14 Nov 7pm– Dr Larne Abse Gogarty w/ Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby The conversation between artists Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby and Dr Larne Abse Gogarty (Associate Professor and Head of History and Theory of Art at the Slade School of Fine Art) explored the duo's new series of works for their exhibition Inner Heat, at CCA. The six drawings that make up the series Contact, are central to the exhibition.
12 Nov 7pm– “A Capricious Sinuosity”: Congolese Trajectories of the Cold War In this talk, Pedro Monaville (History, McGill University) was screened live within the context of Sammy Baloji's exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA, discussing his ongoing collaboration with Baloji which builds on their shared interest for thinking the world from the Congo. The talk revisited the different threads and historical contexts addressed by
29 Oct 7pm– Professor Johan Lagae, Dissecting Congo’s spatial palimpsests Notes on mobilising the ‘colonial archive’ and walking the field in a conversation between art and architectural history.
21 Nov 7pm– Lecture by Johnny Leya on Traumnovelle’s installation Congolisation Johnny Leya presented a talk reflecting on Brussels-based architecture studio Traumnovelle’s groundbreaking installation Congolisation (2023).
03 Oct 5pm– Sammy Baloji in conversation with Dr Mark Sealy To mark the opening of Sammy Baloji’s solo exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA, a discussion was held between the artist and Dr Mark Sealy, Executive Director of Autograph and Professor, Photography, Rights and Representation at University Arts London, London College of Communication. They discussed the development of Baloji’s practice and some of the
06 Oct 5pm– Elizabeth Povinelli In Conversation with Kathryn Yusoff Drawing on the central figure of the Zombie, Karrabing Collective member, Elizabeth Povinelli, discusses the collective's work in reference to the undead quality of settler colonialism, and the refusal of dividing lines, such as between the dead and undead, within indigenous culture. Povinelli will be in conversation with author and
03 Aug 7pm– Rendering Alternatives Held as part of the programme for Kara Chin’s exhibition Concerned Dogs, this conversation between Angela YT Chan and Avery Delany will unpack both the emancipatory capacity of digital storytelling and its problematic entwinement with capitalist structures.
23 May 6pm– EXCESS FORCE Moderated by Jennifer Fleetwood (Goldsmiths College), a panel including Dr Koshka Duff (Author, Abolish the Police, Lecturer, Nottingham University), Thomas Marriott (Designer and Researcher, Goldsmiths College), and Dr Nikhaela Wicks (University of Kent), will focus on the use of excess force and other forms of violence that can typify
07 Feb 7pm– Panel Discussion: Transgression in Art and Fashion Participants: Beca Lipscombe (Atelier EB), Dr Catherine Rossi (Canterbury School of Architecture and Design) + Rottingdean Bazaar (James Theseus Buck and Luke Brooks). Moderated by Sarah McCrory, (Director Goldsmiths CCA)
20 Oct 2pm– Curating, Protest & Colonialism: Film Screening & Discussion Work by British artists has referenced historical links between the Northern Irish and Black American civil rights movements. This seminar will focus on how contemporary curating can frame such connections, beginning with a screening of Helen Cammock’s film The Long Note (2018), before presentations by and discussions with Clare Carolin, Bill
31 Mar 7pm– Petrified History, Toxic Nostalgia Join us for a panel discussion on memory, melancholia, monuments and mythology, featuring four of the artists exhibited in Testament: Roger Hiorns, Elizabeth Price, Ali Eisa and Sebastian Lloyd Rees (Lloyd Corporation), chaired by Gary Younge. Each artist will discuss their proposals for the exhibition, which question the permanent visibility of
17 Mar 7pm– Scott King – The Debrist Manifesto Scott King and Goldsmiths CCA present ‘The Debrist Manifesto’.
29 Oct 1pm– Tour with Professor Josh Cohen: Sated Soldier, Sated Peasant, Sated Scribe Join Professor Josh Cohen for a special tour of Sam Keogh's exhibition Sated Soldier, Sated Peasant, Sated Scribe. Cohen will bring his perspective to bear on Keogh's work, speaking from his research and practice in cultural theory, literature, and psychoanalysis.
