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FOUR FATRASIES
Jan 20 - Mar 14, 2010
Alex Pollard and Clare Stephenson present a hyper theatrical, sculptural installation over the floors of Pump House Gallery.
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ART, PERFORMANCE & ACTIVISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
Jan 19 - Feb 26, 2012
Art, Performance & Activism features the work of artists/activists based in Japan who push the boundaries of where art, performance and activism intersect. Presenting visually powerful and pioneering works from the mid-1990s to the present the exhibition explores differing strategies of intervention that seek to engage in contemporary debates and to change how we think and act.
WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST SONI KUM
Feb 19, 2012 11:00am - 3:00pm
talk/event Soni Kum, a third generation Korean artist born in Japan, will present Sacrifice, Sacral Dance at the gallery on 19 February 2012. Join Kum for a hands-on origami making workshop from 11am-2pm, in preparation for her performance event that will explore notions of dance as a sacred ritual at 3pm. The day will conclude with a talk by the artist from 3pm.
‘…..dance was not only for spectacle but a sacred ritual, it was essential as a healing practice, which integrates our psychosomatic state of being. When our bodies are submerged in daily inertia, the only means to retrieve ourselves is to awaken this subdued dormant state of mind…….’ Soni Kum 2012
Soni Kum is an interdisciplinary artist who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan as a third generation Korean. She grew up in the North Korean Community in Japan but only spent about 8 days in North Korea when she was a teenager. Kum obtained South Korean citizenship in 2006. FREE, all welcome.
COELHO AND KAABI-LINKE
Mar 15 - May 20, 2012
This will be an exhibition of new works developed during the artists’ residencies at Delfina Foundation in autumn 2011. The artists are responding to the environment of the gallery, exploring it’s social and physical landscapes, and the juxtaposition of social and personal contexts
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