Tulse Hill Estate, London SW2 Saturday 23 July 2011, 2-6 pm In memory of Nana Darko Frepong. The Open Day was part of Tulse Hill Diaries an ongoing body of work within Tulse Hill Estate which is at the core of my doctoral research project Living together: The artist as a neighbour. The Open Day… [Read more…]
May 29, 2011
Zeitgarten.ch research trip to South London 27-29 May 2011 Part of The Ambassadors, a project in collaboration with Alex Meszmer and Reto Müller (zeitgarten.ch), Rosalie Schweiker and Grace Cookey-Gam, with the participation of residents of Tulse Hill Estate (South London) and Pfyn (Switzerland). Commissioned for Democratic Art Weeks 2011-2012, a year long programme of collaborative,… [Read more…]
May 20, 2011
An Audience with Bob & Roberta Smith: Women should be in charge Friday 20 May 2011, 1.15-11 pm Free entrance ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH Panel discussion chaired by Cecilia Wee Speakers: Janet Newman (Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences – Open University), Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre (artist), Sonia… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
A book by Ceri Buck and Ana Laura López de la Torre. With Southwark Breastfeeding Peer Councellors and new mums from South London. Commissioned by Guys and St Thomas Charity. Book cover with illustration by Stephanie Bennett-Fraser (2010) Mum’s First Steps started with a series of workshops where we shared our experiences of becoming mothers,… [Read more…]
May 14, 2011
A walk-picnic-book by Ana Laura López de la Torre and Rosalie Schweiker. Tulse Hill Estate, London SW2 Saturday 14th May 2011 This event was part of a wider body of work within Tulse Hill Estate under the banner title Tulse Hill Diaries, in collaboration with The Emely for the OPEN ENGAGEMENT: Art and Social Practice… [Read more…]
May 5, 2011
The ground I am standing on: From the balcony to the shed, from the shed to the garden MA General Theory Forum/Postgraduate Talks Program 2011 Chelsea College of Art & Design Thursday 5 May 2011, 2-3.30 pm Lecture Theatre, Chelsea College of Art & Design Millbank, London SW1P 4JU Image: Front door of my flat… [Read more…]
January 18, 2011
An afternoon with students from the MA Art Theory and MA Curating Chelsea College of Art & Design 18 January 2011 South London Gallery I was invited by Isobel Whitelegg (Director MA Curating) and David Dibosa (Director MA Art Theory) to lead a session with their students, as part of a series of seminars exploring… [Read more…]
December 18, 2010
The Emely and Sprouting56 12-18 December 2010 Sprouting56, Peckham Road, South London Food & Things was a whole week of workshops, tea, cakes, a shop and evening communual dining in the week leading up to Christmas 2010. All with fresh wholesome local food, cooked by the lovely people of The Emely and Sprouting56, in a… [Read more…]
November 27, 2010
Saturday 27 November 2010 VIS Monthly Meeting – Royal Festival Hall Photo courtesy of Alex Buhagiar (VIS) VIS (Visual into Social) is a group of artists who work in the public arena, and run their own programme of informal talks by artists and writers. I was invited to come to talk to them about my… [Read more…]
November 10, 2010
National Students Demonstration against Conservative-Lib Dems budget cuts to education and removal of caps for University fees. Wednesday 10 November 2010 Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, Parliament Square This group of photographs is part of Placards - a series documenting the variety of political opinion at large public demonstrations, through protesters’ messages in hand made placards. Placards… [Read more…]
October 4, 2010
Tracing the Layers of Historical and Traumatic Events 23 – 29 October 2010 Doctoral School, Hungarian Academy of Arts and Csepel Island, Budapest, Hungary A visit to London by the Hungarian team is being planned for May 2011. UK participants: Marsha Bradfield, Maria Arango, Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, Hayley Newman, Professor Stephen Scrivener,… [Read more…]
September 10, 2010
Neighbourhoods and Neighbourliness Thursday 18th November 2010. Time TBC (evening) Turner Contemporary, 17-18 The Parade, Margate CT9 1EY Speakers: Sophie Hope, Ana Laura López de la Torre Chaired by: Sepake Angiama, Public Programmes Curator, Turner Contemporary This was one of a series of talks being organised by Sonya Dyer on behalf of a-n and Axis,… [Read more…]
August 4, 2010
Big Society Space Station Sixty-Five 4 August – 28 October 2010 65 North Cross Road, London SE22 9ET Everything is Not All Right (2009) Big Society was an evolving window exhibition at Space Station Sixty-Five to respond to the notion of David Cameron’s proposal for a ‘Big Society’. My contribution was an image of a… [Read more…]
June 18, 2010
Price Cut: A publication for Super Farmers’ Market Exhibition 18 June – 17 July 2010 Handel Street Projects, 19–21 Sicilian Avenue, Holborn WC1 Publication contributors: Aaron McPeake, Scott Schwager, Katrine Hjelde, Dorset Cereals, Isobel Bowditch, Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, Ben Fitton, Barbara Zanditon, Kristen Lovelock, Sarah Tremlett, Marsha Bradfield Exhibition curators: Mary Anne… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
Where are leaves its own field and becomes visible as part of something else A project by Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto and Fondazione Zegna Edited by Angelika Burtscher and Judith Wielander Published by Sternberg Press (Berlin, New York) 18 x 27 cm, 380 pages, 150 color ill., softcover. ISBN: 978-1-934105-09-2 visible is a research project in contemporary… [Read more…]
January 21, 2010
Do you remember Olive Morris? 2006-2011 Brixton, South London A collaboration with Liz Obi and the Remembering Olive Collective. With contributions from Neil Kenlock, Mike McColgan and the Morris family. In partnership with Lambeth Archives, Brixton Library and Gasworks. Do you remember Olive Morris? sought to uncover the largely untold history of Brixton-based activist Olive… [Read more…]
September 17, 2009
The Real World: Collaborative Practice Thursday 17 September 2009 Speakers: Ana Laura López de la Torre, Cornford & Cross (Matthew Cornford and David Cross), Hyo Myoung Kim. From left to right: Matthew Cornford, David Cross, Nick Kaplony (Artquest), Ana Laura López de la Torre, Hyo Myoung Kim. Image courtesy of Artquest. The Real World is… [Read more…]
May 18, 2009
18 May 2009 Workshop by: Leandro Cardoso and Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre Talk Show (6 May – 31 May 2009) ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art Photograph courtesy of Luciana Mugayar This workshop of Latin American Political Chants was a collaboration with Leandro Cardoso – a Brazilian artist temporarily based in London whist… [Read more…]
May 4, 2009
National Demonstration Citizens into Strangers calling for an amnesty for all illegal immigrants. Saturday 4 May 2009 Rally on Trafalgar Square This group of photographs is part of Placards – a series documenting the variety of political opinion at large public demonstrations, through protesters’ messages in hand made placards. Placards is also a celebration of… [Read more…]
February 20, 2009
The S.C.U.M. Manifesto Dinner Curated by the Subjectivity & Feminisms Research Group with Monika Oechsler. The Green Room at Chelsea College of Art & Design Friday 20 February 2009 – 7.00 pm Participating artists: Claudia Kappenberg, Celestin Edwards, Maria Walsh, Sarah Tremlett, Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, Mo Throp, Sissu Tarka (remote), Sarah Smith,… [Read more…]
July 23, 2011
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