03.06.2009
Parasol unit
14 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW

Tickets: £5.00/£3.00 concessions, booking recommended

7pm

For the Parasol unit’s current exhibition Parades & Processions: Here comes everybody, and for the Time Out First Thursdays series of events, Animate Projects’ co-director Gary Thomas will be in conversation with Japanese artist and animator, Hiraki Sawa.

Hiraki Sawa is a Japanese artist who uses lo-tech video animation to create poetic dreamscapes. His seminal film, Dwelling (2002), brought him to the attention of the international art world and since then he has gone on to have many international exhibitions, including the Chisenhale Gallery, London, Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki , The National Art Center Tokyo, ICA, London and Hirshhorn Museum, Washington. He is represented by the James Cohan Gallery, New York.

Parades and Processions: Here comes everybody is a group show at the Parasol unit featuring works by twelve internationally acclaimed artists who take their inspiration from the traditional meanings of ‘parades’ and ‘processions’, creating works that epitomise the social and political context of our time.

Tickets: £5.00/3.00 concessions. Booking is essential due to limited spaces. To book, contact Natalia Owdziej on 020 7490 7373 or email natalia@parasol-unit.org