If you didn't make it to Rational Rec in 2006, turn over a new leaf with:
Rational Review of 2006 , programmed by Cecilia Wee
Tuesday 9th January 2007
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
44 Pollard Row, London E2
(5 mins from Bethnal Green tube)
Doors at 8pm; £5 on the door
FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE AT 8.30PM
www.rationalrec.org.uk
To kick-start 2007, Rational Rec presents the Rational Review, the annual Rational Rec event of the best film, talk and music from the previous year:
Rational Rec is a monthly inter-art social occasion based at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, incorporating sound, music, text, performance and film into a damn good night out. Come along and be artistically, intellectually and alcoholically stimulated
Witness the first public screening of
Hector Castells' 40 min documentary following sculptor
Graham Hudson during his residency at the Chelsea College of Art & Design's Parade Grounds (April to Sept 2006).
Graham Hudson is represented by Rokeby Gallery:
www.rokebygallery.com
Nominate the cultural thing or event from 2006 you would most like to applaud, damn or question in the
Rational Review Panel discussion
With special contributions from:
Jason E Bowman - artist, curator, arts consultant:
www.midwest.org.uk
Ken Hollings – writer, broadcaster, lecturer:
www.kenhollings.com
Gillian Moore – head of Contemporary Culture, South Bank Centre
Sally O'Reilly – art writer, critic and event organiser
Chaired by Cecilia Wee (Salon or Seminar, Resonance FM):
www.ceciliawee.com
We want to know your favourite, most despised or most challenging art work, event or cultural thing of 2006. No media or content excluded. Even if you're unable to make it along on Tuesday 9th January, we'd still love to receive your nominations!
To take part in the debate, email
cecilia@rationalrec.org.uk by Monday 8th January 2007 with nominations for:
1) your favourite cultural happening / object of 2006
2) your least favourite cultural happening / object of 2006
3) the most puzzling cultural happening / object of 2006
Listen to some of the most experimental music of 2006 with a DJ set by
Juha van 't Zelfde, a Netherlands-based DJ, curator of adventurous music and creative consultant. As DJ he has performed at the Venice Biennale and the Van Gogh Museum. He has curated the Amsterdam Museum Night and events at the Stedelijk Museum, Bimhuis and Lantaren/Venster, with artists including Jacob Kirkegaard, Vladislav Delay and Kode9.
www.juha.nl
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RATIONAL REC
is organised by Russell Martin, Cecilia Wee and Matthew Shlomowitz.
First Tuesday of every month at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
www.rationalrec.org.uk
Rational Rec is supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts