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The week ahead Events at the ICA, Rokeby Gallery, Tate Modern and Dalston's Gillett Square

Donald Eastwood

MONDAY

This week's standout talk seems to me to be Architecture in an Age of Anxiety at the Tate Modern, where Sir John Sorell, chair of CABE, reflects on previous downturns an the huge investments demanded to turnaround the fortunes of major cities: "Architecture speaks to us about who we are socially and culturally, and all the immediate pressures of an economic downturn are to abandon the perceived luxury of good design." Book tickets here.

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday evening sees the opening of the RBS Bursary Awards for Sculpture 2009. Conservative supporters need not worry, they aren't sponsoring contemporary sculpture out of the taxpayer's wallets: RBS is also the acronym for the more financially secure Royal British Society of Sculptors. This event showcases ten contemporary stars of sculpture, including James Capper and Nick Hornby, and will have a follow up talk by all ten selected artists next month. More on the RBS website here.

Also opening on Wednesday is Gillett Square Art Commissions presents Mezzo Moderno, Mezzo Distrutto - a title taken from an overheard description of Dalston - comprising a giant video projection onto one side of the square, describing dramatic architectural changes permanently altering Dalston's landscape as captured on mobile phones from over 30 contributors. More here.

THURSDAY

As well as the openings of Yuko Nasu's solo show at I-MYU, Ian Giles's Mojave Desert Project at Battersea Park Library and the Reaction private view at 73 Parkway, all of which you can read about it in the News section this week, one of our original selection of artists, Tom Badley, opens his exciting London solo show debut at Rokeby gallery on Thursday:

"Working within a multidisciplinary practice Tom Badley's work mirrors an era defined by a pursuit of, and surplus of, information. His practice is concerned with tracing systems of knowledge and highlighting the inconsistencies within these."

You can watch some of his brilliant video collages on the Rokeby gallery website here.

Also opening on Thursday is the inaugural Cheers :) 2009 at the Bargehouse on the Southbank, an exhibition of Chinese art and design organised by Chinese Students and Scholars Association and University of the Arts London. The title, representing "Ch"(Chinese) + "ers"(artists and designers), is horribly earnest, but the intention and ambition of the annual exhibition, 'as China moves from "Made in China" to "Created in China",' is exciting. Their website is here.

FRIDAY

Fieldgate gallery teams up with James Taylor Gallery for Dumbwaiter, an exhibition built around the metaphor of the compartment that passes things from one place and status to another:

"The exhibition's curatorial oversight is just this intention of moving between one total environ to the next, within the space of the building. In this way, the viewer could perceive themselves as the dumbwaiter, travelling silently, unseen, between the rooms/zones, developing a dialogue as one passes from one to the next."

Read more about the show on the James Taylor Gallery website, and read more about Fieldgate here.

ONLINE MAGAZINE

Another online photography magazine to flick through this week is the beautifully designed, written and curated 1000words.

Rob Dingle

MONDAY

Start the week with a bang and visit Bob and Roberta Smith's Factory Outlet at Beaconsfield. Since February 2009 the artist's have been using the Beaconsfield premises as a prolific site for production, as the final months draw to a close the Beaconsfield has invited the public to view the output of this epic project. The display will include works from a wide variety of contexts, from international museums to public commissions.

WEDNESDAY

Midweek at Camden Arts Centre draws together a panel discussion led by Teresa Gleadowe about the history and practice of artists selecting exhibitions. If the talk doesn't grab your attention then it still remains a well worthwhile trip as the gallery is open late every Wednesdays until 9pm.

THURSDAY

While there is still a little space before the weekend begins, this is a great chance to catch the closing of All that is Solid at the decommissioned former police station in Deptford. All the photographs are recent graduates from Goldsmiths MA Photography and Urban Cultures. The artists offer a different perspective on the world we inhabit by bridging the gap between journalistic and fine art photography.

FRIDAY

Whether you are out for a bargain or taking advantage of the opportunity to buy an original postcard-sized work of art for yourself, either way you wont loose out at this years annual RCA Secret exhibition. All cards are made and donated by professional artists, designers and illustrators, students and graduates from the College. With every postcard costing just £40, regardless of whether it has been made by a famous name or a young art student, be sure to register in advance online.

SATURDAY

Calling Out of Context at the ICA is a new nine-day festival of experimental music and sound. While the main gallery becomes a performance space, the upper galleries are turned into recording studios; and the theatre hosts workshops, gigs and discussions. Work and performances from participants including Lucky Dragons, Rhys Chatham, Gravetemple, Aaron Dilloway, Alexander Tucker, Seb Rochford, Micachu, Kammer Klang, The Red Krayola, AGF and Mira Calix.

SUNDAY

What better way to bring the week to a close than with a last chance visit to see The Filmic Conventions at FormContent. Presented at this years Zoo art fair this is a must series of video-works from a number of international artists, whose work questions the laws applied to the consuming and dispersal of video-works and films.

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