“Of Disturbance” is a part screening, part talk with artist James Richards and Fatima Hellberg, curator at Electra. The lecture will include a series of works selected by London art space Electra, including pieces by Julia Heyward, Wu Tsang, Lutz Bacher, and James Richards. Focusing on subjects such as materiality, honesty, directness, and appropriation, the presentation seeks to examine their role in contemporary art practice through a series of still and moving images.

The event coincides with Richards' exhibition curated by Electra, London at Magician Space, Beijing (2014.5.9 – 6.15).

*Doors close 30 minutes after event begins.

*No late entry.

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Not Blacking Out, Just Turning the Lights Off by (James Richards)

Practice Theory by James Richards

Shape of a Right Statement by Wu Tsang

Shake Daddy Shake by Julia Heyward

What Are You Thinking? by Lutz Bacher

James Richards was born in 1983 in Cardiff, Wales. Today he lives and works in Berlin. Select solo exhibitions include “Untitled (Cinema Programme)” at Magician Space, Beijing (2014); “The Screens” at Rodeo, Istanbul, Turkey (2013); “James Richards” at the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan (2012); and “Not Blacking Out, Just Turning The Lights Off” at Chisenhale Gallery, London (2011). Recent group exhibitions include “The Encyclopedic Palace,” 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale (2013); “Meanwhile… Suddenly, and Then,” 12th Biennale de Lyon, France (2013); “Otherwise Unexplained Fires,” Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2013); and “Frozen Lakes,” Artists Space, New York, US (2013).

Fatima Hellberg is a curator at Electra, a London based contemporary art organization which curates, commissions, and produces projects by artists working across sound, moving image, performance, and the visual arts. Through close dialogue with a range of venues and collaborators, the organization presents projects across the UK and internationally. At the heart of their practice is a process-based relationship between artist, curator, and audience that seeks to give projects space to find their own rhythm, public outputs, and discourse.