Event Schedule
Next happening:
Saturday 21 June 2-5pm. Sustainable Solstice. ‘Fiction as Method’ with Maggie Roberts and ‘Laughter as Resistance’ with Luana Duvoisin Zanchi: part of Sustainable Solstice. Book on Eventbrite
Special events can be booked on Eventbrite for a minimum donation of £1+. Pay what you can afford. All proceeds contribute to sustaining the project.
Daily exhibition and activity
Wednesday-Saturday 21 May-9 August. Minna Haukka, Pyramid: Beaconsfield Archive 1995-2025. 12-5pm daily
Wednesdays and Thursdays Luke Turner Cross-examination, 2025. 12-5pm on 24, 27, 28, 29, 31 May / 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 18, 19 June / 2, 3, 9,16, 23, 24, 30, 31 July
Thursdays 22 May-7 August. Joseph Walsh Plant Gazing on site in garden residence (except 19.06 and 24.07)
Wednesday 11 June-Saturday 28 June. Kym McDaniel (USA), Amina Ross(USA). FlatScreen moving image Program 2 curated by A.L. Steiner
Wednesday 2 July-Saturday 19 July. Yo-E Ryou (South Korea), Jill Casid (USA). FlatScreen moving image Program 3 curated by A.L. Steiner
Wednesday 23 July-Saturday 9 August. A.L. Steiner (USA), Sasha Wortzel (USA). FlatScreen moving image Program 4 curated by A.L. Steiner
Special Events
Special events can be booked on Eventbrite for a minimum donation of £1+. Pay what you can afford. All proceeds contribute to sustaining the project.
Wednesday 11 June-Friday 27 June. Working creatively with clay and sound for schools. Book with ellis@beaconsfield.ltd.uk
Saturday 21 June 2-5pm. ‘Fiction as Method’ with Maggie Roberts. ‘Laughter as Resistance’ with Luana Duvoisin Zanchi: part of Sustainable Solstice Book on Eventbrite
Garden Saturday 28 June 12-3pm with Urban Oasis
Thursday 3 July 8pm. The Charmers: band of timetravelling 17th century Scottish ‘witches’ Deb Smith, Debbie Armour, Lisa Lux, Tansy Spinks and Anne Robinson. Gig for one night only Book on Eventbrite
Saturday 5 July 2:30-4:30pm. Language in Live Contexts, Acts of Public Memory. Reading Group Part Two with Fran Painter-Fleming. Book on Eventbrite
Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 July 2pm. Domestic Flux, a writing / visual arts workshop with Tamsyn Challenger and Colin Herd will unfold in two sessions to explore techniques and experiments to embrace domestic spaces as sites for creative initiative, experiment and discovery in amongst the demands of the everyday. Attendance of both sessions advised but not essential. Book on Eventbrite below.
Wednesday 16 July at 2pm. Domestic Flux Part 1: a threshold writing / visual arts workshop on domesticity and intimacy rooted in Fluxus with Tamsyn Challenger and Colin Herd. Book on Eventbrite
Saturday 19 July 2pm. Domestic Flux Part 2: a threshold writing / visual arts workshop on domesticity and intimacy by Tamsyn Challenger and Colin Herd, rooted in Fluxus. Book on Eventbrite
Saturday 19 July 12-5pm: Dubmorphology Black Industrial Noise performance. A day-long, live sonic happening with Trevor Mathison and Gary Stewart.
To participate directly in the live composition book on Eventbrite and bring your own recording device (includes smart phones).
Friday 25 July 7.30pm. Words (Incantations) Dark Reading Group
Garden Saturday 26 July 12-3pm with Urban Oasis; 4-8pm. Sonic Fictions (Spells) Plastique Fantastique
Saturday 2 August 2:30-4:30pm. ‘Act of Creation’ Tackling Gendered Time. Reading Group Part Three with Fran Painter-Fleming. Book on Eventbrite
PAST MANIFESTO EVENTS
Saturday 14 June 2:30-4:30pm. Filmic Landscapes, Ruptures in Time. Reading Group Part One with Fran Painter-Fleming. Book on Eventbrite
Wednesday 21 May-Saturday 7 June. Kang Seung Lee (South Korea/USA), Shahana Rajani (Pakistan/Canada). FlatScreen moving image Program 1 curated by A.L. Steiner
Saturday 31 May 12-5pm. Manifesto Opening Celebration. Refreshments all day. Starts in the garden
Urban Oasis Working with Garden Waste 12-1pm
Minna Haukka Pyramid: Beaconsfield Archive 1995-2025. 12-5pm
Luke Turner Cross-examination, 2025. 12-5pm
Joseph Walsh Plant Gazing from 1pm
Tamsin Pender Willow you walk withy me? from 3pm