Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art

13/07/2021

NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR CHANNEL:
TALK – RESISTANCE / CONFRONTATION: OLGA SMITH ON MOHAMED BOUROUISSA

Through the double focus on the themes of resistance and confrontation, this talk delineates the volatile dynamics underpinning Mohamed Bourouissa’s art. It draws on a wide range of Bourouissa’s projects spanning photography, moving image and installation to show how these works intersect with symbolic, spatial and political constructions of inequality, social exclusion and racialised identities.

In tracing these connections, Olga Smith engages with Jacques Rancière’s concept of ‘the sharing of the sensible’ to explore the transformative potential of art.

https://goldsmithscca.art/channel/resistance-confrontation-olga-smith-on-mohamed-bourouissa/

NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR CHANNEL:
TALK – RESISTANCE / CONFRONTATION: OLGA SMITH ON MOHAMED BOUROUISSA

Through the double focus on the themes of resistance and confrontation, this talk delineates the volatile dynamics underpinning Mohamed Bourouissa’s art. It draws on a wide range of Bourouissa’s projects spanning photography, moving image and installation to show how these works intersect with symbolic, spatial and political constructions of inequality, social exclusion and racialised identities.

In tracing these connections, Olga Smith engages with Jacques Rancière’s concept of ‘the sharing of the sensible’ to explore the transformative potential of art.

https://goldsmithscca.art/channel/resistance-confrontation-olga-smith-on-mohamed-bourouissa/

12/07/2021

Don't miss the last two weeks of Mohamed Bourouissa's HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!!⁠, until 1 August 2021⁠.

Wed-Sun, 12-6pm. Book you free ticket here https://goldsmiths-cca.arttickets.org.uk/
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And if you are coming this weekend, you can also visit Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art and MA artists' Film and Moving Image Degree shows, starting on Thursday and open until ⁠Tuesday 20 July.

Don't miss the last two weeks of Mohamed Bourouissa's HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!!⁠, until 1 August 2021⁠.

Wed-Sun, 12-6pm. Book you free ticket here https://goldsmiths-cca.arttickets.org.uk/
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And if you are coming this weekend, you can also visit Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art and MA artists' Film and Moving Image Degree shows, starting on Thursday and open until ⁠Tuesday 20 July.

07/07/2021

RECOMMENDED: @extraextramagazine takes over NTS (@nts_radio) on Friday 9 July at 11.30am with the Extra Extra Radio Show.

For episode 7, three members of the public tell us about their most memorable romantic encounters in The City. Darrenen, a writer, 7 foot 11, delivers a tell-all account of how he found his alien spouse via a pheromone-based dating app. Renowned leading self-mythologised radical, Cleo hardly needs an introduction. Her politics reverberate through the lakes of ej*****te congealing in the foundations of The City. Have you ever composed an aerobic opera to impress a mysterious woman you once glimpsed while in line at the cinema? Vanessa was born with a debilitating glint of mischief in her eyes. Her tale is one of triumph over perversity.

The show is written and performed by Dan Fox (@d_a_n_f_o_x) and Michael Portnoy (@michaelportnoy), in close collaboration with Loes Verstappen (@loes.verstappen) who selected the music, and Monte Masi (@montemasi). Voice acting by Dan Fox, Michael Portnoy, Johnny Vivash, Monique Moses and Loveday Smith (@lallymagoo). Drawings by Fiona Lutjenhuis (@fionalutjenhuis).

#NTS #London #RadioShow #ExtraExtraRadio #DanFox #Podcast #Listen #MichaelPortnoy #LoesVerstappen #FionaLutjenhuis #TheExtraExtraRadioShow #ExtraExtraMagazine

RECOMMENDED: @extraextramagazine takes over NTS (@nts_radio) on Friday 9 July at 11.30am with the Extra Extra Radio Show.

For episode 7, three members of the public tell us about their most memorable romantic encounters in The City. Darrenen, a writer, 7 foot 11, delivers a tell-all account of how he found his alien spouse via a pheromone-based dating app. Renowned leading self-mythologised radical, Cleo hardly needs an introduction. Her politics reverberate through the lakes of ej*****te congealing in the foundations of The City. Have you ever composed an aerobic opera to impress a mysterious woman you once glimpsed while in line at the cinema? Vanessa was born with a debilitating glint of mischief in her eyes. Her tale is one of triumph over perversity.

