Join internationally renowned artist Mikhail Karikis for a collaborative sound making workshop for Young People aged 18 - 25 on Sat 30 Nov.
Songs for the Storm to Come is an immersive sound and multi-screen video installation by award winning Greek/British artist, Mikhail Karikis. The exhibition focuses on collective and individual responses to the impact of climate change to the UK, searching for ways to activate hopeful shared futures.
In this workshop, Mikhail will give you an insight into how he makes his films and use workshop methods devised by Pauline Oliveros. We will discuss our relationship with the natural world and climate change, and work collaboratively to create a sound piece in response to these themes.
This event is FREE for Young People aged 18 – 25, but tickets are limited so booking is essential via the sign up form.
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Schedule
- 11:00 am – Meet and Greet at HOME Box Office, then you will be invited to join us in the Weston Room.
- 11:00am – 12:30pm – Workshop with Mikhail Karikis
- 12:30 pm – 1:00pm – Break.
- 1:00 pm – 2:00pm – Workshop continues with Mikhail Karikis
There is a 30 minute break for lunch. Refreshments are not included but the cafe menu can be found here.
About Mikhail Karikis
Karikis exhibits internationally. In his most recent work for the stage, Universe of Solutions, he was artistic director for UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network inaugural cultural event for which he collaborated with 150 young people. Solo presentations include Sounds of a Revolution, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT (2024); Voices, Communities, Ecologies, Cukrarna Centre for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, SO (2024); Because We Are Together (2023), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens GR; Ferocious Love, Tate Liverpool (2020); For Many Voices, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), UK (2019-20); Children of Unquiet, TATE St Ives, UK (2019-20); I Hear You, De la Warr Pavilion, UK (2019-20); Mikhail Karikis, MORI Art Museum, Tokyo, JP (2019); No Ordinary Protest, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2018); Ain’t Got No Fear, Turku Art Museum, FI (2018); The Chalk Factory, Aarhus 2017 European Capital of Culture, DK (2017) and Love Is the Institution of Revolution, Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art Contemporain, LU (2017).
Group exhibitions include 54th Venice Biennale, (2011), IT; Manifesta 9, Ghenk, (2012); 19th Biennale of Sydney, (2014); Kochi-Muziris Biennale, IN, (2016); Media City Seoul, KR (2015); British Art Show 8 (2016-7); 2nd Riga International Biennale of Contemporary Art, LV (2020), 2nd Saitama Triennale (2024), JP and others.
Karikis’s creative endeavours include music performances at Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Barbican Theatre, and musical collaborations with Björk, DJ Spooky and the Belgian record label Sub Rosa.
Access
- The Weston Room has step free access and the route is fully wheelchair accessible
- See our access page for more information
- Please share your access requirements via the sign up form. You may be contacted by a member of our team if we need to clarify any details to ensure your access requirements are met.
- If you have any questions please email access@homemcr.org
- There is no cloakroom to store coats or bags available, you will need to keep personal items on your person during breaks
Exhibition
Songs for the Storm to Come
Songs for the Storm to Come, an immersive sound and multi-screen installation, by award winning, internationally renowned Greek/British artist, Mikhail Karikis