Talks & Debate
Allen Fisher, Tom Pickard and Iain Sinclair
What's on this month
7 productions found
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Yan Lianke
Sunday 18 May 2008
Yan Lianke's novel Serve The People was banned in China, and his work exemplifies the issues of Freedom of Expression so pressing in China today.
£7.50
Poetry Library
Liz Mathews: Working With Words 2
Monday 19 May 2008
Liz Mathews talks about the texts which she has chosen to set for this exhibition, and how the themes which have emerged both confirm Valentine Ackland's idea of a community of poets who were her 'friends and protectors' and honour this gathering of minds.
Admission Free
Purcell Room
Chris Patten with Ha Jin and Zhu Wen
Monday 19 May 2008
As the last British governor of Hong Kong during the handover to China, Chris Patten has been a key figure in China's recent history.
£10
Purcell Room
Peter Dews, Mark Kurlansky, Ernesto Laclau, Jacqueline Rose and Goran Therborn
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Our leading thinkers discuss the history and future of radical thought at this centrepiece event in our literature series All Power to the Imagination.
£12
Purcell Room
Ernesto Neto
Friday 23 May 2008
Ernesto Neto talks about his work in the context of Psycho Buildings show at The Hayward.
£5
Cloakroom Lobby - Royal Festival Hall Level 1
Making Sculptures Speak
Saturday 24 May 2008 - Friday 30 May 2008
Fence and Stack are two new sculptures recently installed in the public spaces of Southbank Centre.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Artists and Architecture
Wednesday 28 May 2008
Artists Michael Beutler, Tobias Putrith and Tomas Saraceno present and discuss their works with the curator of Psycho Buildings and Director of The Hayward, Ralph Rugoff.
£5
