Post Rave Sweat Fatigue Workout

I lead an exercise class at ICA, London, as part of Wright/Vandame's Fig 2 installation.

It was a sloppy aerobic dance session sound-tracked by trance music (moving into some happy hardcore). It was a fun hour starting with a dynamic stretch warm up, leading to a mix of very loose aerobic exercise and dance, taking cue from early morning rave workout sessions. The arrangement was flowing and baggy, focusing on continual motion and pleasure rather than replication forms and shapes. Breaks and hydration were encouraged but not taken.

Tramway Artists' Moving Image Festival

One of my videos is included at Tramway's Moving Image Festival in Glasgow. Go if you're in town.

Neverwet (dreama), video, 9 minutes 34 seconds, Adham Faramawy, 2013

Sunday 16th November 2014 3.30-4.30pm            
Screening: 21st Century Pop

How has 21st century popular culture influenced art? This screening draws together a cross-section of artists who investigate the everyday from a contemporary perspective, referencing everything from music videos to consumer culture. Featuring work by HD Boyz, Petra Cortright, Adham Faramawy, Hannah Perry, Jon Rafman and Rosa Aiello, Magali Reus, and Telfar Clemens (Babak Radboy, Future Brown).

For more information follow the link:

http://www.tramway.org/events/Moving-Image-Festival

Cornerhouse

21st Century Pop screening at Cornerhouse Manchester tonight!

http://www.cornerhouse.org/ica-21st-century-pop

Featuring: HD Boys, Petra Cortright, Adham Faramawy, Hannah Perry, Laure Prouvost, Jon Rafman and Rosa Aiello, Magali Reus, and Telfar Clemens (Babak Radboy, Future Brown)

21st Century Pop

The screening event I was included in at the ICA London is being taken on tour to Turner Contemporary in Margate, MK Milton Keynes, Cornerhouse in Manchester and Tramway in Glasgow and the ICA are doing another matinee event in June. 

Here's what AQNB had to say: http://www.aqnb.com/21st Century Pop

Magalie Reus, High Liquidity (film still, detail), 2013, HD video, colour, sounds, 2 min 35 sec.

For more information follow the links!

www.turnercontemporary.org/21st century pop

www.mkgallery.org/21st century pop

www.cornerhouse.org/21st century pop

Colour Clash

I'm taking part in another Friday Salon talk at the ICA at 3pm on the 4th April 2014.

"This Salon takes Tom Hudson's experimental colour teaching at Cardiff College of Art in the 1950s and Richard Hamilton's investigation into colour within his teaching of Basic Design during his time at Newcastle University as a starting point, to explore the role of colour in contemporary art practice today.

Through exploring themes of perception and illusion the Salon seeks to question what implications the ranges of traditional and non-traditional media used by contemporary artists have for understanding the selection and specification of coloured materials, and will asses how a new generation of artists are investigating colour in their work through experimentation with technology.

Speakers include Esther Leslie (Chair), Adham Faramawy, Rhys Coren and Richard Healy."

For more information or to book a ticket, follow the link!

http://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/friday-salon-colour-clash

21st Century Pop

I'm included in a screening on 6/3/2014 at 6.45pm at the ICA in London called 21st Century Pop.

Vichy Shower, Adham Faramawy, 2014

It's part of the Artist Film Club series curated by Steven Cairns as a response to the current Richard Hamilton exhibition.

This screening will feature videos by:
HD Boyz, Telfar Clemens, Petra Cortright, Adham Faramawy, Hannah Perry, Jon Rafman and Magali Reus.

Follow the link for more information:

http://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/artists-film-club-21st-century-pop

New Contemporaries at ICA

I'm in Bloomberg New Contemporaries this year and it opens at the ICA in London on the 26th November. They'll be showing my monitor based video Total Flex.

Total Flex installed alongside works by Joe Frazer at Spike Island

Total Flex, single channel video, 2012

Opening 

26/11/2013

The show runs from

27/11/2013 - 26/01/2014

http://www.ica.org.uk/Bloomberg New Contemporaries

Bloomberg New Contemporaries

I'm included in this year's Bloomberg New Contemporaries, which opens at Spike Island in Bristol tonight (Friday 13th September) moving to the ICA in London in November. 

http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/