Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH

Playtime

Naomi Kashiwagi, Swingtime, 2014

The final exhibition to be shown at Cornerhouse takes Jaques Tati's 1967 film ‘Playtime’ as a starting point, and features a combination of installation, sound and video works. Review by Lauren Velvick

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Artists Space, 38 Greene Street 3rd Floor, New York NY 10013

Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy

Installation view from Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy, Artists Space, 2014

Between black boxes, white cubes, festivals, cinemas and biennales, when filmmakers become artists is often a question of definition and institutional context rather than form. Review by Gemma Sharpe

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Hauser & Wirth, 23 Savile Row, London W1S 2ET

Mira Schendel: Monotypes

Installation view, Mira Schendel, Monotypes

Alternating between using her fingernail, the side of her hand and a tool, Schendel creates gentle lines, words and symbols on the fragile surface of rice paper. The results are like a diary made of cloudy and vague memories. The exhibition is reviewed by Thais Gouveia.

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MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes, MK9 3QA

How to Construct a Time Machine

Middle Gallery installation view showing Mark Wallinger Time and Relative Dimensions in Space

How to Construct a Time Machine explores photography and film as forms to be manipulated, enabling a slowing down, speeding up and holding still of time. Review by Edwina Attlee

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, D-10557 Berlin

transmediale 2015: CAPTURE ALL

Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Invisible, installation view at CAPTURE ALL, transmediale 2015

transmediale 2015 is something of a closed-loop system, where endless data capture and gamification is turned back on itself, and where digital labour is both critiqued and revelled in. Review by Rob La Frenais

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Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA

Willem de Rooij

Willem de Rooij, Index: Riots, Protest, Mourning and Commemoration (as represented in newspapers, January 2000- July 2002) installation view, 2014

Willem de Rooij’s works at The Arnolfini combine to offer a politically charged response to global protests. Review by Rory Duckhouse

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA

Graeme Durant: When in Roam

Graeme Durant, When in Roam (installation view), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2014

Durant subjects seemingly disparate phenomena to a process of recycling, improvisation and low-tech construction. Review by Louise Winter

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Standpoint, 45 Coronet Street, London N1

Idit Elia Nathan: Footnotes Playing Dead

Idit Elia Nathan: Footnotes Playing Dead, installation view

‘Footnotes Playing Dead’ presents works using games, where viewers are invited to “play with” and explore for themselves aspects of the Israel-Palestine occupation. Becky Shaw reviews

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NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia

Emily Floyd: The Dawn

An open space

Drawing parallels between educational models and contemporary art, Emily Floyd’s bold and colourful works generate spaces for social engagement and interaction whilst provoking discussions about contemporary social, cultural and political ideas.

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