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Frame is an interdisciplinary programme focusing on contemporaneity, art, and the life of institutions

The programme explores the structural conditions, histories, and blind spots that predetermine cultural organisations. Through workshops, seminars, films and artistic interventions, we confront the "curse of greatness," seeking to undo mythologised pasts in favour of a pluralistic, multi-narrative contemporaneity to propose new ways of working collectively. We ask questions such as: can institutions, as instigators for social change, still hold a space for complexity? What comprises an institution – is it the artist, the programme, or the community? How can we bridge the distance between public-facing representations and our internal realities? How do we allow for radical experiment while remaining self-sustainable? How can artists and creatives actively influence, challenge and contribute to institutional structures? We invite our audience and contributors to help us navigate these questions together.

You can find more information about our past exhibitions here.

Coming Up
Previously
Talk
Talk, in person
Shifting Nodes in a Network of Experiments in Making and Curating. A conversation with Maria Lind
Talk
Talk, in person
Redefining Cultural Heritage, from "The Cradle" to the Pavilion. Zulfiya Spowart and Maria Redaelli in conversation
Anti-Lecture
Anti-Lecture, in person
Owen Hatherley's Eyeful
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Curtain Call with Pianka Pärna
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Atmospheric Antennas with Hannah Kemp-Welch
Screening
Screening, in person
The Legend of Suram Fortress by Sergei Parajanov and Dodo Abashidze
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Unpeel: Sharing Fruit as Home-Making, with Ananya Jain
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Writing Rage with Elaine ML Tam, Fieldnotes
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Growing Home: Planting as Language, with Lina Ivanova
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Lines Under Construction: Writing Home as a Meshwork, with Nastia Svarevska
Screening
Screening, in person
Out of the Present: Screening of the Andrej Ujică Classic, with Andrej Ujică
Conference
Conference, online and in person
Global Informality in the Arts
Conference
Conference, online and in person
Global Informality in the Arts
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Talk
Talk, online and in person
Cosmic Calls: Cosmism and Human Dimensions with Victor Buchli, Jitish Kallat and Arsen Zhilyaev, moderated by Denis Maksimov
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Talk
Talk, in person
See USSR! Leftist Artists and the Construction of Soviet Mythologies (1920–1930s). With Daniel Bulatov and Sarah Wilson
Talk
Talk, online and in person
The Adventures of Mr Lubetkin, Mr Stirling and Ms Hadid in the Land of the Bolsheviks: Architectural Exchanges and the Transformation of 20th Century Britain. A Conversation with Owen Hatherley and Alan Powers
Talk
Talk, online and in person
Punk Orientalism: The Art of Rebellion. Sara Raza in conversation with Denis Maksimov
Talk
Talk, online and in person
From Classical Ideas of Dynamism to the Contemporary Return to Tyrannies: Lessons from Ancient Greece. Mikhail Iampolski in conversation with Denis Maksimov
Talk
Talk, in person
Interventions in Space and Memory: Traeger, Wielebinski and Zhilyaev in Curatorial Dialogue with Denis Maksimov, Sasha Shevchenko and Pia Zeitzen
Talk
Talk, online and in person
"The Neighbours": Memorialisation in the Absence of the State with Krasimira Butseva and Julian Chehirian
Talk
Talk, in person
Swampology in the Soviet Eco-Myth. A conversation with Andrey Shental
Book Launch
Book Launch, in person
Every Monument Will Fall, with Dan Hicks, Onyekachi Wambu, Alyce Mahon, Raksha Dave and Bryan Knight
Talk
Talk, online and in person
Tchaikovsky: The Shaping of an Imperial Subject with Simon Morrison
Workshop
Workshop, in person
PEELING BACK TIME with Hanna Paniutsich
Talk
Talk, online and in person
Can Artists Remake the World? A conversation with Vid Simoniti
Talk
Talk, online and in person
When Statues Fall, Do Museums Fall, Too?
