MING WONG: Intergalactic Speed Dating
25|8|2006
7-9pm
Age range: 21-35/singles only

From the Mothership comes the Mamasan of the Milky Way, Ming Wong. His Intergalactic Speed Dating includes a crash course on effective intergalactic communications – with tips on how to pull an alien – followed by an intergalactic speed-dating session with afro-futuristic tunes.

Booking recommended: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

DISCUSSION AND FILM SCREENING
23|8|2006
7-10pm

Harold Offeh in discussion with published author Kodwo Eshun, followed by a screening of the 1983 futuristic film 'Born in Flames' (dir. Lizzie Borden) set in a dystopian socialist United States.

Booking recommended: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

ELOÏSE CALANDRE: Performance
23|8|2006
6-7pm

Eloïse Calandre’s performance approaches language as a visceral experience, focusing on the aural qualities of the spoken voice. Mixing languages, the voice is transformed into a series of sounds, leaving the listener with only the voice and its rhythmic flow.

Booking recommended: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

THE MOTHERSHIP COLLECTIVE: EXHIBITION
20|8|2006 - 27|8|2006
Open until 27 August
Gallery open Tuesday-Sunday 12-6pm. Closed Mondays

The results of the summer workshops will be integrated in Harold Offeh’s art installation at the SLG, forming ‘The Mothership Collective’.

THE MOTHERSHIP COLLECTIVE LAUNCH PARTY
19|8|2006
6pm to midnight

To celebrate the end of the summer’s activities and launch The Mothership Collective art installation, the South London Gallery hosts an evening filled with events, including a reading by Anthony Joseph, a contemporary street dance performance by Urban Classicism, and music performances devised by Barby Asante and Blacktronica. Everyone is welcome.

ROBERT HYLTON’S URBAN CLASSICISM: Street Dance
18|8|2006
11am-4pm, with performance on Saturday 19 August
Age range: 11-14

Robert Hylton’s renowned dance company Urban Classicism brings the excitement and energy of hip-hop street moves to cutting edge contemporary dance. Rise to the challenge and test your physical and musical understanding of hip-hop. Make a new dance in a day, and perform at the Mothership launch party.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

OLIVIA PLENDER & PAUL RICHARDS: Heavens Below
17|8|2006
6.30-8.30pm
Age range: Over 18's

Create your own vision of Utopia. Using an array of visual material from the 19th and early 20th centuries, participants will look at how political non-conformists have traditionally used crackpot religion and Utopian fantasies in order to critique the establishment. You will contribute your own utopian vision to the Mothership in the form of printed posters and pamphlets.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

BARBY ASANTE & ANDREA ENCINAS: Funk Chorus
16|8|2006 - 19|8|2006
Wed 16/Thu 17/Sat 19 from 2-5pm
Age range: everyone welcome

Become part of a choir with a funk twist and perform at the Mothership launch party. The group will have a repertoire of a capella classic funk songs, featuring Funkadelic’s ‘One Nation Under a Groove’ as its signature song.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

ANSUMAN BISWAS: Inner Space Exploration
13|8|2006
2-5pm
Age range: Everyone welcome

Escape the stresses of life on Earth with art meditation in a workshop led by performance artist Ansuman Biswas. Find a quiet space, contemplate cosmic inner vibes and explore the inner reaches of the self.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

INTOART: Cosmic Kaleidoscopes
12|8|2006
2-5pm
Age range: Everyone welcome

Reflect and refract the world around you and make your own kaleidoscope. Using patterns and drawings from each kaleidoscope, participants will decorate the walls of the Mothership with a cosmic landscape.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

DAVID BLANDY: The Collective Unconscious
10|8|2006
2-5pm
Age range: 11-16

Bring images and stories to use as the starting point for the creation of a collective comic book. You will have the opportunity to write, draw and ultimately produce a small collective publication reflecting personal anecdotes, stories and songs.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

ANTHONY JOSEPH: Sci-Fi Writing Workshop
8|8|2006
Tuesday 8 and 15 August, 2-5pm
Age range: over 14s

Do you want to pen the next Matrix or be a Doctor Who script writer? Learn how to write science fiction from published author Anthony Joseph and write a short story drawing on ideas from across the galaxy.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

HARUN MORRISON & HELEN WALKER: Becoming the Alien
7|8|2006 - 8|8|2006
10am - 6pm Mon, and 4 - 10pm Tue
Age range: over 16s

Day 1: Using character devising techniques, inter-group discussion and the engagement of strangers you will develop an 'alien' identity. The development of this alien identity will also explore 'utopian' behaviour in performance. Day 2: As part of an ensemble of 'aliens' we will explore South London through new eyes with the long term aim of returning to the Mothership (SLG) to share our findings.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org. Please note participants must be available for both days.

CERI BUCK & CHARLOTTE PRODGER: Creative Skills for Life
7|8|2006
Every Monday, 2-5pm

Participants from St Giles Trust will work on the Mothership as part of an ongoing SLG community outreach programme.

JULIAN ROBERTS: Negative Space Cutting
6|8|2006
2-5pm
Age range: 18-24

Dress for less. Fashion designer Julian Roberts will demonstrate his subtraction method of pattern cutting, focussing on the negative spaces of the design, after which you have a chance to experiment cutting your own garments.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

MARTINO GAMPER: Modularism
5|8|2006
2-5pm
Age range: Everyone welcome

Modular represented the future in the 60s and 70s. Architecture, design, fashion and art were all heavily influenced by the dream of constructing a world from a few single components. Introduce modularity to the Mothership by making furniture, objects and spaces from a selection of self-made modular elements with designer Martino Gamper.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

GAYLE CHONG KWAN: Adonia
4|8|2006 - 5|8|2006
8pm-8am (ALL NIGHT sleepover)
Age range: over 18s/women only

Join the Festival of Adonia to share your unfulfilled desires through discussion, herbs, spices and beds of lettuce. Bring a sleeping bag, and music and food to share. This ladies-only all-nighter is based on an ancient Greek festival in which women would spend the night on rooftops around the city. The residue will be left on the Mothership for others to contemplate.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

CHARLIE DARK: Grime Tunes
4|8|2006
11am-4pm
Age range: 14-18

DJ, producer, writer and sound artist Charlie Dark relocates his Blacktronica Collective studio to the SLG for a day. Throwing down the gauntlet to the thriving grime music community, you are invited to remix and record a track for the Mothership.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

JAMIKA AJALON: Return to the Mother-Ship
3|8|2006
6.30-8.30pm
Age range: Over 18s

Over 18s are invited to join performance artist, poet, lyricist and author Jamika Ajalon in a creative writing workshop exploring the place of the black female subject as the original alien and the original mother, with references to film, television, and literature. Bring an item, song, image or piece of writing that gives you a feeling of home. The discussion will be recorded and broadcast from the Mothership.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

LAMBETH BAND OF SOLIDARITY: Utopia Creche
2|8|2006
2-4pm
Age range: under 5s accompanied by an adult

A party to celebrate the launch of a new generation!

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org

ÅBÄKE: Space Time Capsule
1|8|2006
2-5pm
Age range: everyone welcome

Join designers Åbäke in the construction of a space time capsule. Bring an item for the capsule that reflects you, your community or planet earth itself. Help make communal and personal space plaques for the Mothership, to be transported through space and time.

Booking required: T 020 7703 6120 or mail@southlondongallery.org