Forthcoming Events and Exhibitions

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London
Art, Performance & Activism in Contemporary Japan
Exhibition and programme of events featuring the work of artists/activists based in Japan, exploring differing strategies of intervention that seek to engage in contemporary debates and to change how we think and act.
Where: Pump House Gallery, London, SW11
When: Thu 19 Jan - Sun 26 Feb 2012
Critical Dictionary
Guest curated by David Evans, a group exhibition inspired by Georges Bataille’s infamous anti-dictionary for the dissident Surrealist journal "Documents".
Where: WORK, London WC1X
When: Fri 27 Jan – Sat 25 Feb 2012
Forthcoming Talks / Discussions at Whitechapel Gallery
A selection of talks and events exploring subjects such as education, capitalism, and the gallery as community, with speakers including Mark Fisher (Capitalist Realism) and Andrew McGettigan, author of the Critical Education blog.
Where: Whitechapel Gallery, London E1
When: Feb - Mar 2012
Among Other Things
An exhibition which brings together four artists (Adam Chodzko, Andrew Dodds, Kelly Large, Nicoline van Harskamp) who engage with various material outcomes to address social and political notions of agency, (re-)assembly and futurity.
Where: Camberwell Space, London SE5
When: Tue 10 Jan - Fri 10 Feb 2012
Santiago Sierra In Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
The next in a series of free talks in which artists discuss their work and its broader content will feature Madrid-based artist Santiago Sierra who, since the mid-nineties, has been critically engaging with human repression and exploitation.
Where: Lisson Gallery, London, NW1
When: Tue 31 Jan 2012
Social Fabric
A group exhibition and screening programme which focuses on the textile industry and its relation to capital, labour, colonialism, international trade and radical politics.
Where: Iniva, London EC2A
When: Thu 19 Jan - Sat 10 Mar 2012
TOPOPHOBIA
A group exhibition and related publication exploring the representation of place and space as threatened or threatening, and the anxiety generated by encounters with technologies of disappearance.
Where: Danielle Arnaud, London SE11
When: Fri 13 Jan - Sun 19 Feb 2012
Common Ground
The inaugural show of Latymer Projects presents works from four local and London based artists which question our relationship with history, the urban landscape and popular culture.
Where: Latymer Projects, London W10
When: Fri 20 Jan – Sun 18 Mar 2012
AAS - The Cult of Quatermass
Outside, the air is punctured by sirens as the 'Receivers' amass in public spaces to celebrate the eternal drone. Quatermass has disappeared. No one knows what has become of him.
Where: xero, kline & coma, London E2 7SJ
When: Sat 21 Jan - Sun 12 Feb 2012

Midlands
Decolonizing Architecture/Art Residency (DAAR)
Decolonizing Architecture/Art Residency (DAAR) is an art and architecture collective based in Palestine. Their work is a critical examination of the role played by architecture in the occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Where: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
When: Sat 28 Jan - Sun 15 Apr 2012