James Cauty
UK Master Artist
(Billboards and Street Posters), chief
disrupter and master of subverted
propaganda, will continue a
campaign of billboards and street
posters with a focus on gleeful
dissent. The street posters will be
pasted up all over North and East
London for the duration of ‘All
Power to the Imagination’ and the
billboard site is under the bridge at
the eastern end of Old Street (www.theaquariumonline.co.uk).
8 FEBRUARY –- 30 JUNE
1968 on Record: a Year of
Revolution
Daily, 9.30am (11am
Sun) to 6pm (5pm Sat, Sun; 8pm
Tue)
This exhibition uses
images and sound recordings from
the British Library’s collections to
evoke the flavour of a fascinating
and pivotal year of change.
Venue: British Library
9 –- 31 MAY
All Power to the
Imagination: Political and Pop
Posters of 1968
Opening
9 May: 7.30; 11 May: 10am to 6pm;
12 May: 10am to 7pm, then by
appointmentEphemera
capturing the radical culture of
1968, curated by anarchist poet and
letterpress printer Dennis Gould.
Posters and leaflets collected from
art happenings, political rotests
and street walls.
Venue: Torriano Meeting House
1 MAY –- 1 JUNE
May ’'68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion
Daily, 10am
- 6pm; late night Friday until 10pmProduced
anonymously by art students and
striking workers, these remarkable
posters were distributed for free,
their bold graphic messages
appearing on barricades, in
demonstrations and on walls
across France. This selection of
original posters coincides with
The Hayward’s own 40th birthday.
In addition, Magnum Photos will
present a projection of photographs
by Bruno Barbey, whose record of
the Paris riots produced some of the
most iconic images from that year. (Free)
Venue: The Hayward Project Space, Hayward Gallery
2 MAY –- 28 JUNE
’68: The news, the stories,
the photographs
Mon to Sat, 9.30am to 11pm The striking
photographs in this exhibition,
contextualized by front pages
from one of the world’s leading
newspapers, the International Herald
Tribune, will illustrate why 1968
was unique and tell the story of a
seminal year in world history. Its
acclaimed journalists witnessed and
wrote about these extraordinary
events, making the stories of the
people who fought for their voices
to be heard available to readers in
every corner of the globe. www.iht.com
Venue: Lyttelton Foyer, National Theatre
4 –- 30 MAY
Origins: Time Out 1968
Daily, 12noon to
10pmLegendary London magazine – and
now an international brand – Time
Out was founded in August 1968 by
Tony Elliott. From the very beginning
it covered the counter-culture in
all its glory and this rare chance
to see the very first issues – both
covers and contents - will reveal the
pleasures available to Londoners
in film and music, art and politics,
from one of the iconic years of the
twentieth century.
Venue: Curzon Soho
4 MAY –- 6 JUNE
Prague:
Wandering Between August
1968 and November 1989
(Curzon Soho) 4 to 30 May: daily,
12noon to 10pm.(Barbican, Balcony
Foyer, Level 1) 12 May to 6 June:
daily, 10am to 10pm.Photographs of the Czech people
facing the invading Soviet tanks
in August 1968 and the mass
demonstrations of 1969 following
the self-immolation of two students
are paired with images of the
1988/9 Velvet Revolution. This is
the remarkable visual testimony
of various Czech photographers
risking their lives and freedom to
create iconic images of resistance.
In addition, the Barbican will display
original posters, flyers and papers
gathered from the streets of Prague
during the Soviet invasion of 1968
(thanks to Merlo Michell).
Venue: Barbican and Curzon Soho – different works in each venue
28 MAY –- 25 JULY
Magnum 1968
Wed
to Fri, 11am to 4pm.Print Sale exhibition of vintage
and contemporary prints. From
revolution and riots to the Vietnam
War, from the Mexico Olympics to
Californian hippies and the Civil
Rights movement in America these
represent an unmatched archive of
a remarkable year. Magnum will
also programme a series of talks,
exploring ideas around recording
protest then and now, and asking,
“where have all the revolutionaries
gone?”
Venue: Magnum
