Blain|Southern, 4 Hanover Square, London, W1S 1BP

Gilberto Zorio

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'It is not to comprehend; it is to perceive that matters' - Gilberto Zorio's latest exhibition at Blain|Southern is a reminder that his work is still vital today. Review by Francesca Laura Cavallo.

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Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay Bristol, BS1 4QA

4 Days: Curtain Call

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In a little over a week's time Arnolfini will present the third instalment of its irregular live and performance art festival 4 Days on Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th September. Through events, installation, text and discussion the festival presents a series of ‘meeting points’ between artist/performer and audience/spectator across a mixed terrain of spaces and formats.

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Lisson Gallery, 29 & 52'54 Bell Street, London, NW1 5BY

Fusiform Gyrus

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'Fusiform Gyrus', Lisson's summer group exhibition curated by Raimundas Mala'auskas, is a real puzzler... Henry Little reviews.

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Mechelen, Belgium

Contour 2013: Sixth Biennial of Moving Image

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The sixth edition of Contour - the Biennial of Moving Image in Mechelen, Belgium - is entitled 'Leisure, Discipline and Punishment', a triptych of themes running parallel with the deliberate choice of exhibition venues: a football stadium, a church and a

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National Gallery of Denmark, Sølvgade 48-50, DK-1307 Copenhagen K

Danh Vo: We the People (Detail)

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"Artists often get idiotic ideas. And this idea is out of all proportion, not just in physical terms, but also in practical and logistical terms." Danh Vo.

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The Oral Tradition: Flash 500 - Artists? Short Stories, live from Camden Arts Centre, Wednesday 4 September, 7.00 ? 8.00pm
Join us for a series of readings in the Artists? Studio by artists including: Fabian Peake, Francesco Pedraglio, Susan Finlay, Brighid Lowe, Audrey Reynolds and Maria Zahle. Staged to mark the start of Flash 500: new writing by artists, commissioned by Akerman Daly. Subscribe free at akermandaly.com
The Oral Tradition is a series of short projects focusing on performed narrative. The spoken word, from mythic folklore to the call centre script, is a strong influence in the work of both Jockum Nordström and Emma Hart and this programme has been developed in response to these evolving traditions. The performances take place over four weeks, drawing on diverse source material including epic poetry, digital history and contemporary social protest.
Ruth Barker The Oral Tradition: A Love Song, For Gilgamesh
Live from Camden Arts Centre Sunday 1 September, 3.00 - 3.30pm BST
A Love Song, For Gilgamesh was originally scripted for the striking location of the empty swimming pool on board the SS Rotterdam - an ex cruise-ship moored in Rotterdam Harbour. For The Oral Tradition, artist Ruth Barker will spend one week re-imagining and developing the work in the Artist's Studio, for a live public performance.
Ruth Barker is a Glasgow-based artist whose performance poetry re-tells ancient myths as resonant, current, events. Re-composing ancient stories through the lens of her own unconscious associations, personal autobiography, and mythological research, Barker's performances are hypnotic, ritualised, events. Her words are recited from memory with a concentrated focus that becomes by turns magical, claustrophobic, and cathartic.
Ruth works with a fashion designer from whom she commissions bespoke garments to be worn during her performances. For A Love Song, For Gilgamesh, Glasgow-based designer Carmel O'Brien has created a striking floor-length piece in rich russet velvet and gold lurex.

S1 Artspace, 120 Trafalgar Street, Sheffield, S1 4JT

Nicolas Deshayes: Crude Oil

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Deshayes has selected works by the likes of Jacob Epstein, Geoffrey Clarke, Frank Dobson and Henry Moore to share the gallery space with five new creations of his own. Chloe Reith reviews.

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Chapter, Market Road, Canton Cardiff, Wales, CF5 1QE

Sean Edwards: Drawn in Cursive

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"As a child might find the cardboard box more interesting than the toy or the cake mixture more delicious than the baked goods, there is an invitation here to appreciate the unnoticed structures of the everyday experience." Review by Denise Kwan.

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Sammlung Falckenberg, Wilstorfer Straße 71, Tor 2, 21073 Hamburg-Hamburg

Santiago Sierra

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From September 7, 2013 through to January 12, 2014, Deichtorhallen Hamburg is showing the largest retrospective to date of the sculptural, photographic and filmic oeuvre of Spanish artist Santiago Sierra.

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