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Collective experiments in poetry and music with From the Lips to the Moon
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Homing: writing the act of becoming home with Nastia Svarevska
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Deactivating - A Poetry Workshop On Poetic Improvisation By Poet and Author Clara Ada Mantegazza
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up, January 2025
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Sonic Emitters and Receivers - Listening with Aerial Drones with Maja Zećo
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Spells for Collectivity with Aliaskar Abarkas
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Conversations with ourselves with Adam Moore
Talk
Talk, online and in person
Don’t Miss the Spin: Tales of Transcultural Geography, Women’s Agency and Intermedia Patterns. A conversation between Alyce Mahon and Aziza Kadyri
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Workshop
Workshop, in person
Tales of radical hospitality with Dana Olărescu
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
brecht: fragments – Showing the Archive in Process with Phoebe von Held
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Yin Yoga on Balkan Music + beetroot ceremony with Noemi Gunea
Screening
Screening, in person
Fairytale by Alexander Sokurov
Screening
Screening, in person
Fairytale by Alexander Sokurov
Screening
Screening, in person
The Sun by Alexander Sokurov
Screening
Screening, in person
Faust by Alexander Sokurov
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Detours on Memory Lane Workshop with Aziza Kadyri
Screening
Screening, in person
Taurus by Alexander Sokurov
Screening
Screening, in person
Moloch by Alexander Sokurov
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up with Aziza Kadyri
Screening
Screening, in person
Alexander Sokurov’s Elegies
Screening
Screening, in person
Mother and Son by Alexander Sokurov
Screening
Screening, in person
The Lonely Voice of Man by Alexander Sokurov
Workshop
Workshop, in person
World-ing Water Worlds Workshop with Buket Yenidogan
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Raving with Sara Sassanelli
Presentation
Presentation, in person
In Between Knots launch and readings
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain panel discussion with Flee Project
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up, October 2024
Screening
Screening, in person
Yakutia – Between the Worlds by Vladimir Kocharyan, Syppyr Suruktar / Lost Letters by Kyhynngy Oyuur & Aykuo by Ayaal Adamov
Lecture Performance
Lecture Performance, in person
Gaddafi in Rome: the Expanded Script lecture performance with Alessandra Ferrini
Presentation
Presentation, in person
EXTRACORPOREAL: Bodies and the urge to transcend
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Group Discussion and Workshop: On Luck with Harun Morrison
Performance
Performance, in person
Eden Transcends Reality
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Drag for the Future: Exploring the Power of Drag as an Instrument of Hope
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Russian Literature: The Curse of Perceived Greatness. Discussion with Anna Narinskaya
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Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up, June 2024
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Whence, Where, Whither: Russian Studies Within and Beyond the Academy with Philip Bullock
Performance
Performance, in person
If Museum Walls Could Talk. A Lecture Performance with Margarita Kuleva
Workshop
Workshop, online and in person
Informality in Arts: Towards an Impossible Encyclopaedia
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up, May 2024
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Zine-Making Workshop with Elida Silvey
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Soviet Africa: From Great Hope to Great Disillusionment through Mozambican Cinema with Maite Conde
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up, April 2024
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Central Asian Colonial Bodies: Redrafting Art History with Alexey Ulko
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Dust and Shapes: Modern Migration and Belonging through Food
Performance
Performance, in person
Sonic Flows: Performance Night
Screening
Screening, in person
Undead and the Living: The Lingering of Imperial Hauntology. Film screening and a discussion with Keti Chukhrov
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Embodied Ecology – An Exploration for Imagining Liberated Futures with Ghost and John
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up with Ghost and John
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Keep It Informal: Resisting Power in the Shadows of Systems with Alena Ledeneva
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Environmental Justice Questions – Workshop with Harun Morrison
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Body Autotopography: The Tangible Scars Shape our Identity - Workshop with Howl Yuan
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Monuments and Their Fate with Dzmitry Suslau
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
Paper Monumentality: Architectural Heritage and the Ephemerality of Memory with Architect Alexander Brodsky and Clementine Cecil
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up with Dr. Ivan Isakov
Discussion
Discussion, online and in person
The Roots of Brutishness with Dan Hicks
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Queer Utopias: Placard Making Workshop with Anka Dabrowska
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up, January 2024
Screening
Screening, in person
The Pushkin Club: The Dmitriev Affair by Jessica Gorter: Film Screening + Q&A
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Zine-making Workshop with Jasmine Kahlia
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Slow Sips with Earth, Youngsook Choi
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Can Culture Exceed Empire in Which It Emerged? Workshop with Keti Chukhrov
