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Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann are showing a series of new works at Late at Tate on Friday 9th April from 6pm until 9.30pm at Tate Britain.

Shards of Utopia, curated by Cecilia Wee, is an event incorporating live art, music, installation and discussion.

Situating itself in a post-utopian world in which we struggle to accept the notion of a holistic, universal idea of utopia, Shards of Utopia explores how cultural remnants of a revolutionary and hopeful past continue to be powerfully resonant for our present.

Inhabiting the tension between nostalgia and ideology, artists Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann, Counterproductions, Emma Leach, Jon Hawken, Klub Fiskulturnik, Mick Jones, Resonance FM, Steven Ounanian, Taigen Kawabe, They Are Here and Tom Badley investigate utopian ideals.

The constellation of ideas developed through the course of the event are brought together by a limited edition leaflet designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, with contributions from curators and writers from across the globe: Dani Admiss, Olaf Arndt, Elizabeth Monoian & Rob Ferry, Claire Louise Staunton and Juha van ‘t Zelfde.

Curated by Cecilia Wee.

Shards of Utopia features –

A trio of talks on technology*:
chaired by Jen Thatcher
Mick Jones on science fiction books in the Rock ‘n‘ Roll Public Library
Tom Badley discusses string theory and the Holographic Principle
Steven Ounanian presents a lecture-performance about a robot he made of himself for his mother in America

Persuasive/Pervasive interventions:
Resonance FM‘s Richard Thomas creates sound pieces for Tate Britain‘s Tannoy system
Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann attach improvised vibration devices to the building

Utopian sounds:
Jon Hawken DJs sounds between the beautiful and the sublime
Taigen Kawabe performs a rite of self-purification

Explorations of the building:
Emma Leach orchestrates a human news ticker
They Are Here work with a professional Blue Badge Guide to present a tour of utopias and dystopias

Performances to test the constitution:
Counterproductions and Jungmin Song invite gallerygoers to record their ‘topian‘ ideas
Klub Fiskulturnik encourage us to take a path towards socialist self-realisation through movement

*Talks have limited capacity, tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis from the Clore Information desk at 18.00 on the day of the event

For more information visit: www.ceciliawee.com