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Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Citra Sasmita

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Join Barbican Young Poets for an evening of performances and readings inspired by Citra Sasmita's exhibition, Into Eternal Land

Slavoj Žižek
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Slavoj Žižek at 75 – A Celebration

Join the rockstar philosopher and revolutionary Slavoj Žižek for a celebration of his life and thought. Expect dialectics, psychoanalysis, and jokes.

Two members of Queer Jazz perform on stage, one person in a blue dress sings as a person plays a string instrument behind them.
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Young Barbican Night: Noah Davis

Join us for a private view of the Noah Davis exhibition and enjoy a series of workshops and performances by an incredible line-up of artists, specially curated for Young Barbican members.

Wilton Square house, London by Studio KA
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Architecture on Stage: New Architects

A talk from some of the most exciting, emerging architects working in Britain today: EBBA, NVBL, OF Architecture and Studio KA.

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Chronic Youth Film Festival: Scavenger Hunt

Navigate our one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt through the Conservatory and uncover hidden items inspired by the films. 

Conservatory
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Chronic Youth Film Festival: Conservatory Events

Join us at the Conservatory for events that explore the themes of the festival’s films. Nestled among exotic plants, our Conservatory will become a living hub for film, music and discovery. 

CY Collage Cookbook
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Chronic Youth Film Festival: Collage & Community Cook

Free drop-in activities during the festival, come along for to the Collage & Cookbook Corner. 

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Concrete Garden: Experiments in Utopia

Free

Step inside our iconic conservatory for a day of talks, performances and workshops centred around intentional community building.

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Home: Community Exhibition

Come along to this free foyer exhibition that brings together a range of artworks in response to the themes of family, identity and the home.

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Concrete Garden: May Day

Free

Come together and celebrate the traditional springtime festival in our iconic conservatory at a day of talks and workshops. 

Jason Moran standing in a doorway. The back half of his body is obscured by the door frame, and he is turning to face the camera. His reflection is visible in a mirror behind him.
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Talk: Jason Moran on Noah Davis and music making

Join American jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran in the Art Gallery as he explores different contexts for music making, taking inspiration from the paintings of Noah Davis.

Barbican Conservatory
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Concrete Garden: Listening to Images

Free

Join us for a day of pop up readings, discussions, performances and workshops centred around Tina Campt's idea of 'listening to images'. 
 

A painting of two teenage girls asleep on a sofa. One has her head leant against the arm of the sofa, the other is laying beside her. On the left, the legs of another figure can be seen sitting in an adjacent seat. There are a pair of black shoes on the floor.
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In conversation: Black Worlding

Join artist and director Jenn Nkiru alongside other artists, musicians and cultural mavericks for a talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding". 

An Evening with Guenther Steiner
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Guenther Steiner: Unfiltered LIVE

Fasten your seatbelts for a hugely entertaining conversation spanning a decade inside Formula 1, with former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Netflix’s smash hit Drive to Survive

An Evening with Niall Harbison
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An Evening with Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison takes to the stage to discuss how rescuing street dogs saved him and inspired the creation of his charity Happy Doggo and Tina’s Hospital – a sanctuary for Thailand’s vulnerable dogs.