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September 6, 2024

Exploding Appendix Program 2024 (September to December)

. Exploding Appendix is back for our Autumn season 2024. As always, all are welcome to our free sessions which take place every three weeks on […]
September 6, 2024

Dada Cabaret …And Christmas Party (In Person only. 3rd December 2024)

In time-honored tradition, Exploding Appendix invites you to their sixth night of art, anti-art, participatory creativity, and revelry! Inspired by the legendary Dadaist nightclub, Cabaret Voltaire—founded […]
September 6, 2024

Psychomagic and the Cinema of Alajandro Jodorowsky (In Person and Online. 26th December 2024)

This week we will be diving into the surreal and visually cathartic world of renowned filmmaker, poet, theatre director, graphic novelist, tarot reader and psychotherapist Alejandro […]
September 6, 2024

What is Class? A Workshop (In Person and Online. 5th November 2024)

. In the first session of our “Critical Concepts” series, we will explore the meaning of class. Through a conversational approach, we will blend personal anecdotes […]
September 6, 2024

Georges Bataille: The “Excrement-Philosopher”. A Conversation with Benjamin Noys (In Person and Online. 15th October 2024)

. In 1929, after expelling Georges Bataille from the Surrealist movement, André Breton denounced him as an “excrement-philosopher.” As Benjamin Noys notes, “Bataille would have probably […]
September 6, 2024

Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the 20th Century (In Person and Online. 24th September 2024)

. In this session, we will be joined by Esther Leslie and Sam Dolbear to discuss their new book, Dissonant Waves, which creatively explores the life […]
September 6, 2024

Work In Progress: A Sharing Session. (Online and In Person. 3rd September 2024)

. Are you working on a project, no matter how big or small, and you would like some feedback? Are you revisiting previous works or do you […]
June 8, 2024

Photographic Ephemera and Cultural Detritus: A conversation with Annebella Pollen (In Person and Online – 25th June 2024)

Over the last two decades, Annebella Pollen has built a body of publications based on photographic materials pushed to the margins. From photographic ephemera in end-of-life […]
May 12, 2024

Dancing on Violent Ground: A Conversation with Arabella Stanger (Online and In Person – 4th June 2024)

In her brave and provocative book “Dancing on Violent Ground”, Arabella Stanger challenges us to critically interrogate the apparent utopianism of dance. Whilst dance has often […]
May 10, 2024

Tzadik Records Listening Session (Online and in Person 14th May 2024)

Composer John Zorn’s record label Tzadik has brought together some of the most intriguing and experimental music from musicians and composers such as Mark Degli Antoni, Mike Patton, […]
May 10, 2024
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Disrupted Rhythms Shows May 2024

Disrupted Rhythms is a collaborative multimedia project suited to an era of disrupted rhythms, economic crises, pandemics, social upheavals and global political uncertainty.  Disrupted Rhythms is a […]
May 1, 2024

Creative Rhythms for Business (BIPC, Jubilee Library – 14th May 2024 11am-1pm)

How do rhythms work for you? Do you feel like you have enough time to step back from the frantic dash of life and reflect on […]
April 12, 2024

Modernist Poetry as Forensics: A Conversation with Chrissie Dobson (Online and in Person 23rd April 2024)

Forensics is the investigative practice necessary for criminal and/or legal proceedings. Forensics is often connected to particular state apparatuses known as the criminal justice system. In […]
March 27, 2024

Breton, Surrealism and Black Humour: A Workshop (In-Person and online. 20th February 2024)

André Breton is known as the founder of Surrealism, the author of numerous manifestos of surrealism, and Nadja (1929), the semi-autobiographical novel that pioneered stream-of-consciousness writing. He was […]
March 5, 2024

Diagrams and Modern Art: A Workshop (12th March 2024)

How do diagrams relate to modern art? Are Modernist paintings and collages actually diagrams? How do we tell the difference between what is and isn’t a […]
February 2, 2024

The Typographic Imaginary in Early Modern English Literature: A Conversation with Rachel Stenner (In-Person and online. 20th February 2024)

In this interactive conversation with Rachel Stenner, we will explore interplay between the printing press and literary works. Drawing upon her concept of the Typographical Imaginary […]
February 1, 2024

Exploding Appendix Program 2024 (February to June)

Exploding Appendix is back for 2024. As always, all are welcome to our free sessions which take place every three weeks on a Tuesday.  Exploding Appendix […]
January 25, 2024

Disrupted Rhythms 2024: The Project so far. (Updated)

2024 has been an exciting year for Disrupted Rhythms. This year we were back at Brighton Fringe in the awe-inspiring St. Mary’s Church in Kemptown. Our […]
November 4, 2023

Sweetshop & Exploding Appendix Present: Artists Talk on Toussant L’Ouveture (Lewes event. 18th November 2023)

In 1934, Trinidadian revolutionary, intellectual and author of The Black Jacobins, C.LR. James wrote a play about the only successful slave revolt in history. The Haitian […]
October 31, 2023

The Oulipo and Modern Thought. A live Conversation with Dennis Duncan (In person and Online – 14th November 2023

Join us for an enlightening live conversation that delves into the intriguing realm of the Oulipo and its profound impact on modern thought. Established in 1960 […]