Events
The online component of Chimera Garden features a mixture of live performance, discussion and demonstrations, streamed directly from St James Hatcham Church and remote artists’ locations. You will be able to catch the online stream here on our website during the show.
Below you can find the line up of events, some that will be happening physically in St James Hatcham Church and those that will be streaming online. Below you can register for free tickets for the online events. If you would like to visit us at St James Hatcham Church please read our safety guidelines and register here.
Schedule
ALL ONLINE ONSITE
Thursday 17 Sep
17.30 Thursday
Better times are coming
Audiovisual interactive installation that simulates the timing of a clock. It varies in rhythm, graphics and acoustics in relation to the movement of the audience in space.
Camila Colussi 18.00 Thursday
It's just a matter of time
Navigating through non-descript places, time moves in inconsistent ways. The space itself is deformed in these moments to reflect the temporal malaise of its occupants. Progression is your goal but sometimes you may have to wait.
Hannah Corrie 18.00 Thursday
Welcome
Join us live online as we begin our four day festival!
18.15 Thursday
Spotlight Panel : How do we fight for our rights during a global pandemic?
There's a lot going on in the world right now. There's a global pandemic; fights for racial and gender equality, an economic crisis; a climate crisis; and an ever encroaching surveillance of every aspect of our lives. It all starts to feel overwhelming and indeed, anxiety levels have risen globally. Listen to three of the artists talk about how their work is a response to these challenging themes and times, as well as how art itself can offer an opportunity for better possibilities in the future. Moderated by artist, writer and curator Tamar Clarke-Brown.
Katie Tindle Alesandra Miro Quesada James Lawton 18.20 Thursday
Ground
Grounded in a shifting terrain, living in the sediments of the past, disorientation becomes the only thing to hold onto. This is a VR piece that explores ground and groundlessness, claiming disorientation as a positive state to feel your way into or through.
Rebecca Aston 19.00 Thursday
Sistema 1
Sistema 1 is a performance that explores the inner workings of the human mind. By means of a continuous series of optical and auditory illusions, the audience is left with no time to rationalize what they are experiencing and hence forced to perceive the piece through the eyes of a child, rejecting rationality and embracing naivety.
Mattia Spagnuolo 19.20 Thursday
Diffusion
"Diffusion" is a performance (Interactive installation) that uses a brainwave sensor (EEG) to convert the intangible abstraction brain activity, thinking, or feeling into tangible things such as sounds, objects, sculptures. This project shall help us understand or feel the human-made(artificial), the actual real things, the things we not pay attention to it as well as we do not perceive it.
Shuai Xu 19.40 Thursday
ab_tempora
Wrapped in an algorithmic flow of video technology, two dancers intend to make sense of what they are going through and what they are seeing in their self reflected distorsion.
Romain Biros 20.00 Thursday
op('pantomimus')
Op('pantomimus') is a face hacking performance exploring the inside world of the Schizophrenia patient.
Andrew Chang 20.20 Thursday
Fogtown
Fogtown is an audiovisual performance piece about identity impermanence and existential uncertainty. It consists of computational illustrations and animations underpinned by an exploration into creating live computational cinema.
Williams Fincannon 20.40 Thursday
All is a transient dream
This interactive performance intends to illustrate a dynamic relationship between organisms(performer) and machines(jellyfish) through a series of visual effects, improvised dancing and tailored soundtrack.
Yishuai Zhang 21.00 Thursday
Results May Vary
An interactive performance influenced in real-time by the audience's recollections of the lockdown. With branching narratives and direct interactions with the performance, Results May Vary acts as a performative survey, portraying the collective memories of the specific audience interacting in the moment, making each performance unique.
Clemence Debaig Friday 18 Sep
11.45 Friday
Artist Q&A : Expanded Terrains
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Expanded Terrains'.
Qianhui Fan George Simms Elli Koliniati 12.30 Friday
Artist Q&A : Thing Power
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Thing Power'.
Dongyuan Liu Daniah S. Alsaleh Felix Loftus 13.15 Friday
Artist Q&A : Generative Poetics
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Generative Poetics'.
Marina Cardoso Uchan Sun 14.30 Friday
Spotlight Panel : Can plants and animals make art?
This panel is a chance to learn more about our artists whose works explore multispecies making, and whether plants and animals can be their own artists, performers and musicians. Moderated by artist Maggie Roberts.