23 Sep 7pm– Salvaged Rhythms: Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom + Sophie Williamson Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom discusses his new commission and practice with curator and writer Sophie Williamson. An extension of their ongoing dialogue, this online event provides an opportunity to explore Boakye-Yiadom’s use of drums and improvised music within his multimedia installations, and how his works shuttles between function and aesthetic
25 Mar 7pm– POSTPONED – Experiments with Time PARTICIPANTS: Dr Ele Carpenter (Reader in Curating, Goldsmiths College and Associate Curator, Arts Catalyst), Professor Margaret Iversen (Emeritus Professor, School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex), Dr Amy Tooth Murphy (Lecturer in Oral History, Royal Holloway, University of London), moderated by Professor Josh Cohen (Professor
09 Jan 6pm– 4 LIVE WORKS DISCUSSION Participants: Roland Carline, Rebecca Swift (Entelechy Arts) and Rachel Gileda.
29 Oct 7pm– Book Launch: Scott King & Fraser Muggeridge Scott King and Fraser Muggeridge's informal discussion of their practices and work on the publication Tony Cokes – If UR Reading This It’s 2 Late: Vol. 1-3. Both speakers have worked for years across the fields of art, graphic design and music, and were joined CCA Director Sarah McCrory in dialogue concerning the translations, slippages and
08 Oct 7pm– Policing Blackness: Music and Visual Culture Participants: Dr Monique Charles, Gaika, Last Yearz Interesting Negro, Dr Anamik Saha, Dr Dhanveer Singh Brar.
28 Sep 5pm– Artist Talk: Tony Cokes & Kodwo Eshun To mark the opening of If UR Reading This It's 2 Late: Vol. 1, Tony Cokes discussed his work with Kodwo Eshun (Lecturer in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London and co-founder of The Otolith Group). Eshun features directly in the exhibition as part of a new commission produced specifically for the CCA, which quotes his 'Mark
08 Aug 7pm– Exposure: Olivia Sudjic As the first year of exhibition-making drew to a close, Goldsmiths CCA paused to reflect on a number of women artists’ practices we hosted and the contemporary feminist discourses we engaged in. Within this context we invited writer Olivia Sudjic to read from her book Exposure (2018), in which she explores the trope of anxiety within female
24 Jul 6.30pm– Poetics of Sound Corey Hayman and CCA's curator Natasha Hoare had an informal discussion of the concepts and preoccupations that inform Hayman's practice, and her installation at the CCA, Plastic Sounds of Dark Matter.
04 Jul 7pm– Artist Talk: Issy Wood Issy Wood read passages from her new publication published on the occasion of her solo exhibition All The Rage at Goldsmiths CCA. The book collected texts from her blog, committothedish.co.uk; ranging from surreal fragments and prose poems, to confessional streams of consciousness. For Wood the two practices of painting and writing weave
11 Apr 6.30pm– Listening Session: Body of Sound WITH: Rose Dagul (Musician / Lecturer in Popular Music, Goldsmiths), Haseeb Iqbal (Poet / DJ) and Ifeoma Orjiekwe (Artist).
16 Mar 1pm– How Chicago! Artist Talk with Sarah Canright, Art Green, Gladys Nilsson and Suellen Rocca Imagist artists Sarah Canright, Art Green, Suellen Rocca and Gladys Nilsson discussed the genesis of the Imagist movement, the provocation posed by Chicago and its vernacular cultures in an informal Q&A with the curators of the exhibition, Sarah McCrory (Director, Goldsmiths CCA) and Rosie Cooper (Head of Exhibitions, De La Warr Pavilion).
15 Dec 3pm– Artist Talk: Oisín Byrne with Gary Farrelly Long term collaborators Oisín Byrne and Gary Farrelly discussed their feature-length film GLUE (2017), which was on show at Goldsmiths CCA.
04 Dec 7pm– Shattered: Contemporary perspectives on second wave feminism and its art forms Speakers: Dr Angela Dimitrakaki (Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Edinburgh), Dr Catherine Grant (Lecturer in Critical Studies in Art, Goldsmiths), Marlene Smith (Artist, and Curator, The Public).
13 Sep 7pm– Absurd Cosmos With: Jennifer Higgie, Editor, Frieze; Dr. Chantal Faust, Royal College of Art; Hardeep Pandhal, artist; Bedwyr Williams, artist.