The show is written and performed by Dan Fox (@d_a_n_f_o_x) and Michael Portnoy (@michaelportnoy), in close collaboration with Loes Verstappen (@loes.verstappen) who selected the music, and Monte Masi (@montemasi). Voice acting by Dan Fox, Michael Portnoy, Johnny Vivash, Monique Moses and Loveday Smith (@lallymagoo). Drawings by Fiona Lutjenhuis (@fionalutjenhuis).

#NTS #London #RadioShow #ExtraExtraRadio #DanFox #Podcast #Listen #MichaelPortnoy #LoesVerstappen #FionaLutjenhuis #TheExtraExtraRadioShow #ExtraExtraMagazine

07/07/2021

Looking back at ´I and I and We are We’, a school workshop exploring questions of identity and wellbeing with pupils at St James Hatcham Primary School that took place 7-11 June.

Using poetry as a stimulus, and textiles as a language, students created punch needle rug patches to form a collaborative rug tapestry – exploring ideas of cohesion and connectivity through art, both individually and as a collective group.

‘I and I and We are We’ was devised and led by artist Tyreis Holder, with @poeticunity.

We work with schools, both in the gallery, and remotely, to support children and young people to engage with and learn about art and its relevance to everyday life, and to support teachers to embed contemporary art into the curriculum. For more information please email [email protected] or visit our website (link in bio).

@_tyreis_ @stjameshatcham #schoolworkshop #learncca

02/07/2021

NOW AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH!
'Si Di Kubi', a new limited edition by Mohamed Bourouissa.

https://goldsmithscca.art/edition/mohamed-bourouissa/
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This edition is released on the occasion of Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition at the CCA. The image was part of a project for the Sharjah Biennial titled Si Di Kubi, which brought together music, artistic production, and presentation. ⁠
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Title: SI DI KUBI, 2021⁠
Size: 22 x 14.6cm⁠
Edition of 40, 4 AP, 1 DR, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate⁠
Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Gloss Baryta paper, 325 gsm.⁠
Launch Price: £150 including VAT⁠
Members Price: £135 including VAT⁠
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@mohamedbourouissa #mohamedbourouissa #LimitedEditions #Editions #BuyArt #SupportArt #CollectArt

NOW AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH!
'Si Di Kubi', a new limited edition by Mohamed Bourouissa.

https://goldsmithscca.art/edition/mohamed-bourouissa/
⁠
This edition is released on the occasion of Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition at the CCA. The image was part of a project for the Sharjah Biennial titled Si Di Kubi, which brought together music, artistic production, and presentation. ⁠
⁠
Title: SI DI KUBI, 2021⁠
Size: 22 x 14.6cm⁠
Edition of 40, 4 AP, 1 DR, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate⁠
Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Gloss Baryta paper, 325 gsm.⁠
Launch Price: £150 including VAT⁠
Members Price: £135 including VAT⁠
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@mohamedbourouissa #mohamedbourouissa #LimitedEditions #Editions #BuyArt #SupportArt #CollectArt

01/07/2021

The Lost Graves of Louisiana’s Enslaved People

Check out 'The Lost Graves of Louisiana's Enslaved People' in The New York Times, featuring Imani Jacqueline Brown's research:⁠
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/27/us/louisiana-graves-enslaved-people.html?referringSource=articleShare ⁠
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Invited in response to Mohamed Bourouissa’s work ‘Brutal Family Roots’, Imani Jacqueline Brown will share Black Ecologies, a body of work on ecological reparations that branches into an ongoing investigation with Forensic Architecture on 15 July, 7.00-8.30pm (online).⁠
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Book your free ticket here: https://goldsmiths-cca.arttickets.org.uk/goldsmiths-centre-for-contemporary-art-sandbox/2021-07-15-talk-black-ecologies-imani-jacqueline-brown-1