Lecture
Lecture, online and in person
Modernity's Promises and Discontents with Keti Chukhrov
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-up, November 2023
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Provocation/Invitation: Workshop with Priya Mistry
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Re-Play: Performance as a Tool for Posing Questions with Harold Offeh
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Rap Reflections with Wanda Canton
Artist's Talk
Artist's Talk, online and in person
Artist Talk: Mykola Ridnyi in Conversation with Prof Susanne Strätling
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Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up with Mykola Ridnyi
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Material Body, Material World: Workshop with Rachel Gomme
Workshop
Workshop, online
Online Creative Writing Workshop: Developing an Original Character with Ania Bas
Networking Event
Networking Event, in person
YOUNG: Londonskaya Diaspora Networking Event
Workshop
Workshop, in person
S L E E P with Moi Tran
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-Up, September 2023
Screening
Screening, in person
The Kiev Trial by Sergei Loznitsa: Film Screening + Q&A
Screening
Screening, in person
Babi Yar. Context by Sergei Loznitsa: Film Screening + Q&A
Screening
Screening, in person
The Natural History of Destruction by Sergei Loznitsa: Film Screening + Q&A
Screening
Screening, in person
Victory Day by Sergei Loznitsa
Screening
Screening, in person
Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa
Screening
Screening, in person
Mr. Landsbergis by Sergei Loznitsa
Screening
Screening, in person
State Funeral by Sergei Loznitsa
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up, May 2023
Workshop
Workshop, in person
In The Making: Self-Publishing with Morley House
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Monstrous Delicacy At Pushkin House: Listening To The Archive with Rhiannon Armstrong
Screening
Screening, in person
Russia: Today by Eugene Birman: Film Screening, Live Performance And Q&A
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up with Stephanie Handjiiska
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up, March 2023
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Instructions For Destruction: Feminist Anti-Capitalist Scores For The Future with Anahí Saravia Herrera and Jemima Yong
Screening
Screening, in person
Overcoming The Darkness: Charity Film Screening
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up, February 2023
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Community Mapping Workshops For Ukrainians In London
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Apocalyptic Mapping: A Workshop On Collaborative Practices With Ghost And John
Socials
Socials, in person
YOUNG Meet-up, January 2023
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-up, November 2022
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Mishandled Archive: Workshop With Tara Fatehi
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-Up, October 2022
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Civic Sound Archive Conversation And Recording Session with Moi Tran and Ellen Greig
Workshop
Workshop, in person
There Is No Apolitical Love Letter: Reading And Writing Session With Taey Iohe
Screening
Screening, in person
Tomorrow Comes Yesterday by Kirsten Gainet: Film Screening And Discussion
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Workshop
Workshop, in person
Creative Writing Workshop With Ania Bas: Experimental Fiction Writing
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-Up, September 2022
Screening
Screening, in person
The History Of The Civil War by Dziga Vertov: Film Screening + Zoom Q&A with Nikolai Izvolov and Alex Barrett
Screening
Screening, in person
Come And See by Elem Klimov
Presentation
Presentation, in person
Still Happening: Fundraiser Launch
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-Up, June 2022
Screening
Screening, in person
Mr. Landsbergis by Sergei Loznitsa: Film Screening + Zoom Q&A
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Book Launch
Book Launch, in person
Zine Launch: Wet Love
Screening
Screening, in person
What We Shared by Kamila Kuc: Film Screening + Q&A
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Workshop
Workshop, in person
Reverb Writing Workshop with Bella Marrin and Elaine Tam
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-Up, May 2022
Screening
Screening, online
Labour, Creativity And Freedom: Solidarity Film Online Screening
Screening
Screening, in person
Labour, Creativity And Freedom: Solidarity Film Screening
Socials
Socials, in person
Young Meet-Up, April 2022
Artist's Talk
Artist's Talk, in person
Hear/Here To See: Manu Luksch & Mukul Patel In Conversation With Seeta Gangadharan
Screening
Screening, online
Desirous Bodies, Malign War: Women’s Moving Image From Ukraine
Screening
Screening, in person
Desirous Bodies, Malign War: Women’s Moving Image From Ukraine
Screening
Screening, in person
Online Moving Forward: Film Screening For Ukraine
Screening
Screening, in person
Moving Forward: Film Screening For Ukraine
Screening
Screening, online
Online Screening Of Ukrainian Artist Mykola Ridnyi's Films
Screening
Screening, in person
Screening Of Ukrainian Artist Mykola Ridnyi’s Films
Screening
Screening, online
Online Showcase Of Ukrainian Cinema Movement Freefilmers
Screening
Screening, in person
A Showcase Of Ukrainian Cinema Movement Freefilmers
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Movement Workshop: For Whoever Needs It with Illyr & Samuel
, in person
No Place For Fools by Oleg Mavromatti
Workshop
Workshop, in person
Queer Maze: Interactive Workshop with Bahdan Khmialnitski
Screening
Screening, in person
Volga-Volga by Pavel Labazov, Andrey Silvestrov (with Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe) & Sir Gay by Mark Rappaport
Performance
Performance, in person
Long Live, Queer Belarus! Lecture And Film Screening

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