Final weeks: Progress Reports

Until 13 March 2010
Rivington Place

Exhibition and film programme
This exhibition and film programme explores changing attitutes to 'cultural diversity' today and includes artists Kara Walker, Harold Offeh and Sanford Biggers.
Please remember to check film times on our website in order to plan your visit.

Missed any of our events? Iniva records each discussion and performance for our archive. Visit www.iniva.org to listen to talks and watch artist interviews online. These are also available in Rivington Place's Stuart Hall Library.

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Nonel and Vovel's Inferno, Oreet Ashery and Larissa Sansour, 2010, copyright the artists

Work in Progress: Events by the Inivators and Yara El-Sherbini

Until 13 March 2010
Education Space, Rivington Place

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Pop-Up Court: diversity on trial
Saturday 27 February, 4pm
The Inivators hold major cultural institutions to account for crimes against diversity in their court of law, with judge, artist and former lawyer Jack Tan. You can join the jury in this participatory performance event. Find out more

Questionable Times
Thursday 4 March, 6:30pm
A restaging of the popular TV show, with panellists Yara El-Sherbini, artist; Sonya Dyer, artist, writer and culture commentator; Tony Panayiotou, Arts Council England and Professor Sarat Maharaj, writer. Find out more

Guess Who?
A game of 'Guess Who?' with a twist is available to play throughout the exhibition in the Inivator's research hub in the Education Space. Find out more

Work in Progress, 2010

Lu Chunsheng and Jia Aili - coming soon

31 March - 15 May 2010
Rivington Place

Contemporary work from China
Lu Chungsheng shows the film, The first man who bought a juicer bought it not for drinking juice, for the first time in Europe. This absorbing film explores the relationship between man and machine.

Emerging Chinese artist Jia Aili has his first solo exhibition in Europe. Curated by David Thorp, it includes paintings from Beijing and a remarkable installation in situ for the window of Rivington Place, which takes inspiration from a famous work by Caravaggio, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas.

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Mist Yang, Jia Aili, 2010, oil on canvas, copyright the artist

Win a copy of Changing States
To celebrate Iniva's 15th year and to complement the current exhibition Progress Reports we are giving you the chance to win copies of Iniva publication Changing States: Contemporary Art and Ideas in an Era of Globalisation in a competiton. To enter visit: www.culturecritic.co.uk

The book examines the most pressing issues and themes that have driven and informed international contemporary art through Iniva's first decade of programming.

Visit www.iniva.org for more information and to buy other Iniva titles.

What's happening elsewhere: National Theatre

9 February – 13 March 2010

Fuel presents Inua Ellams' The 14th Tale
‘London’s hottest new spoken word talent.’
The Times

The 14th Tale tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to the rooftops of Dublin and London.

10 performances only, all tickets 10 pounds.
Book on: 020 7452 3000 or online

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What's happening elsewhere: National Portrait Gallery

11 March - 20 June 2010

Contemporary Connections: The Singh Twins - coming soon
The Singh Twins, Amrit and Rabindra are contemporary British artists whose style is a fusion of Indian traditional and contemporary Western influences which they label ‘past modern’. Their work reflects Indian miniature paintings yet is cut through with modern political, social and cultural reflections.


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Nyrmla's Wedding II, The Singh Twins, 1985 - 86, copyright The Singh Twins