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Featured
Room for Reading / Noor Abed and Haig Aivazian
Sep 1
Room for Reading / Noor Abed and Haig Aivazian
Featured
Library Session / Noor Abed with Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams
Sep 27
Library Session / Noor Abed with Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams
Room for Reading / ‘Myths of the new future’
May 17
Room for Reading / ‘Myths of the new future’
Room for Reading / Grenfell Foundation
Mar 13
Room for Reading / Grenfell Foundation
Room for Reading / Laura Guy
Feb 27
Room for Reading / Laura Guy
Room for Reading / Tarik Kiswanson
Oct 5
Room for Reading / Tarik Kiswanson
Lawrence Abu Hamdan – ‘Live Audio Essays’
Jun 6
Lawrence Abu Hamdan – ‘Live Audio Essays’
Room for Reading / Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Jun 6
Room for Reading / Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Nicole Wermers – ‘Day Care’
Mar 1
Nicole Wermers – ‘Day Care’
Room for Reading / Nicole Wermers
Mar 1
Room for Reading / Nicole Wermers
Yuri Pattison – ‘open stacks’
Jun 17
Yuri Pattison – ‘open stacks’
Room for Reading / Sean Edwards
Jun 2
Room for Reading / Sean Edwards
Kate Davis – ‘Natural History’
May 27
Kate Davis – ‘Natural History’
Room for Reading / Yuri Pattison
May 4
Room for Reading / Yuri Pattison
Reading Event / Chitra Ramaswamy
Apr 29
Reading Event / Chitra Ramaswamy
Onyeka Igwe – ‘The Last Librarian in Glasgow’
Apr 21
Onyeka Igwe – ‘The Last Librarian in Glasgow’
Room for Reading / Kate Davis
Mar 2
Room for Reading / Kate Davis
Room for Reading / Onyeka Igwe
Feb 8
Room for Reading / Onyeka Igwe
Rabiya Choudhry – ‘Give light and people will find the way (Ella Baker)’
Jan 28
Rabiya Choudhry – ‘Give light and people will find the way (Ella Baker)’
Room for Reading / Rabiya Choudhry
Dec 13
Room for Reading / Rabiya Choudhry
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme – ‘May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth’
Sep 9
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme – ‘May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth’
Room for Reading / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Sep 9
Room for Reading / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Room for Reading / Corin Sworn
May 16
Room for Reading / Corin Sworn
Moving in Relation 2. ‘This Harmonic Chamber’ – Corin Sworn, Jer Reid and Luke Fowler
Apr 7
Moving in Relation 2. ‘This Harmonic Chamber’ – Corin Sworn, Jer Reid and Luke Fowler
Sharon Hayes – 'Ricerche'
Oct 9
Sharon Hayes – 'Ricerche'
'In the open' – Series II – Ayo Akingbade, Rosa Barba, Mikhail Karikis, Tarik Kiswanson, Lawrence Lek, Cally Spooner
Jan 27
'In the open' – Series II – Ayo Akingbade, Rosa Barba, Mikhail Karikis, Tarik Kiswanson, Lawrence Lek, Cally Spooner
Featured
Luke Fowler, Lauren Gault, Ashanti Harris, Sulaïman Majali, Duncan Marquiss, and Margaret Salmon – 'In the open'
Jul 1
Luke Fowler, Lauren Gault, Ashanti Harris, Sulaïman Majali, Duncan Marquiss, and Margaret Salmon – 'In the open'
10. Panel Discussion led by Tom Jeffreys followed by Dinner – 'A Place for the Work and the Human Being'
Dec 5
10. Panel Discussion led by Tom Jeffreys followed by Dinner – 'A Place for the Work and the Human Being'
Room for Reading / 2019
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2019
Janice Kerbel – Notes from Sink / Routine for 24 Women
Nov 10
Janice Kerbel – Notes from Sink / Routine for 24 Women
Publication Launch / 'Radio Piombino'
Oct 25
Publication Launch / 'Radio Piombino'
Katinka Bock – 'Radio Piombino'
Apr 20
Katinka Bock – 'Radio Piombino'
Room for Reading / 2018
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2018
'Slow Objects' - Vanessa Billy, Edith Dekyndt and Erin Shirreff
Oct 14
'Slow Objects' - Vanessa Billy, Edith Dekyndt and Erin Shirreff
Steven Claydon – 'The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups'
