Open Studio Weekend  Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 December 12-6pm Join us for a weekend of open studios, artist talks and a gallery tour by the exhibiting artist Francesc Ruiz. Ingela Johansson, research photograph. Woodhorn Museum, Ashington, Northumberland. Visiting artists Hu Yun (China), Ingela Johansson (Sweden), Mehreen Murtaza (Pakistan) and Csaba Nemes (Hungary) will conclude their residencies at Gasworks by opening their studios to the public to discuss their work in progress. Saturday   3pm ARTIST-LED TOUR: Francesc Ruiz Francesc Ruiz will reveal the research and inspiration behind his exhibition Gasworks Yaoi. Ruiz will also discuss the use of comics in his practice by introducing some of his previous projects.   4pm ARTIST TALK: Hu Yun Hu Yun will present his research based on the John Reeves Collection of Illustrations of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856. The material will inform his forthcoming exhibition opening at the Natural History Museum in January 2011.   5pm Complimentary drinks   SUNDAY   3pm IN CONVERSATION: Images of work - Art, Activism, and Anthropology in Film Ingela Johansson will discuss representation of labour in documentary film practice with anthropologist Mao Mollona and film-maker and writer Margaret Dickinson. Based on their own practices, Johansson, Mollona and Dickinson will focus on film as a tool of intervention and education. They'll also look at the relationship between the researcher and the subject as well as alternative forms of independent film making and distribution.   Click here for more information on the visiting artists and Gasworks' International Residency Programme. ALSO ON:            Gasworks Yaoi                                             An exhibition by Francesc Ruiz                                       Until 23 January  For his first solo show in London, Francesc Ruiz has transformed the gallery into Gasworks Yaoi, the first Boys Love Bookshop in South London. Originating in Japan, the yaoi genre focuses on homoerotic male narratives, created as well as consumed by women. Having researched the gay establishments in the local area of Vauxhall, Ruiz has created a semi-fictional narrative that plays with the clichés around sexuality and lifestyle in the area.       Gasworks is part of            FREE ADMISSION                       Open Wed - Sun, 12-6pm 155 Vauxhall Street London SE11 5RH Tube: Oval, Vauxhall Bus: 36, 59, 185, 196, 436 The ground floor gallery has full wheelchair access      Follow us