Rabih Mroué: I, the Undersigned - The People are Demanding

Until 14 May 2011
Exhibition, Rivington Place

A last minute intervention responds to current political events
The first solo exhibition in the UK by Lebanese artist, theatre director, playwright and actor Rabih Mroué includes a last minute intervention by the artist which responds to the uprisings in Arab countries. The original title I, the Undersigned has been replaced with The People are Demanding and a new work produced for Rivington Place's large window on to the street.

Other work in the exhibition incorporates video footage, photos and found documents, blending political engagement with the artist's own personal story.

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Rabih Mroué: I, the Undersigned - The People are Demanding, installation view at Rivington Place, 2011

Exhibition talks and events

Rivington Place

Artists and academics discuss themes relating to the current exhibition

Exhibition tour
Thu 7 April, 6:30pm
With curator Francesco Bernardelli

The Politics of Fiction and Post Civil War Memory Culture in Lebanon
Wed 20 April, 6:30pm
Panel discussion with TJ Demos, Shela Sheikh and Faisal Devji

The Politics of Architecture in Conflict
Thu 28 April, 6:30pm
Artists' presentation with Reem Charif and Mohamad Hafeda

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Possible Damage: The Inivators in collaboration with Tania El Khoury

Until 14 May 2011
Thursday 12 - 9pm, Friday / Saturday 12 - 6pm
Education Space, Rivington Place

An archive of the recent student protests
An exhibition Possible Damage includes found, donated and created objects such as newspaper clippings, audio and video footage and protest kits. It investigates the construction of social memory, and its consequent realities.
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Possible Damage: In Progress II
Thu 14 April, 6:30pm
The Inivators highlight some of the unseen, experiential elements of the archive.

Possible Damage: Performance III
Sat 30 April, 3pm
The Inivators present their Possible Damage research in a lecture performance.

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Possible Damage installation at Rivington Place, 2011

Stuart Hall Library events

Reading Group
Thursday 14 April, 6-7.30pm

Text for next Reading Group
The Stuart Hall Library Reading Group's next meeting focuses on a text relating to art and social class.

Suhail Malik's We gonna pop a cap(ital) in your (cl)ass: Karl Marx’s Capital volume III in Lapdogs of the bourgeoisie: class hegemony in contemporary art, 2007. The text is available to read in the Library.

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Thursday is the new Friday
Exhibitions are open late every Thursday until 9pm so why not treat yourself to the ultimate budget-friendly night out and enjoy Rivington Place's free exhibitions and special offers on drinks in the café.

It's two for the price of one on wine and Carlsberg on Thursdays from 6-9pm, and the café is serving up a special Lebanese inspired dish of falafels during Rabih Mroué's exhibition.

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What's happening elsewhere: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011

5 April - 1 May 2011
For this year only at Ambika P3 at the University of Westminster

Now in its 15th year, The Photographers’ Gallery’s annual prize of £30,000 rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution to photography in Europe over the last year.

The four shortlisted artists in the exhibition are Thomas Demand, Roe Ethridge, Jim Goldberg, and Elad Lassry.

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Ambika P3 by Tim Gutt

What's happening elsewhere: Reshaping Dance

13 April – 21 May 2011
Ciné lumière

To accompany the release of Wim Wender's documentary Pina in 3D, Ciné lumière has brought together a selection of films that explore modern and contemporary dance including three documentaries (Dominique Mercy danse Pina Bausch, Dancing Dreams, My Lunch with Anna) and a programme of short films from La Cinémathèque de la Danse in Paris.

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