Felix Loftus Yanyi Lu Yuhyeon Jun (Agnes) Yishuai Zhang 15.00 Friday
Better times are coming
Audiovisual interactive installation that simulates the timing of a clock. It varies in rhythm, graphics and acoustics in relation to the movement of the audience in space.
Camila Colussi 15.15 Friday
Discussion Panel : Is the artist the creator or curator?
This panel is a chance for discussion around what it means to make art, even when the art might make itself. Moderated by artist, writer and curator Tamar Clarke-Brown.
Duncan Paterson Hazel Ryan nathan.adams Keir Clyne 16.00 Friday
It's just a matter of time
Navigating through non-descript places, time moves in inconsistent ways. The space itself is deformed in these moments to reflect the temporal malaise of its occupants. Progression is your goal but sometimes you may have to wait.
Hannah Corrie 16.30 Friday
Artist Q&A : Expanded Terrains
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Expanded Terrains'.
Eri Ichikawa Gerolamo Gnecchi Ruscone Williams Fincannon 17.00 Friday
Ground
Grounded in a shifting terrain, living in the sediments of the past, disorientation becomes the only thing to hold onto. This is a VR piece that explores ground and groundlessness, claiming disorientation as a positive state to feel your way into or through.
Rebecca Aston 17.15 Friday
Artist Q&A : Interactive : Bodies in Relation
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Bodies in Relation'.
James Quinn Peilu Chen Mengdi Li 18.05 Friday
Results May Vary
An interactive performance influenced in real-time by the audience's recollections of the lockdown. With branching narratives and direct interactions with the performance, Results May Vary acts as a performative survey, portraying the collective memories of the specific audience interacting in the moment, making each performance unique.
Clemence Debaig 18.30 Friday
Diffusion
"Diffusion" is a performance (Interactive installation) that uses a brainwave sensor (EEG) to convert the intangible abstraction brain activity, thinking, or feeling into tangible things such as sounds, objects, sculptures. This project shall help us understand or feel the human-made(artificial), the actual real things, the things we not pay attention to it as well as we do not perceive it.
Shuai Xu 18.50 Friday
ab_tempora
Wrapped in an algorithmic flow of video technology, two dancers intend to make sense of what they are going through and what they are seeing in their self reflected distorsion.
Romain Biros 19.10 Friday
op('pantomimus')
Op('pantomimus') is a face hacking performance exploring the inside world of the Schizophrenia patient.
Andrew Chang 19.30 Friday
Fogtown
Fogtown is an audiovisual performance piece about identity impermanence and existential uncertainty. It consists of computational illustrations and animations underpinned by an exploration into creating live computational cinema.
Williams Fincannon 19.50 Friday
All is a transient dream
This interactive performance intends to illustrate a dynamic relationship between organisms(performer) and machines(jellyfish) through a series of visual effects, improvised dancing and tailored soundtrack.
Yishuai Zhang 20.10 Friday
Sistema 1
Sistema 1 is a performance that explores the inner workings of the human mind. By means of a continuous series of optical and auditory illusions, the audience is left with no time to rationalize what they are experiencing and hence forced to perceive the piece through the eyes of a child, rejecting rationality and embracing naivety.
Mattia Spagnuolo Saturday 19 Sep
11.30 Saturday
It's just a matter of time
Navigating through non-descript places, time moves in inconsistent ways. The space itself is deformed in these moments to reflect the temporal malaise of its occupants. Progression is your goal but sometimes you may have to wait.
Hannah Corrie 11.50 Saturday
Ground
Grounded in a shifting terrain, living in the sediments of the past, disorientation becomes the only thing to hold onto. This is a VR piece that explores ground and groundlessness, claiming disorientation as a positive state to feel your way into or through.
Rebecca Aston 12.10 Saturday
Better times are coming
Audiovisual interactive installation that simulates the timing of a clock. It varies in rhythm, graphics and acoustics in relation to the movement of the audience in space.
Camila Colussi 12.30 Saturday
Remote Artist Spotlight
Pre-recorded demos from some of our remote artists
Chun LI Jude Marcella 12.55 Saturday
Results May Vary
An interactive performance influenced in real-time by the audience's recollections of the lockdown. With branching narratives and direct interactions with the performance, Results May Vary acts as a performative survey, portraying the collective memories of the specific audience interacting in the moment, making each performance unique.
Clemence Debaig 13.00 Saturday
Spotlight Panel : How do we create artistic realities with new technologies?
This panel is an opportunity to learn more about our artists whose works explore the use of hot-topic technologies such as machine learning and virtual reality to create artistic realities and interactive digital worlds. Moderated by artist Ninon Ardisson.
