06 Oct 7pm–9pm TalkLively, straightforward, ancient, clever and strange: a poetry-talk by Shanzhai Lyric Roving poetic research unit Shanzhai Lyric will respond to the themes of mistranslation, desire, fashion, gossip and the lyric tradition in Evelyn Taocheng Wang’s work.
07 Oct 11am–12pm Relaxed ViewingEvelyn Taocheng Wang Evelyn Taocheng Wang's exhibition Being Poetic Ruins Life will open an hour early on the first Wednesday of each month to prioritise the experience of those who may wish to visit the exhibition with certain adjustments.
12 Oct 6pm–7pm TalkArtist Talk: Evelyn Taocheng Wang Join us for an artist talk between Evelyn Taocheng Wang, and CCA’s Senior Curator Natasha Hoare. They will discuss her exhibition Being Poetic Ruins Life, currently on view at CCA which includes paintings, handscrolls, installations, videos, and textiles exploring hierarchies of gender, geography, and art making.
22 Oct 7pm–8pm PerformanceZhuyang Liu Join us for a performance by artist Zhuyang Liu, made in response to CCA’s current exhibition Evelyn Taocheng Wang’s Being Poetic Ruins Life. Liu is a London-based Chinese transmedia artist, guzheng virtuoso and composer working across installation, performance, sound, moving image, electronic media and writing.
29 Oct 7pm–9pm WorkshopPassing: A writing workshop with Fieldnotes Join us for 'Passing', a writing workshop exploring identity, displacement and the travelling fragment. This workshop will consider slippages in meaning as generative sites of poetic potential, and a way of engaging with questions of performativity and non-belonging in all its permutations. Taking cues from Evelyn Taocheng Wang’s exhibition, as
04 Nov 11am–12pm Relaxed ViewingEvelyn Taocheng Wang Evelyn Taocheng Wang's exhibition Being Poetic Ruins Life will open an hour early on the first Wednesday of each month to prioritise the experience of those who may wish to visit the exhibition with certain adjustments.
29 Nov 1pm–2pm TourBSL Tour of Being Poetic Ruins Life with Martin Glover Join Martin Glover for a British Sign Language tour of Evelyn Taocheng Wang's exhibition, Being Poetic Ruins Life. The exhibition offers a comprehensive presentation of Wang’s practice to date, bringing together new commissions and significant works across painting, ink on paper, handscrolls, garments, silk paintings, installation, video and
02 Dec 11am–12pm Relaxed ViewingEvelyn Taocheng Wang Evelyn Taocheng Wang's exhibition Being Poetic Ruins Life will open an hour early on the first Wednesday of each month to prioritise the experience of those who may wish to visit the exhibition with certain adjustments.
