An audience with Terence As well as his Academy Award nomination for Billy Budd in 1962, Terence Stamp is well-known for playing the arch villain General Zod in the films Superman and Superman II. see below What’s on To keep up to speed with all the arts offerings at Canary Wharf... follow @yourcanarywharf Out & About News in brief His Stamp on life STEPNEY-born star Terence Stamp delivered an inspirational speech to students during a visit to the University of East London earlier this month. The 76-year-old actor, who claimed an Oscar nomination for his role in Billy Budd in 1962, spoke about the trappings of fame and the need for a spiritual approach to the profession. “You need to focus on your breath and feel the moment. Still to this day, I practise my breathing exercises every morning,” Stamp said. “You cannot change everything in the world but you can focus on making change within yourself.” Stamp, who lived in the East End during World War II, spoke to students from the Arts and Digital Industries School (ADI) at University Square in Stratford. Jazz Fest in the Mix THE London Jazz Festival returns to the capital next month. Highlights of this year’s festival, which runs from November 14-23, include New Orleans’ supremo Dr John and African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim. Rich Mix hosts a programme of shows including rising contemporary jazz star Soumik Datta, who plays a set on Wednesday, November 19 (£5 adv.). On Tuesday, November 18, the centre holds a family-friendly day titled Jazz For featuring morning and afternoon workshops aimed at ages 2-5. To book tickets for the Rich Mix shows, call the box office on 7613 7498. Some 360 events are taking place at almost 30 venues. To see the full line up, visit www.efg londonjazzfestival.org.uk Fright nights DON’T forget the annual Teeny Halloweeny extravaganza for under-7s this Wednesday, October 29 at Mile End Play Park in Locksley Street from 12-4pm. Older children and grown-ups can do battle with ghosts andghouls at Ditch the Witch in Mile End and Victoria parks on Friday, October 31 from 6-9pm. Five decades of minimalism BY JAMES MARTIN A RETROSPECTIVE of a celebrated minimalist artist launched in Whitechapel earlier this month – alongside a huge new installation at the Tate Modern. American Richard Tuttle, who shocked the art world of the 1970s after he exhibited a threeinch piece of rope in New York, has recreated some of his most renowned pieces at the Whitechapel Gallery. The 73-year-old’s show is on display at the Whitechapel Gallery until December 14. Several works from Tuttle’s series of the early 70s called Wire Pieces – where he employs materialssuch as graphite (pencil), nails and florist’s wire – are featured. In his Cloth Pieces of 1967, the artist cut and stitched lengths A right laugh for all the family A FAMILY-friendly afternoon devoted to the art of stand-up comedy is being held this week in Canary Wharf. On Tuesday, October 28, a 90-minute workshop will feature creative writing, sketches and games before the pros take (left) Comedian Bec Hill is on the bill at the Wharf stand-up night of dyed cloth into irregular geometric shapes. Sculpture, painting and poetry pieces are mixed in the exhibition that spans five decades of Tuttle’s work. A programme of events is running alongside the Whitechapel show. Earlier in the month, Tuttle gave two talks while another is over to deliver sets of their own. The workshop, at East Wintergarden in 43 Bank Street, is tailored for ages seven to 15 and kicks off at 3pm. Young people will have an opportunity to tell a few gags and give standup a go themselves. Afterwards the comedy show proper will take place at 6.30pm. Comics on the bill this year are expected to include Bec Hill and Matt Green. Organisers said of the day: “It’s family friendly, but in no way childish and there are definitely no clowns or rude words!” The workshop is £5 per child, the show £7 per person (or £10 for both) while a family option of £24 is available. To book tickets call 0871 220 2060 (booking fee applies). scheduled for December 3 called The Politics of Fibre. Four guided tours of the gallery are being held next month. On Tuesday, November 4, assistant curator Poppy Bowers leads a parent and child event which starts at 10am – tickets cost £5. Evening tours are also being held on November 6 and 13, starting at 7pm. Richard Tuttle’s show is being run in conjunction with a major installation in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, which is on display until April 2015. The piece on display is a large suspended construction draped with a mass of coloured fabric and probes ideas of individuality. I Don’t Know or The Weave of Textile Language runs at Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1. Chisenhale hosts digital pioneer Treister A LONDON artist considered a pioneer in digital and web-based art is coming to a Bow gallery this week. Suzanne Treister is set to discuss her most recent project, Post Surveillance Art, at the Chisenhale Gallery on Tuesday, October 28. The talk is one part of 21st Century, a contemporary programme of performances, screenings, talks and researchled (Above) Space-is-Concrete, 2005 (Left) Systems, VI, 2011 projects running alongside the studio’s current exhibition programme. On the night, Treister is also expected to revisit her major work HEXEN 2.0. The project, created between 2009 and 2011, charted the increasing presence of intelligence gathering in the Web 2.0 era. In particular the show probed the American government’s role in the development of the internet and its development of programmes of mass control. Previously the artist, a graduate of St Martin’s School of Art, debuted web-based art as a form in the early 1990s. The talk, which starts at 7pm, is free although pre-booking is strongly advised. Visit chisenhale.event brite. co.uk to make a reservation. Chisenhale Gallery is a nonprofit contemporary art gallery based at 64 Chisenhale Road, E3. Post Surveillance Art poster/NSA on drugs, 2014 27 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2014 N E W S F R O M T O W E R H A M LETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 21
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