a unique
forum for the exhibition of a broad range of work by both
new and established directors, writers and producers. |
| Link
here |
| 2 May, 18.30–20.00 |
| Michael Taussig |
Distinguished anthropologist
Michael Taussig’s work has investigated the history
of African slavery, commodity fetishism, the impact of colonialism
on shamanism and folk healing, and the relevance of Modernism
and postmodernist aesthetics for the understanding of ritual.
Taussig’s talk addresses issues raised in the work of
Malaysian-born artist Simryn Gill. |
Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern,
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Link
here |
| 3 May, 13.00 |
| Eric Hobsbawm: Public Order in an Age of Violence |
| The first series of Birkbeck
Public Lunchtime Lectures begins in May 2006 concentrates
upon the theme of ‘Violence’. |
| Clore Management building
(room B.01), Birkbeck, Torrington Square, WC1
Link
here |
| 10 May, 18.30 |
| Paul Gilroy: Multi-culture in
times of war |
| Professor Paul Gilroy is the
first holder of the Anthony Giddens Professorship in Social
Theory at LSE. He is best known for his work on racism, nationalism
and ethnicity and his original approach to the history of
the African Diaspora into the western hemisphere. |
| LSE, Old Theatre, Old Building,
Houghton Street. London WC2A 2AE
Link
here |
| 13 May |
| ICA/PEN Migrations of the Mind conference |
| Writers are the ideas-traffickers
of the twenty-first century. Smuggled inside novels, plays
and memoirs they transmit thoughts across borders. Migrations
of the Mind is a day-long PEN/ICA conference to coincide with
International Writers Day and to prefigure the ICA’s upcoming
exhibition Around the World in Eighty Days - a day in honour
of the literary migrants who fuse cultures, challenge received
wisdom, and open up new spaces for everyone to inhabit. |
| Cinema 1, ICA, The Mall, London,
SW1Y 5AH.
Link
here |
| 15 May - 17 May |
| 3rd Workshop on Critical Approaches to International
Law: The Force of International Law |
| The workshop will run from
early afternoon on Monday May 15th until mid-afternoon on
Wednesday May 17th. Antony Anghie and Wendy
Brown will be plenary speakers at the 3rd Workshop
on Critical Approaches to International Law: The Force of
International Law. |
| Brunei Gallery, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG.
Link
here |
| 17 May, 13.00 |
| Joanna Bourke: Reflections on the History
of Sexual Violence |
| The first series of Birkbeck Public Lunchtime
Lectures begins in May 2006 concentrates upon the theme of
‘Violence’. |
Clore Management building (room B.01), Birkbeck,
Torrington Square, WC1
Link
here |
| 17 May, 18.30–20.30 |
| Black British Art: The Revolt of the Artists
|
| Organisations such as Autograph,
inIVA and Rich Mix are led and run by artists and major cultural
figures. Does this signal a new approach and new dispensation
for the practice of Black British art? Sociologist and chair
of inIVA, Stuart Hall is joined by Autograph
director, Mark Sealey. |
| Tate Britain Auditorium ,
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Link
here |
| 23 May, 18.30–20.30 |
| Black British Art: A Marker of Identity? |
| Sonia Boyce
discusses her recent commission for the European Union building
in Brussels, and cultural critic Tabish Khair
joins curator Indra Khanna and writer Kwame
Kwei-Armah to debate the canonical role of major
figures such as Chris Ofili, David
Adjaye and Yinka Shonibare. |
| Tate Britain Auditorium ,
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Link
here |
| 31 May , 13.00 |
| Slavoj Zizek: A Plea for Ethical Violence |
| The first series of Birkbeck Public Lunchtime
Lectures begins in May 2006 concentrates upon the theme of
‘Violence’. |
Clore Management building (room B.01), Birkbeck,
Torrington Square, WC1
Link
here |
| 14 June , 13.00 |
| Bernard Crick: When is Political Violence
Justified? |
| The first series of Birkbeck Public Lunchtime
Lectures begins in May 2006 concentrates upon the theme of
‘Violence’. |
Clore Management building (room B.01), Birkbeck,
Torrington Square, WC1
Link
here |
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