Wednesday 21 March 2007, Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, 7pm
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, discusses key issues within the civil liberties debate and take questions from the audience.
Slavery Today
Thursday 22 March 2007, Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, 7pm
Kevin Bales is the world's leading expert on modern-day slavery and author of the internationally acclaimed book 'Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy'. He shows extracts from recent documentary films and discusses contemporary global slavery and people-trafficking in the context of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade.
This event is supported by Autograph ABP, which in collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring and Magnum Photos, presents 'Contemporary Global Slavery', a new exhibition that takes an in-depth look at slavery in the 21st century through the lenses of nine international photographers. The exhibition opens at Southbank Centre in January 2008 and then tours nationally.
Slave City
Saturday 24 March 2007, Southbank Centre, The Hayward, 7pm
Controversial Dutch artist and designer Joep van Lieshout discusses his latest project SlaveCity, which represents life in a futuristic society designed to be extremely efficient and self-sustaining, yet where traditional democratic values, including personal freedom, are shifted and inverted, challenging conventional notions of community.
The Sexuality and Ownership of Space
Sunday 25 March 2007, Southbank Centre, The Hayward, 2pm
Using the 21st BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and The Pansy Project as a catalyst, the panellists, including Jonathan Keane, Oliver Meyrou, director of Beyond Hatred and Paul Harfleet, explore issues surrounding gay cruising and the sexuality of the city, the modern flaneur or dandy in the context of psychogeography and the persistent threat of homophobic violence and what this reveals about the condition of contemporary masculinity.
The Pansy Project was launched two years ago by Paul Harfleet; the artist plants pansies at locations where he has experienced verbal homophobic abuse, he then entitles the location after the abuse received then posts the photographs of the locations on his website. Originally autobiographical the artwork has developed into a symbolic action of resistance that memorialises this discrimination from passing homophobic comment to brutal gay bashing.
Admission Free (booking essential).
Culture and Democracy - Clare Short
Monday 26 March 2007, Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, 7pm
Former International Development Secretary and respected Parliamentarian, Clare Short speaks on her ideas for electoral reform. She also explores the role that culture can play in encouraging the democratic process. There will be an opportunity for Clare to take questions from the audience. Clare Short is interviewed by Dr Meg Russell (UCL School of Public Policy).
A reading by Fanny Ardant
Tuesday 10 April 2007, Southbank Centre Purcell Room 6.30pm
Celebrated French Actress Fanny Ardant reads Jean Rhys' La Grosse Fifi, a short story from The Left Bank and Other Stories, first published in 1927.
This event announces the next edition of a yearly literary festival in Toulouse in South-West France called Le Marathon des Mots (Words Marathon) taking place from 13 to 15 June 2007 with a special focus on London.
http://www.lemarathondesmots.com/
A screening of the film La Femme d'à Côté (1981, directed by François Truffaut) takes place at the Institut français (Ciné lumière) at 8.30pm. This is followed by a Q&A. To book: www.institut-francais.org.uk or 020 7073 1350.
With support from the French Institute and the French Embassy in London.
Tracey Emin: My Idea of Happiness
Friday 13 April 2007, Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, 7pm
Celebrated artist Tracey Emin, who claims to be an expert in misery, discusses her concept of happiness. Coincides with the raising of her specially-designed flag.
Pre-talk event
Raising of Tracey Emin's flag as part of The Hayward flag project.
Jubilee Gardens, 6pm
Admission free.
