15 October 2005
The Arches
Directing Hand
Directing Hand
A life force of ecstatic clarity capable of loquacious bursts of affirmation.
INSTAL 05
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27 September 2014
Tramway
Touching the Imperceptible
Arthur Jafa Kara Keeling
A performed filmic conversation on queer and black world making.
Episode 6:
Make a Way Out of No Way
16 February 2008
The Arches
Personal Space
Kylie Minoise
Thirty lucky Instal punters experience Kylie’s pre-match aggro workout one-on-one in the darkness of an Arches dressing room.
INSTAL 08
24 February 2012
Tramway
Only Your Pre Formance Is Cult
Amanda Monfrooe Iain Campbell F-W
A series of reality dramas happening over the course of the weekend.
Episode 2:
A Special Form of Darkness
9 December 2001
The Arches
Defaalt
Defaalt
Glasgow based artist Defaalt invites the audience to collaborate fully in his performance by means of a generative graphical interface.
INSTAL 01
13 November 2024
Tramway
Live Stream
Four Endings to Begin
Masa Nazzal River MacAskill Hannah Proctor Gracie Mae Bradley Joel White
Four perspectives from people involved in different anti-capitalist and anti-racist struggles, considering how ideas of ‘ending’ have shaped their political thinking and praxis.
Episode 11: To End the World As We Know It
22 February 2010
DCA
Urban Peasants
Ken Jacobs
Do almost nothing: re-present (unaltered and arranged by chance) silent family home movies handed down to Flo, (Ken’s wife) and follow them with a “teach yourself Yiddish” cassette tape.
Kill Your Timid Notion 10
23 November 2003
The Arches
V∞redoms
Rare UK performance by legendary Japanese post punk group during their 4 drummers + synth / vocals phase.
INSTAL 03
15 February 2008
The Arches
Self Cancellation – Palimpsest #1
Benedict Drew Chris Weaver John Butcher Mark Bain Michael Colligan Rhodri Davies Robin Hayward Sarah Washington John Bain Lee Patterson
Performance of a Sudoko based graphic score giving rise to a process of self cancellation.
INSTAL 08
25 May 2013
Tramway
We have something to say about… Pt1
Ann Cvetkovich Eboni Marshall Turman Frank Roberts Michael Roberson Robert Sember Terre Thaemlitz Vogue’ology
A historical narrative of the black and Latino/a transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay House and Ballroom Scene in relation to race, gender, sexuality and class oppressions.
Episode 5:
Hidden in Plain Sight
13 April 2007
DCA
Wave Formations
William Raban
Wave Formations is a 5 screen work in which each screen runs through a series of fades and then stroboscopic flashes of colour, to create a series of visual harmonics.
Kill Your Timid Notion 07
2 October 2025
Workshop on Mutual Aid with Dean Spade
Dean Spade
In this interactive workshop, Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid, will share key principles, explore common challenges in mutual aid work, and offer tools for working through them.