Shy Radicals film premieres on Nowness

“As commander-in-chief of the introvert resistance, Hamja is on a never-ending tour to overthrow Extrovert Supremacy. This film is just the beginning.”  – Tom Dream

A new film by Tom Dream, inspired by Hamja Ahsan’s book, Shy Radicals, is premiering on Nowness this week.

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Book launch: Fantasies on a Found Phone, Dedicated to the Man Who Lost it

23 September 2022, 6.30pm
The Photographers’ Gallery
16-18 Ramillies Street
London, W1F 7LW
Free. More details/RSVP

Join artist Mahmoud Khaled and designer Marwan Kaabour as they discuss their collaboration on the new artist book Fantasies on a Found Phone, Dedicated to the Man Who Lost it, co-published by BookWorks and The Mosaic Rooms to accompany Mahmoud Khaled‘s first UK solo exhibition of the same name.

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PAST EVENT

Rosa-Johan Uddoh at Jupiter Rising

Practice Makes Perfect author Rosa-Johan Uddoh will be appearing alongside an excellent array of artists, performers and activities at the Jupiter Rising festival this weekend (26-28 August) at the Jupiter Artlands outside Edinburgh. The wonderful Lighthouse Books will also be there with a bookshop, and will have copies of Practice Makes Perfect. More information and tickets here.

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PAST EVENT

Cultural Field: Rosa-Johan Uddoh film premiere

Wed 7 September 2022, 7pm Whitgift Centre AtriumCroydon, London Join Turf Projects for the premiere of a new artist film by Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Cultural Field in the Whitgift Centre Atrium, Croydon on 7 September. Cultural Field is developed by Rosa-Johan Uddoh, directed and produced by Louis Brown and Jos Bitelli (East London Cable) and performed … Continued

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PAST EVENT

Dark Room San Francisco Launch

Sunday 21 August, 3-5pm
Free & open to all.
Folsom Street Community Center
145 9th Street, Suite 105
San Francisco, CA 94103

Please note masks are required

Dark Room by Phyllis Christopher is coming home to San Francisco with a very special launch at the Folsom Street Community Centre on 21 August! It’s the first and possibly only IRL event with all of the contributors

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August Book of the Month: Katrina Palmer – The Fabricator’s Tale

Our book of the month for August 2022, with 30% off all month, is The Fabricator’s Tale by Katrina Palmer (2014). This meta-narrative is punctuation by short, abstract, and often disturbingly violent stories, featuring nameless characters that expose the repressed tension between the animate and inanimate, the sick malaise of contemporary life, and the cracking … Continued

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Announcing the commissions from the Arrhythmia open call

Book Works and Katrina Palmer are delighted to announce four new commissions for the Arrhythmia series, following an open call in 2021 which received over 200 submissions. Guest-edited by artist Katrina Palmer, Arrhythmia is a new series that offers an opportunity for artists and writers whose work explores ideas of being out of joint with the predominant … Continued

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