Apr 22
Steven Claydon – 'The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups'
Room for Reading / 2016
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2016
Room for Reading / 2015
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2015
Featured
Sharon Hayes – 'In My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You'
Oct 8
Sharon Hayes – 'In My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You'
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight: A play for two actors, three musicians, one dancer, eight masks (and a donkey costume)'
Aug 26
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight: A play for two actors, three musicians, one dancer, eight masks (and a donkey costume)'
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight'
Jul 2
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight'
Akram Zaatari – 'The End of Time'
Apr 8
Akram Zaatari – 'The End of Time'
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Sink Down Mountain, Rise Up Valley'
Jan 30
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Sink Down Mountain, Rise Up Valley'
Thomas Demand – 'Daily Show'
Sep 26
Thomas Demand – 'Daily Show'
Anne Hardy – 'TWIN FIELDS'
Jun 6
Anne Hardy – 'TWIN FIELDS'
Duncan Campbell - 'Scotland + Venice 2013'
Sep 20
Duncan Campbell - 'Scotland + Venice 2013'
Corin Sworn – 'Scotland + Venice 2013'
Aug 9
Corin Sworn – 'Scotland + Venice 2013'
Hayley Tompkins – 'Scotland + Venice 2013'
Jun 21
Hayley Tompkins – 'Scotland + Venice 2013'
Janice Kerbel – 'DOUG'
May 1
Janice Kerbel – 'DOUG'
Gabriel Kuri – 'All probability resolves into form'
Apr 4
Gabriel Kuri – 'All probability resolves into form'
Roman Ondák – 'Some Thing'
Oct 12
Roman Ondák – 'Some Thing'
Carol Bove – 'The Foamy Saliva of a Horse'
Apr 20
Carol Bove – 'The Foamy Saliva of a Horse'
Ugo Rondinone – 'primitive'
Sep 8
Ugo Rondinone – 'primitive'
Zbynek Baladrán, Simon Martin, Nick Relph & Falke Pisano – 'HOW TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING'
Mar 3
Zbynek Baladrán, Simon Martin, Nick Relph & Falke Pisano – 'HOW TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING'
Featured
Thea Djordjadze – 'Lost Promise in a Room'
Sep 24
Thea Djordjadze – 'Lost Promise in a Room'
Claire Barclay, Kate Davis, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Douglas Gordon, Gabriel Orozco, Yvonne Rainer, Richard Serra and David Shrigley – 'You seem the same as always, -'
May 28
Claire Barclay, Kate Davis, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Douglas Gordon, Gabriel Orozco, Yvonne Rainer, Richard Serra and David Shrigley – 'You seem the same as always, -'
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Neue Alte Welt'
Apr 2
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Neue Alte Welt'
Tacita Dean
Nov 20
Tacita Dean
Robert Barry – 'Words and Music'
Sep 4
Robert Barry – 'Words and Music'
Gerard Byrne – 'Images or shadows of divine things'
Apr 16
Gerard Byrne – 'Images or shadows of divine things'
Martin Creed – 'Things'
Feb 20
Martin Creed – 'Things'
Mircea Cantor – 'Which light kills you’
Nov 14
Mircea Cantor – 'Which light kills you’
Roni Horn – 'the tiniest piece of mirror is always the whole mirror'
May 30
Roni Horn – 'the tiniest piece of mirror is always the whole mirror'
Spencer Finch
Oct 25
Spencer Finch
Adel Abdessemed – 'TRUST ME'
Apr 11
Adel Abdessemed – 'TRUST ME'
Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, Anna Gaskell, Pavel Büchler, Marine Hugonnier, Marcel Broodthaers, Philippe Parreno, Cerith Wyn Evans – 'Always Begins By Degrees'
Mar 1
Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, Anna Gaskell, Pavel Büchler, Marine Hugonnier, Marcel Broodthaers, Philippe Parreno, Cerith Wyn Evans – 'Always Begins By Degrees'
Michael Lin, Apolonija Sustersic, Richard Wright – 'Jardins Publics'
Aug 10
Michael Lin, Apolonija Sustersic, Richard Wright – 'Jardins Publics'