176

Testing Ground

Friday 8 - Sunday 31 January 2010

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28 January, 7-9pm
London premiere of STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE (2009) by US artist Laurel Nakadate followed by a Q&A with the artist.
- Book your ticket

29 January, 7-10pm
HamletZar: A Journey.
A multi-media performance event. - Book your ticket

30 January Cafe and gallery open from 3pm, talk at 4-6pm
Empty Gallery Interview
with Anna-Catharina Gebbers, current 176 / Zabludowicz Collection curator-in-residence.
- Book your ticket

31 January, 3-7pm
David Blandy presents Enter the 36th Chamber
An interactive performance by the Shaolin Temple UK, followed by a screening of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
- Book your ticket

8 January, 7.45pm, 9 January, 2pm & 6.30pm
Drama Centre London, in association with The Vakhtangov Studio London, presents the UK premiere of The Forty First directed by Oleg Mirochnikov.

23-24 January 2009
Testing Ground: Live at 176
Saturday 2 - 10 pm
Sunday 2 - 6pm
Performances and events curated by students from Goldsmiths MFA Curating and Royal College of Art Inspire MA.
Artists include:
Lucy Beech & Edward Thomasson / Sophie Lisa Beresford / Jonny Briggs / Leah Capaldi / Lucienne Cole / Mark Essen / Iulia Filipovscaia / Eloise Fornieles / Rinat Kotler / Grace Morgan Prado / Nicolas Vass / Nadia Visram

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Daily Programme
Saturday 23 January 2-10pm

Throughout the day:
Iulia Filipovscaia
The “O” Project, 2007 - 2010
Performance
Mark Essen
Record Exchange and Celebration. Installation
Nicolás Vass
Diegetic Sound Design 5
Installation
Eloise Fornieles
Cupboard Love
Performance
Click here for a text about Eloise Fornieles’s performance, by Paul Pys

Timed Events:
4-6pm Jonny Briggs
Untitled. Performance, 2 hrs
5pm Lucienne Cole
Is That All There Is? / I Only Want To Be With You (Let’s Keep Dancing).
Performance 10 minutes
5.45 Edward Thomasson and Lucy Beech
The Cigarette Game. Performance, 10 minutes 6-8pm Rinat Kotler
Cipher (Work in progress). Performance
8-10pm Music and dancing
with DJ set by artist Lucienne Cole

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Sunday January 24th 2-6pm

Throughout the day:
Mark Essen
Record Exchange and Celebration. Installation
Nicolás Vass
Diegetic Sound Design 5
Installation
Eloise Fornieles
Cupboard Love
Performance

Timed Events:
2pm Grace Morgan Prado
Alterpiece. Performance, 15 minutes
2.20 Edward Thomasson and Lucy Beech The Cigarette Game. Performance, 10 minutes 2.30 Nadia Visram
Pendulum. Performance, 15 minutes
3 - 4pm Leah Capaldi
InTo this. Performance, 60 minutes
5 - 6 pm Rinat Kotler
Cipher (Work in progress). Screening of film made from performance on Saturday

28 January, 7pm London premiere of STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE (2009) by US artist Laurel Nakadate followed by a Q&A with the artist.

29 January, 7-10pm HamletZar: A Journey. A multi-media performance event.

30 January Cafe and gallery open from 3pm, talk at 4pm Empty Gallery Interview with Anna-Catharina Gebbers, current 176 / Zabludowicz Collection curator-in-residence.

31 January, 3pm David Blandy presents an interactive performance by the Shaolin Temple UK, followed by a screening of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Also during January:

Junto:Mentor live art and performance mentoring workshops for recent graduates please see website for more details.

David Blandy’s – Fortress of Solitude remains on exhibition until May 2010.

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All events are free, booking is strongly recommended, on 020 7 428 8940 or by emailing info@projectspace176.com

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Please book in advance if you have specific access needs.

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Image credits: Stills from STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE by Laurel Nakadate
courtesy the artist and Leslie Tonkonow, New York.