Ziwei Wu Veera Jussila Rebecca Aston Hannah Corrie 13.20 Saturday
Diffusion
"Diffusion" is a performance (Interactive installation) that uses a brainwave sensor (EEG) to convert the intangible abstraction brain activity, thinking, or feeling into tangible things such as sounds, objects, sculptures. This project shall help us understand or feel the human-made(artificial), the actual real things, the things we not pay attention to it as well as we do not perceive it.
Shuai Xu 13.40 Saturday
ab_tempora
Wrapped in an algorithmic flow of video technology, two dancers intend to make sense of what they are going through and what they are seeing in their self reflected distorsion.
Romain Biros 14.00 Saturday
op('pantomimus')
Op('pantomimus') is a face hacking performance exploring the inside world of the Schizophrenia patient.
Andrew Chang 14.15 Saturday
Artist Q&A : Non-Directional Travel
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Non-Directional Travel'.
Xiaoyi Hu Jonny Fuller-Rowell Baqi Ba 14.20 Saturday
Fogtown
Fogtown is an audiovisual performance piece about identity impermanence and existential uncertainty. It consists of computational illustrations and animations underpinned by an exploration into creating live computational cinema.
Williams Fincannon 14.40 Saturday
All is a transient dream
This interactive performance intends to illustrate a dynamic relationship between organisms(performer) and machines(jellyfish) through a series of visual effects, improvised dancing and tailored soundtrack.
Yishuai Zhang 15.00 Saturday
Sistema 1
Sistema 1 is a performance that explores the inner workings of the human mind. By means of a continuous series of optical and auditory illusions, the audience is left with no time to rationalize what they are experiencing and hence forced to perceive the piece through the eyes of a child, rejecting rationality and embracing naivety.
Mattia Spagnuolo 15.00 Saturday
Artist Q&A : Multispecies Rehearsal
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Multispecies Rehearsal'.
Oliver Schilke Yuhyeon Jun (Agnes) daniel s evans 15.30 Saturday
Better times are coming
Audiovisual interactive installation that simulates the timing of a clock. It varies in rhythm, graphics and acoustics in relation to the movement of the audience in space.
Camila Colussi 16.00 Saturday
Discussion Panel : Do we need the Tate and the White Cube when we have Instagram and Animal Crossing?
This panel is a chance for discussion around how digital technology is shaping where artwork is shown and how it is made, from changes in location to acessibility to all. Moderated by artist and researcher Teodora Fartan.
Yewen Jin Yu Hsuan Liao Tate Smith Jude Marcella 16.30 Saturday
It's just a matter of time
Navigating through non-descript places, time moves in inconsistent ways. The space itself is deformed in these moments to reflect the temporal malaise of its occupants. Progression is your goal but sometimes you may have to wait.
Hannah Corrie 17.00 Saturday
Artist Q&A : Experiential Array
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Experiential Array'.
Junqiao Luo Callum Fowler Jakob Jennerholm Hammar 17.30 Saturday
Ground
Grounded in a shifting terrain, living in the sediments of the past, disorientation becomes the only thing to hold onto. This is a VR piece that explores ground and groundlessness, claiming disorientation as a positive state to feel your way into or through.
Rebecca Aston 18.45 Saturday
Sistema 1
Sistema 1 is a performance that explores the inner workings of the human mind. By means of a continuous series of optical and auditory illusions, the audience is left with no time to rationalize what they are experiencing and hence forced to perceive the piece through the eyes of a child, rejecting rationality and embracing naivety.
Mattia Spagnuolo 19.10 Saturday
Diffusion
"Diffusion" is a performance (Interactive installation) that uses a brainwave sensor (EEG) to convert the intangible abstraction brain activity, thinking, or feeling into tangible things such as sounds, objects, sculptures. This project shall help us understand or feel the human-made(artificial), the actual real things, the things we not pay attention to it as well as we do not perceive it.
Shuai Xu 19.30 Saturday
ab_tempora
Wrapped in an algorithmic flow of video technology, two dancers intend to make sense of what they are going through and what they are seeing in their self reflected distorsion.
Romain Biros 19.50 Saturday
op('pantomimus')
Op('pantomimus') is a face hacking performance exploring the inside world of the Schizophrenia patient.
Andrew Chang 20.10 Saturday
Fogtown
Fogtown is an audiovisual performance piece about identity impermanence and existential uncertainty. It consists of computational illustrations and animations underpinned by an exploration into creating live computational cinema.