The Lost Graves of Louisiana’s Enslaved People

30/06/2021

Kobby Adi Unearths Multiple Meanings in Salvaged Materials

Great piece by Kareem Reid on Kobby Adi's 'pending upending @goldsmithscca.

https://www.frieze.com/article/kobby-adi-pending-upending-2021-review
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last chance to see Kobby Adi's exhibition which closes on Sunday 4 July. Book your free ticket now https://goldsmiths-cca.arttickets.org.uk/

At Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, the London-based artist’s installation re-appropriates industrial and mass-produced objects, unlocking their numerous connotations

30/06/2021

SPECIAL MEMBERS ONLINE VIEWING⁠
HORSE DAY, MOHAMED BOUROUISSA⁠
Thursday 1st July⁠
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Become a member today to get online access to Horse Day (2015), a triumphant film currently showing as part of our Mohamed Bourouissa exhibition.⁠
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https://goldsmithscca.art/membership/

After being profoundly struck by Martha Camarillo’s photographs of urban horsemen at the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club in the Strawberry Mansion area of North Philadelphia, Bourouissa moved to the neighbourhood for a period of eight months to find out more about the community. The images of these black cowboys were powerful to him in their deconstruction of the white cowboy image upon which so much of American mythology rests; many of the working cowboys in the West were in fact black, Latino, and Native American. ⁠
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The film will be available for 24 HOURS ONLY on Thursday 1 July.⁠
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A link and password will be sent out that morning to our members list.⁠
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SPECIAL MEMBERS ONLINE VIEWING⁠
HORSE DAY, MOHAMED BOUROUISSA⁠
Thursday 1st July⁠
⁠
Become a member today to get online access to Horse Day (2015), a triumphant film currently showing as part of our Mohamed Bourouissa exhibition.⁠
⁠
https://goldsmithscca.art/membership/

After being profoundly struck by Martha Camarillo’s photographs of urban horsemen at the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club in the Strawberry Mansion area of North Philadelphia, Bourouissa moved to the neighbourhood for a period of eight months to find out more about the community. The images of these black cowboys were powerful to him in their deconstruction of the white cowboy image upon which so much of American mythology rests; many of the working cowboys in the West were in fact black, Latino, and Native American. ⁠
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The film will be available for 24 HOURS ONLY on Thursday 1 July.⁠
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A link and password will be sent out that morning to our members list.⁠
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27/06/2021

🎥 The films and conversations for our recent event Regroundings will be available to view for one more week!

👀 Don't miss the opportunity to watch works by Asuf Ishaq, Onyeka Igwe, Peter Spanjer, and Gal Leshem!

Regroundings was conceived as a week-long film programme in response to Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!!. Departing from Bourouissa’s use of critical documentary, the artists deploy the medium of film to explore colonial legacies, ongoing racial and socio-cultural inequality, and diasporic identities. In each work, the lens functions as a tool to navigate the body and its relation to place, developing narrative approaches to questioning collective histories within each artists’ locale.

Visit the https://goldsmithscca.art/regroundings to read the week’s conversations, and access the works!

Co-curated by Goldsmiths MFA Curating students Fiona Graf, Edward Longville, Ankita Mukherji, and Yurika Imaseki.

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Website design: Sean Burn

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#MohamedBourouissa #goldsmithscca #onlinefilmscreening #artistsfilm #movingimage #galleshem #onyekaigwe #asufishaq #peterspanjer "

26/06/2021

New messages are now live, featuring the launch of Gal Leshem’s film Akirot (uprootings) - follow the link: https://goldsmithscca.art/regroundings to catch up with the Regroundings chat

Film Screening: Regroundings 🌱
Akirot (uprootings) (2020), Gal Leshem

Gal Leshem (b. Israel) is a London based artist, whose practice is concerned with notions of history, collective memory, and the construction of local identities. In her film Akirot (uprootings) (2020), she explores the relationship between land, plants and nomadism together with her mother, a national nature trail guide. Through the excavation of land and illustrations from books of local flora, the piece investigates different identifications with her homeland Israel.

