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18/6/2009

Radical Nature

Barbican Centre, London

The beauty and wonder of nature have provided inspiration for artists and architects for centuries. Since the 1960s, the increasingly evident degradation of the natural world and the effects of climate change have brought a new urgency to their responses. Radical Nature is the first exhibition to bring together key figures across different generations who have created utopian works and inspiring solutions for our ever-changing planet.

Radical Nature draws on ideas that have emerged out of Land Art, environmental activism, experimental architecture and utopianism. The exhibition is designed as one fantastical landscape, with each piece introducing into the gallery space a dramatic portion of nature. Work by pioneering figures such as the architectural collective Ant Farm and visionary architect Richard Buckminster Fuller, artists Joseph Beuys , Agnes Denes , Hans Haacke and Robert Smithson are shown alongside pieces by a younger generation of practitioners including Heather and Ivan Morison, R&Sie(n) , Philippe Rahm architects and Simon Starling. Radical Nature also features specially commissioned and restaged historical installations, some of which are located in the outdoor spaces around the Barbican while a satellite project by the architectural collective EXYZT is situated off site.

Nature Lates
Every Thursday until 10pm

The Thursday Lates for Radical Nature present the ideal opportunity to explore the myriad of themes and issues raised by the exhibition: horticulture, the ethics of food production, ecology, living harmoniously with nature and more.

Meet a friend at the Nature Bar, immerse yourself in the strange and beautiful landscape that the invaded the gallery, and join speakers and performers as they give us a different view on the natural world.


until 30 August 2009
The Curve

Clemens von Wedemeyer
The Fourth Wall

Clemens von Wedemeyer’s film installations investigate the uncertain distinction between fact and fiction. His new commission for The Curve is composed of eight different film fragments, all referring to first contact between anthropologists, explorers and groups of people living in remote jungle locations who have never previously had contact with Western civilisation.


Talks & Events
Come along and join speakers and performers as they give us a different view on the natural world.

Heather and Ivan Morison: I am so sorry. Goodbye
19 Jun 09 - 18 Oct 09 / 11:00 / Barbican Waterside

Radical Nature for Families
20 Jun 09 - 17 Oct 09 / 14:00 / Barbican Art Gallery

Secret Barbican/Secret Nature
Join our guided tour every Saturday
20 Jun 09 - 17 Oct 09 / 14:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Agnes Denes: Wheatfield – A Confrontation
15 Jul 09 - 6 Aug 09 / 11:00 / Off Dalston Lane

The Dalston Mill
EXYZT
15 Jul 09 - 6 Aug 09 / 14:00 / Off Dalston Lane

Caroline Tisdall: Green Talk
16 Jul 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Joseph Beuys – Arena
16 Jul 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4
book tickets to Joseph Beuys – Arena book

Dominik Czechowski: Green Talk
23 Jul 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Futureproofing the City
23 Jul 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4
book tickets to Futureproofing the City book

The Wayward Plant Registry
Gallery Resource Room
25 - 26 Jul 09 / 11:00 / Barbican Art Gallery

Bookbinding and Paper Masterclass
26 Jul 09 / 11:00 / Garden Room
book tickets to Bookbinding and Paper Masterclass book

London Barterama
Exchange your printed materials!
26 Jul 09 / 11:00 / Barbican Conservatory

Heather and Ivan Morrison: Green Talk
30 Jul 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Art meets Farmers’ Market: Summer Shopping Extravaganza
30 Jul 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Grounds for Gardening
30 Jul 09 / 19:30 / Garden Room

Shake, Radical, Roll
6 Aug 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Conservatory

Philippe Rahm
6 Aug 09 / 19:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Weather it Rains or Shines
6 Aug 09 / 20:15 / Barbican Conservatory

Christopher Woodward: Green Talk
13 Aug 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Radical Solutions Inspired by Nature
Garden Room and Conservatory
13 Aug 09 / 19:30 / Garden Room

Kit Hammonds: Green Talk
20 Aug 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

2012Architecten
20 Aug 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Ariella Yedgar: Green Talk
27 Aug 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Aqua-tecture
27 Aug 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Francesco Manacorda: Green Talk
3 Sep 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Cape Farewell: Art and Climate Change
3 Sep 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Art meets Farmers’ Market: Summer shopping Extravaganza
10 Sep 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Joel Robinson: Green Talk
10 Sep 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Radical Nature Study Day
Art, Nature and the Environment
12 Sep 09 / 10:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Leonora Oppenheim: Green Talk
17 Sep 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Designing Footprints
17 Sep 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Translocal: Green Talk
24 Sep 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Joseph Beuys: The Free International University and Social Sculpture Now
24 Sep 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Playing with Numbers
1 Oct 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Emma Ridgway: Green Talk
1 Oct 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

Symmetry: A Journey into the Patterns of Nature
1 Oct 09 / 19:30 / Cinema 2

Michaela Crimmin: Green Talk
8 Oct 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery

With and Against Nature
8 Oct 09 / 19:30 / Redgrave Suite, Level 4

Barn Dance
Raise the roof in celebration of Harvest
9 Oct 09 / 19:30 / St Giles, Cripplegate

Family Barn Dance
Raise the roof in celebration of Harvest
10 Oct 09 / 14:00 / St Giles, Cripplegate

Urban Harvest Festival
15 Oct 09 / 18:30 / Barbican Art Gallery


Barbican Centre
Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS

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