Exhibition Tour 8 October Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Reading Group: ‘Shakespeare, Postcoloniality, and the Other’ 7 October Saturday, 3–5pm Register here In this fifth and final Reading Group associated with ‘The Foreigners’, join academic and researcher Sachini Seneviratne to engage critically with power, otherness, and belonging from a postcolonial perspective. She will closely read Act 3 Scene V of Aime Cesaire’s 1969 adaptation
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Gallery Talk: Shyama Golden 6 October Friday, 6–7pm Register here Artist Shyama Golden (b. 1983) speaks to Sandev Handy, Curator about her practice and the work ‘Rooms II’ (2018) on display in ‘The Foreigners’ until 22 October 2023. This Gallery Talk has been curated as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’.
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Sri Lankan Contemporary
Video Works and Panel Discussion Thursday, 12 October 2023 6:30pm at The Photographers’ Gallery 16–18 Ramillies Street, London Purchase your tickets here. Join the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka), for an evening of screenings and discussions that address the entangled subject of foreignness through video works by
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Special Children’s Day Curator’s Tour with Sharmini Pereira 1 October Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here As part of our special public programming for Children’s Day, kids aged 8 to 13 years are invited to join a special tour of ‘The Foreigners’ with our Chief Curator Sharmini Pereira, where they will look closely and critically at Sri
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Workshop: ‘My Fantasy Self’ with Shenuka Corea (for ages 10–15) 30 September Saturday, 3pm–5pm Register here As part of our special public programming for Children’s Day, comic artist and illustrator Shenuka will guide participants in a journey of creativity and inspiration, to imagine and visually recreate their fantasy selves in comic form. This activity session
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Kids’ Activity Session: ‘My Happy Place’ (for ages 9–12) 30 September Saturday, 1pm–2pm Register here As part of our special public programming for Children’s Day, our Visitor Educators will engage children in an activity that helps them reflect on what brings them joy and comfort, and recreate moments using everyday materials. This activity has been
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Kids’ Activity Session: ‘Tin Foil Figures’ (for ages 6–8) 30 September Saturday, 1pm–2pm Register here As part of our special public programming for Children’s Day, our Visitor Educators will guide children to re-imagine and recreate a fictional character of their choice using everyday materials such as tin foil, cardboard, and clay. This activity has been
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Kids’ Activity Session: ‘Mind Maps’ (for ages 9–12) 30 September Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here As part of our special public programming for Children’s Day, our Visitor Educators will engage children in an activity that helps them reflect on artworks, and visualise their thoughts using a mind map. This activity has been prepared using the approach
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Kids’ Activity Session ‘Making a Public Sign’ (for ages 6–8) 30 September Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here As part of our special public programming for Children’s Day, our Visitor Educators will guide participants to look closely at public signs and make one of their own using everyday arts and crafts materials. This activity has been prepared
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Exhibition Tour 24 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Thinking Circle: ‘On Beauty’ with Shivani Mohta Jobanputra (for ages 15–18) 23 September Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here Shivani, a youth mentor and art educator, facilitates a discussion among young people and challenges them to critically explore their opinions of ‘beauty’ in connection with the artworks on view in ‘The Foreigners’. This Thinking Circle has been
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Listening Room with Sakina and Tashyana 22 September Friday, 6–7pm Register here Join Sakina and Tashyana for a unique listening experience of poetry, performance, music, and sound in response to ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023. This event has been curated as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on
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Curator’s Tour with Sandev Handy 17 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘The Foreigners’ with Sandev Handy, Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Curator’s Tour is offered as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Exhibition Tour in Sinhala 16 September Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' in Sinhala led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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