Serpentine Gallery Spring Season
Exhibition / Artist’s Talk / Conference / Film Premiere
Exhibition
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Until 5 June
Hans-Peter Feldmann rose to prominence in the early 1970s, earning worldwide acclaim for his expansive and encyclopedic photographic series. Often presented in the form of books, posters, postcards and installations, these collections link Feldmann’s life-long fascination with collecting elements of visual culture. His exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery is his first solo presentation in a London public gallery.
10am–6pm daily, admission free
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London W2 3XA
Public Talk
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Tuesday 24 April 2012
On the occasion of his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, artist Hans-Peter Feldmann talks about his work with the Gallery’s Co-Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist at Victoria & Albert Museum.
7pm
Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
The Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
Concessions available from the Victoria & Albert Museum Box Office: +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Conference with Homi Bhabha
Poetics of Anxiety and Security: the Problem of Speech and Action in Our Time
Friday 27–Saturday 28 April 2012
The Serpentine Gallery is hosting a two-day conference exploring key works by poet W.H. Auden and political theorist Hannah Arendt. Led by internationally-renowned Harvard academic Homi Bhabha, participants will investigate Auden’s The Age of Anxiety and Arendt’s prolific oeuvre. The links between the authors, the relevance of poetry and the wider issue of security will be discussed.
Participants include:
Maria Aristodemou, Homi Bhabha, Eleanor Bron, Costas Douzinas, Andrea Geyer, Susannah Gottlieb, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Hugh Haughton, Jill Johnson, William Kentridge, Gustav Metzger, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Patricia Tuitt.
Room B35
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HX
This event is now fully booked. A waiting list is available at www.anxietyandsecurity.eventbrite.co.uk. Please check www.serpentinegalleries.org for further information on an online broadcast of the event.
Friday 27 April: 6–9pm
Saturday 28 April: 10am–7pm
London Cinema Premiere
Emily Wardill’s Fulll Firearms
Thursday 26 April 2012
Written and directed by award-winning artist and filmmaker Emily Wardill, Fulll Firearms presents the story of Imelda, a woman haunted by the victims of the guns sold by her father’s company. Imelda uses her inheritance to build a house for the ghosts to inhabit. When squatters move in, she is convinced these are the ghosts who have been haunting her. Conveying themes of displacement and storytelling, Wardill’s film examines conditions of precariousness in society and how these affect people’s relationships with each other.
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare Street
London E8 1HE
6:30pm Introduction
7pm Film starts
Tickets available from Hackney Picturehouse or www.picturehouses.co.uk
+44 (0)871 902 5734
