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QUESTIONS FROM THE PAST Friday 12 February 2010, 14.00–15.30 Artist Grace Ndiritu works at the intersection of film and performance. This talk uses performance video art from her Still Life and Responsible Tourism series to dialogue with paintings from the Orientalism movement and Henri Matisse, examining how these works influenced Western ideas of Africa in the late nineteenth century. Tate Britain Duffield Room Millbank London £5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/talks/20951.htm ACTION 30 January to 28 March 2010 Artists: Beverley Bennett, Appau Boayke- Yiadom, Grace Ndiritu, Robin Deacon an exhibition curated by Sonia Boyce as part of Liverpool and the Black Atlantic season including: Sonia Boyce: Like Love Parts One & Two at Bluecoat Gallery Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic at Tate Liverpool http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/afromodernism/around-liverpool.shtm Bluecoat Gallery School Lane Liverpool L...

Saturday 6 February 2010, 10.30–17.30 This symposium focuses on the use of the spoken word in artistic practice and its manifestations in sonic and audiovisual art works. Taking the lead from the recently published anthology of works Playing with Words: The Spoken Word in Artistic Practice, this event encompasses performances, talks and conversations by artists and researchers who employ spoken words as their material and inspiration. Contributors include Tomomi Adachi, Caroline Bergvall, Dani Gal, Brandon LaBelle, Cathy Lane, Oswaldo Macià, Nye Parry, Inua 'Phaze' Ellams, Imogen Stidworthy, David Toop and Trevor Wishart. In collaboration with CRISAP, Creative Research into Sound Art Practice, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London Tate Modern Starr Auditorium £25 (£15 concessions), booking recommended For tickets book online http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/symposia/20795.htm or call 020 7887 8888.