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Pushwagner's design on MK Gallery's façade. |
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Nina Toft, In Solidum (2010) |
Who Controls the Controller?
27 June – 15 July 2012
A programme of artists videos related to surveillance and media manipulation.
Artists include Trine Lise Nedreaas, Lars Lauman, Jan Freuchen, Marianne Heier, Sverre Gullesen and Nina Toft.
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National Spinal Injuries Centre Mandeville Legacy archive. |
Stian Ådlandsvik: Take These Hands
Until 29 July
An exhibition by Norwegian artist Stian Ådlandsvik, inspired by the Paralympic movement. It includes collages developed from archival photographs from the National Spinal Injuries Centre archive at Stoke Mandeville hospital.
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Pushwagner, Jobkill, 1990.
© The artist
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Taking inspiration from Pushwagner's work, we offer Animation and Comic Book workshops during July and August, and a talk about Graphic Novels on 8 August by writer, curator, writer and broadcaster Paul Gravett.
Bookings on 01908 676 900 or email swright@mkgallery.org
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Susanna K Wallumrod |
Every Thursday / 7pm / Free
Until the LIght Takes Us: A film documenting the Norwegian 'black metal' musical subculture
Susanna K Wallumrod + support from Trestle Records: Curated by Ny Musikk
MKomix Comic Fair: A Comic Book Fair featuring some of the best UK-based small press comic creators.
Fred Roche Memorial Lecture: A talk considering how our cities are evolving and the impact carbon reduction targets and new technologies will have on their form in future
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Cycle Cinema event |
A season of Sci-Fi classics
THX 1138 : George Lucas’ film about a rebellion against rigidly controlled society
Blade Runner: Ridley Scott’s cult classic offers a cyberpunk vision of the future, in Los Angeles, 2019
Gattaca: Andrew Nicol’s film about a less-than-perfect man who wants to travel to the stars
Cycle Cinema: A cycle-powered screening of short animations chosen by animator Tim Searle.
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The Family Elan |
A new Live Music programme at MK Gallery
Saturdays at 7pm / £4, £3 advance
The Family Elan : A psychodelic folk band , with support from A La Muerte and Harry Taylor
Improv Night: An open session for musicians, sound artists and non-musicians
Nope : The Leeds-based 'neo Kraut rockers', with support from Bad Body
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© Paul Rainey |
Free, no booking required
Draw cartoon characters, design your own storyboard and create large scale colourful posters at Mini-Makers. Free, every Saturday from 1 - 3pm, ages 4+.
Start the Art, for parents with toddlers, every Tuesday from 11am - 12noon. Make musical instruments out of everyday objects and paint from sounds.
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A K Dolven, seven voices |
Offsite Sound Installations
Hear the world’s most translated hymn, L’Internationale, 1871, sung by seven young Norwegians, in A K Dolven's 2011 sound piece, seven voices, in the square outside MK Gallery.
Visit Caroline Devine's 5 Minute Oscillations of the Sun, which translates light waves from the sun into sound, at the Dome, Theatre District, and listen to the audio recording in MK Gallery's first floor Reading Space.
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Gallery Shop
Pushwagner Publication
The artist's first international touring exhibition is accompanied by a striking new monograph, which includes an interview with the artist and texts by leading art historians including Lars Bang Larsen, Martin Herbert, Natalie Hope O’Donnell, Will Bradley and Petter Mejlænder. Hardback, 304 pages; price £35.
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Free Prize Draw
Enter our Prize Draw to win a pair of tickets to Edvard Munch at Tate (adult ticket price £14 each), plus a Pushwagner catalogue (worth £35) by completing a gallery survey when you visit MK Gallery's Pushwagner exhibition.
The winner will be notified after the Draw is made on 3 September 2012.
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Jon Adams, Look About |
London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
Jon Adams: Artist Workshop and Talk
Saturday 21 July / 1-4pm / Free
Artist / geologist , Jon Adams, hosts a two hour drop-in workshop and then gives an informal talk on Look About, his interactive mapping project, which weaves together science and art.
All welcome. No booking required.
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