Williams Fincannon 20.30 Saturday
All is a transient dream
This interactive performance intends to illustrate a dynamic relationship between organisms(performer) and machines(jellyfish) through a series of visual effects, improvised dancing and tailored soundtrack.
Yishuai Zhang 20.50 Saturday
Results May Vary
An interactive performance influenced in real-time by the audience's recollections of the lockdown. With branching narratives and direct interactions with the performance, Results May Vary acts as a performative survey, portraying the collective memories of the specific audience interacting in the moment, making each performance unique.
Clemence Debaig Sunday 20 Sep
11.05 Sunday
Results May Vary
An interactive performance influenced in real-time by the audience's recollections of the lockdown. With branching narratives and direct interactions with the performance, Results May Vary acts as a performative survey, portraying the collective memories of the specific audience interacting in the moment, making each performance unique.
Clemence Debaig 11.30 Sunday
Diffusion
"Diffusion" is a performance (Interactive installation) that uses a brainwave sensor (EEG) to convert the intangible abstraction brain activity, thinking, or feeling into tangible things such as sounds, objects, sculptures. This project shall help us understand or feel the human-made(artificial), the actual real things, the things we not pay attention to it as well as we do not perceive it.
Shuai Xu 11.50 Sunday
ab_tempora
Wrapped in an algorithmic flow of video technology, two dancers intend to make sense of what they are going through and what they are seeing in their self reflected distorsion.
Romain Biros 12.10 Sunday
op('pantomimus')
Op('pantomimus') is a face hacking performance exploring the inside world of the Schizophrenia patient.
Andrew Chang 12.30 Sunday
Fogtown
Fogtown is an audiovisual performance piece about identity impermanence and existential uncertainty. It consists of computational illustrations and animations underpinned by an exploration into creating live computational cinema.
Williams Fincannon 12.30 Sunday
Artist Q&A : Computational Resistance
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Computational Resistance'.
Giulia Monterrosa James Lawton Alesandra Miro Quesada 12.50 Sunday
All is a transient dream
This interactive performance intends to illustrate a dynamic relationship between organisms(performer) and machines(jellyfish) through a series of visual effects, improvised dancing and tailored soundtrack.
Yishuai Zhang 13.10 Sunday
Sistema 1
Sistema 1 is a performance that explores the inner workings of the human mind. By means of a continuous series of optical and auditory illusions, the audience is left with no time to rationalize what they are experiencing and hence forced to perceive the piece through the eyes of a child, rejecting rationality and embracing naivety.
Mattia Spagnuolo 13.15 Sunday
Spotlight Panel : Does magic have a place in computing?
This panel is an opportunity to learn more about our artists whose works explore the use of magic, dreams and astronomy in modern day computing and whether cyber-spirituality has a place in an often magic-skeptic field. Moderated by artist Maggie Roberts.
Batool Desouky Nathan Bayliss Julian Bramley Burgess 13.45 Sunday
Better times are coming
Audiovisual interactive installation that simulates the timing of a clock. It varies in rhythm, graphics and acoustics in relation to the movement of the audience in space.
Camila Colussi 14.30 Sunday
Artist Q&A : Memory Bank
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Memory Bank'.
Veera Jussila Chloe Karnezi 14.45 Sunday
It's just a matter of time
Navigating through non-descript places, time moves in inconsistent ways. The space itself is deformed in these moments to reflect the temporal malaise of its occupants. Progression is your goal but sometimes you may have to wait.
Hannah Corrie 15.15 Sunday
Artist Q&A : Distance Orchestra
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Distance Orchestra'.
Kris Cirkuit Clemence Debaig Katie Tindle 15.45 Sunday
Ground
Grounded in a shifting terrain, living in the sediments of the past, disorientation becomes the only thing to hold onto. This is a VR piece that explores ground and groundlessness, claiming disorientation as a positive state to feel your way into or through.
Rebecca Aston 16.15 Sunday
Artist Q&A : Non-Directional Travel
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Non-Directional Travel'.
Julian Bramley Burgess Camila Colussi Mattia Spagnuolo 17.00 Sunday
Artist Q&A : Performative : Bodies in Relation
An opportunity to watch demonstrations of our artists' work alongside in-depth insight into their process. There is also the chance to connect with them through live Q&A and conversation surrounding the theme 'Bodies in Relation'.
Christina Karpodini Karen Okpoti Ernie Lafky