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Exploratory Workshop
Sunday May 13th 2018: 6.30-8.45pm, Central London
Booking / Info: email Anton A2company@hotmail.com
Artist Anton Mirto is looking for men with a background/interest in experimental movement to begin exploratory research sessions for a 3rd new version of an ongoing empowering work/practice called: The Army
The 2018 Mixcloud Online Radio Awards are now officially open for submissions. The deadline to submit your nominations is Thursday 26 April and the shortlists will be announced on Thursday 10 May.
More info here: mora.fm
Now in its fifth year, the Mixcloud Online Radio Awards is the biggest celebration of online radio in the world. Their mission is to celebrate the very best independent online radio and to provide an essential platform for presenters, DJs, stations and Podcasters.
More info: london.gov.uk
The Mayor has made culture and the creative industries one of his top priorities. He has set out his policies and commitments for culture and invites all Londoners to support him in the development and delivery of his ambitions for culture in the capital.
The consultation is open until 19 June 2018.
More information here: london.gov.uk
IN CINEMAS MAY 11 2018.
Award-Winning Director of The Artist, Michel Hazanvicius presents a biographical tale of the world’s most iconic filmmaker - the revolutionary director Jean-Luc Godard.
Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love. They marry. But the film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May ’68 will amplify this process, and the crisis that shakes the filmmaker.
Juno Mac and Molly Smith have announced their forthcoming book: 'Revolting prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights' will be published by Verso later this year.
"How the law harms sex workers—and what they want instead.
Vietnamese American writer Vuong was presented with a cheque for £25,000 at the ceremony at the Wallace Collection in central London on the 15th of January) for Night Sky With Exit Wounds.
Bill Herbert, chair of the judges, described Vuong as a “significant voice” and his collection as dealing “with the aftermath of war and migration over three generations”. “It is a compellingly assured debut, the definitive arrival of a significant voice,” Herbert said.
Delia Derbyshire, a key member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, has posthumously received an honorary doctorate from Conventry University. Derbyshire was born in Conventry in 1937 and later attended Cambridge University for math and music with the aid of a scholarship. It was in 1962 that she created the Doctor Who theme from a written score by Ron Grainer, though due to BBC policies and the male-dominated industry, she was not giving a writing credit on the song.
Gillian Hyland is an award winning Fine Art photographer living in London. ‘Words in Sight’ will be a self-published stunning selection of photographs and poems by the artist, spanning ten years of work. The narrative photography series has been inspired by poetry written by the artist over the past decade and will showcase for the first time the pictures with the words together, giving a deeper perspective and insight into the series.