Regroundings is a week-long film programme in response to Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!! At the CCA Goldsmiths, featuring films by artists Gal Leshem, Asuf Ishaq, Onyeka Igwe and Peter Spanjer. The films will be available via our online chat function currently installed on the CCA’s website. To watch, just follow the link in the bio!
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Credits:
Gal Leshem, excerpt from Akirot (Uprootings) (2020), courtesy of the artist.

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Website design: Sean Burn

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#MohamedBourouissa #goldsmithscca #onlinefilmscreening #artistsfilm #movingimage #galleshem

25/06/2021

The next part of our film programme has been released! Visit the link: https://goldsmithscca.art/regroundings to access the films and the full conversation, which will be on view until Sunday. 💬

Film Screening: Regroundings 🌱
Make Me Safe (2020), Peter Spanjer

Peter Spanjer (b. Germany) is a Nigerian artist who graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Practice: Moving Image at the Royal College of Art, UK, and is currently living and working in London. His work, Make Me Safe (2020) unpicks cliched notions of Blackness and questions internalised belief systems. Engendering moments of intimacy and softness, he harnesses elements of sensuality and sexuality to resist stereotyped perceptions of the Black male body.

Regroundings is a week-long film programme in response to Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!! At the CCA Goldsmiths, featuring films by artists Gal Leshem, Asuf Ishaq, Onyeka Igwe and Peter Spanjer. The films will be available via our online chat function currently installed on the CCA’s website. To watch, just follow the link in the bio!
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Credits:
Peter Spanjer, excerpt from Make Me Safe (2020), courtesy of the artist.

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Website design: Sean Burn

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#MohamedBourouissa #goldsmithscca #onlinefilmscreening #artistsfilm #movingimage #peterspanjer

24/06/2021

The next part of our film programme is now live - come have a look at what we've been chatting about! 👀
https://goldsmithscca.art/regroundings

Film Screening: Regroundings 🌱
the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered (2019), Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe (b. 1986, UK) is an artist and researcher working between cinema and installation, whose work explores how sensoriality, spatiality, and non-canonical ways of knowing can inform how we live together. "the names have been changed, including my own and truths have been altered" (2019) tells the story of Onyeka Igwe’s grandfather in four different ways, similarly disrupting ideas of knowledge production and documentation. The truth is hard to pinpoint, and subject to change. Trudging through personal, colonial, and televisual collections in Nigeria, the tales Igwe encounters are complicated, but she finds her own rhythm in recounting them.

Regroundings is a week-long film programme in response to Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!! At the CCA Goldsmiths, featuring films by artists Gal Leshem, Asuf Ishaq, Onyeka Igwe and Peter Spanjer. The films will be available via our online chat function currently installed on the CCA’s website.

To watch, just follow the link in the bio!
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Credits:
Onyeka Igwe, stills from the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered (2019), courtesy of the artist.

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Website design: Sean Burn

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#MohamedBourouissa #goldsmithscca #onlinefilmscreening #artistsfilm #movingimage #onyekaigwe

23/06/2021

The next part of our film programme is now live - come have a look at what we've been chatting about! 👀

Film Screening: Regroundings 🌱
the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered (2019), Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe @dark_sugars (b. 1986, UK) is an artist and researcher working between cinema and installation, whose work explores how sensoriality, spatiality, and non-canonical ways of knowing can inform how we live together. "the names have been changed, including my own and truths have been altered" (2019) tells the story of Onyeka Igwe’s grandfather in four different ways, similarly disrupting ideas of knowledge production and documentation. The truth is hard to pinpoint, and subject to change. Trudging through personal, colonial, and televisual collections in Nigeria, the tales Igwe encounters are complicated, but she finds her own rhythm in recounting them.

Regroundings is a week-long film programme in response to Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!! At Goldsmiths CCA, featuring films by artists Gal Leshem, Asuf Ishaq, Onyeka Igwe and Peter Spanjer. The films will be available via our online chat function currently installed on the CCA’s website.

To watch, visit: https://goldsmithscca.art/regroundings
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Credits:
Asuf Ishaq, excerpt from Mother (2020), courtesy of the artist.
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Website design: Sean Burn @dutricycle