Past Events
Thursday 29 April
In this event originally staged live at The Premises Studios, Hackney, in September 2020, musician and artist Douglas Dare performs three new pieces inspired by the late April Dawn Alison, a Californian photographer who created a vast body of self-portraits as their female persona. With a discussion by Erin O’Toole, curator at SFMOMA, Michael Mack, and Robert Raths, founder of Erased Tapes. A concept by Claudine Boeglin, Dandy Vagabonds.
Thursday 22 April 2021
Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine takes us on an oblique, hypnotic journey into the visual, auditory, and sensual inspirations behind his entrancingly mysterious new book Double Orbit. This collage film navigates cities, dreams, and the terrains lit by twilight where they meet.
Thursday 15 April 2020
This special screening presents two films by Joanna Piotrowska to mark the release of her new book Stable Vices. Alluding to the visual language of scientific experimentation, Piotrowska studies encounters between the staged and spontaneous as she explores animal instincts and domestic environments.
Thursday 8 April 2020
One year since New York City shut down in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Irina Rozovsky discusses her new book In Plain Air, a timely tribute to public space, community, and Brooklyn's Prospect Park. This special artist's talk is presented in collaboration with Aperture, Rockefeller Center, and Parsons School of Design.
Thursday 11 March 2020
On the occasion of the publication of his new book Terminus, John Divola speaks to Andrew Witt, fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, about modern ruins, navigating the detritus of history, and the evolution of his distinctive practice at the juncture of photography and sculpture.
Thursday 4 March 2020
Massachusetts natives and old friends Nick Meyer and Aaron Schuman sit down to discuss The Local, Meyer's portrait of his hometown. As they compare their experiences of photographing in the same area, they explore its social contexts and reflect on the cinema of image sequencing.