Anti-Psychiatry and its Legacies Piero Gilardi?s work with marginalised communities, including those confined to mental hospitals, was influenced by Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia (1924-80). Alongside Michel Foucault, R.D. Laing, Felix Guattari and Thomas Szasz, Basaglia contributed to the diverse foundations of the radical anti-psychiatry movement; he argued that all asylums should be replaced by open therapeutic communities, a controversial position which provoked both mental health reform and inspired socially-activist approaches to artistic practice.Over two evenings, a programme of screenings and discussions focuses on different national contexts involved in the development of Anti-Psychiatry and questions its status as an interdisciplinary critical legacy bridging philosophy with creative and clinical practice. This is then followed by an informal talk by artist and activist the vacuum cleaner.
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Bloomberg SPACE, 50 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1HD

Charles Atlas: Glacier

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For his South London Gallery collaboration with Bloomberg SPACE, video artist and film director Charles Atlas creates a 360 degree video installation using original, manipulated and found footage. Review by Rebecca Newell

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Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester, M4 1EU

Ma Qiusha

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Ma Qiusha is influenced by her sense of 'the sharpness of things'. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in the UK. Review by Carol Huston.

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Studio Voltaire, 1a Nelson's Row, London SW4 7JR

Rehana Zaman: I, I, I, I, and I

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I, I, I, I, and I will be Zaman's first solo presentation of work and is the first exhibition produced through the gallery's new education programme Not Our Class. Review by George Vasey.

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John Newling In Conversation, Live from Nottingham Contemporary
This conversation explores Newling?s exhibition in relation to the new monograph Spinning: The Organic, Cultural and Etheric in the work of John Newling. The artist will be joined in conversation with the book?s author, Dr Reverend Richard Davey, and James Peto (Exhibitions Curator, the Wellcome Collection) who shares Newling?s commitment to working beyond institutional walls and within public spaces.

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

Silvia Bächli and Eric Hattan: What about Sunday?

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The first UK exhibition by Swiss artists Silvia Bächli (born 1956) and Eric Hattan (born 1955), including drawing, video installation and sculpture. Featuring both individual and collaborative pieces, the exhibition suggests numerous parallels in their wo

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Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX

Gerard Byrne: A state of neutral pleasure

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'A state of neutral pleasure' is a survey of Irish-born artist Gerard Byrne's creative output from 1998 to 2012, presenting seven video works, accompanied by a number of Byrne's photographic series shown across the three major spaces of the Whitechapel Ga

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