TALKS AND EVENTS

ERNESTO NETO: ARTIST TALK

Friday 18 June

Ernesto Neto discusses his practice and his recent work with the curator of his exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Cliff Lauson.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
5.30pm, £10

BRAZIL REPORT:ART AND POLITICS

Monday 28 June

Moacir dos Anjos, researcher at Fundação Joaquim Nabuco in Recife and chiefcurator of the 29th edition of the São Paulo Biennial (September 2010), discusses the work of Ernesto Neto and contemporary art in Brazil in relation to the conceptual framework of the upcoming Biennial, which this year elaborates on the theme of 'Art and Politics'.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall
7pm, £7

RECYCLING BRAZIL

Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 August

Make, create and experiment with fabric and found materials. Led by a team of London-based Brazilian artists, discover the imaginative ways in which Brazilians recycle everyday materials to create funky new reusable objects inspired by The New Décor and Ernesto Neto: The Edges of the World at Hayward Gallery.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall
10am – 1pm, admission free

EXHIBITION TOURS

Tours throughout the summer on Tuesdays at 1pm and Fridays at 6.30pm.

CURATOR TOURS

Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery
Tuesdays 17 and 24 August, 1pm

Rahila Haque, Exhibition assistant
Friday 20 August, 6.30pm

Cliff Lauson, Curator Tuesday 31 August, 1pm

24 August tour will be BSL interpreted

HAYWARD GALLERY - PROJECT SPACE

SEMÂ BEKIROVIC

Wednesday 23 June – Sunday 25 July

Semâ Bekirovic (b.1977) is a young Dutch artist whose work in installation, sculpture, photography and video explores probability and chance, and the way the human world attempts to shape and understand scientific processes. Working in the enquiring, polymath spirit of the Enlightenment-era ‘natural philosopher’, Bekirovic presents a new body of work for her exhibition at the Hayward Gallery Project Space – her debut London show.

JESS FLOOD-PADDOCK - GANGSTA’S PARADISE

Wednesday 4 August – Sunday 19 September

In her first solo show in a major institution, the British artist Jess Flood-Paddock presents a sculptural scenario that explores the historical and cultural specificity of moral behaviour, contemporary self-help culture, and the comedy and tragedy of scale.

FESTIVAL BRAZIL

From mid-July onwards, experience an artist-led transformation of the Southbank Centre site, with a site-wide installation by cutting-edge stage designer Gringo Cardia and Project Morrinho, a miniature favelacity that takes shape on Riverside Terrace.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION AT HAYWARD GALLERY

MOVE: CHOREOGRAPHING YOU

Wednesday 13 October 2010 – Sunday 9 January 2011

Use your mind and body to gain a new understanding of perception. Move: Choreographing You invites you to become a participant – and in some cases a dancer – in installations and sculptures by internationally renowned visual artists and choreographers from the last 50 years. Move: Choreographing You explores how dance has been a driving force in the development of contemporary art since the 1960s. Among sculptural works, set pieces and installations, encounter dancers from Laban Contemporary Dance on their own journeys through the galleries. Pick up a hula hoop on the outdoor sculpture court terrace, watch impromptu performances and go for a spin in the digital archive.

Supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and Louis Vuitton.