I’ve Danced at Parties is a moving-image installation that ruminates on the role of rehearsal in both performance and everyday life. Comprising a film and printed wallpaper, this new commission for Survey II connects the obsessive repetition of actions to our inability to create spontaneous connections and counter social anxiety.

Format

The conversation will last for up to an hour, followed by the chance to ask questions.

We request that visitors wear masks inside the building for this event unless they are exempt, be considerate of one another’s space and we encourage all visitors to take a Covid-19 test before visiting our galleries at Jerwood Space. The space will be well ventilated and there will be hand sanitiser available on arrival.

There is limited capacity at this event, so we ask that you let us know as soon as possible if you are no longer able to attend. We will run a waiting list for tickets if they sell out and will be in touch if tickets become available in the run-up to the event.

Access

We want to make sure that our events programme is welcoming and accessible. Please contact us if you would like to discuss how we can support you to attend and enjoy this event or if you have any feedback on the accessibility of our work. You can contact us via email at gallery@jerwoodarts.org or telephone +44 (0)7944 903 882. Learn more about the access support available, here.

About the speakers 

Cinzia Mutigli works across a range of media including text, performance and video linking her own story to wider cultural histories. She considers how domestic, socio-political and popular cultural environments interact to impact our persona, psychologies and sense of self. Recurring themes and motifs include wallpaper, hair, rehearsals and putting on an act.

Cinzia was born in Edinburgh and is based in Cardiff. She graduated in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee (1993) and studied European FA Printmaking at Winchester School of Art (1994). Recent projects include Sweet Wall, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh (2020); Cheery Like Lorraine Kelly’s Cheery (text) for ON CARE, Ma Biblioteque (2020); My Boring Dreams featuring Kylie, Neneh, Whitney and the Gang for Chips & Egg, The Sunday Painter Gallery, London (2019); and Diana Ross Shaped, Cubitt, London (2018). Mutigli has also worked collaboratively with Freya Dooley on several projects since 2013. cinziamutigli.com 

Alia Syed has been making experimental films in Britain for over 25 years. She is interested in storytelling, time and memory and the juncture of personal realities which she explores through different subjects positions in relation to culture, diaspora and location.

Syed’s films have been shown at numerous institutions around the world including BBC Arts Online (currently), The Triangle Space: Chelsea College of Arts (2014), Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012-13, 5th Moscow Biennale (2013); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2009); XV Sydney Biennale (2006); Hayward Gallery, London (2005); Tate Britain, London (2003); Glasgow Museum of Modern Art, Scotland (2002); Iniva, London (2002); The New Art Gallery in Walsall (2002); and Tate Modern, London (2000), Reina Sophia Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid (2009), Courtisane Festival, Belgium (2019) WKV, Stuttgart (2019) and Yale Centre for British Art (2019). Syed’s films have also been the subject of several solo exhibitions at Talwar Gallery in New York and New Delhi. aliasyed.co.uk