Read, Watch & Listen

Two exclusive mixes by pioneering DJ Jeff Mills.

In Focus was an afternoon of panel discussions and conversation to reflect on a new report investigating social class inequalities in the creative industries culminating in an evening talk with Reni Eddo-Lodge.

In the fourth workshop of our Life Rewired inspired Design Yourself project, our young creatives worked with Yoke Collective in a workshop focused on the implications of facial recognition technology.

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha performs 'The Way Of Spiritual Breath' on live Yanggeum with recorded industrial soundscapes in our Members Lounge.

What does a ‘free world’ look like for humans? Exploring ideas around surveillance and freedom, animator Yanqi Liang presents 'Web Jungle', a surreal world where civilians are surveyed by a group of administrators who monitor the jungle. 

Curator Florence Ostende talks to us about the exhibition Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, and how these spaces became sites of collaboration and experimentation.

Exploring the underbelly of our digital world, Trevor Paglen discusses the deeper meanings in his installation in The Curve, revealing the powerful, and often hidden, forces at play in artificial intelligence.

Embodying the revolutionary spirit of the 1920s, we take a closer look at ¡30–30!, a group whose their socialist ideals to promote affordable and accessible art, as displayed in 'Into the Night'.

Discover the overlooked female artists in the late 1920s Germany, who captured the pulsating energy of nightclubs and the alternative lifestyles that flourished within them, as revealed in the exhibition, 'Into the Night'.

Journalist and broadcaster, Chris Gunness takes a closer look at our 'Borders and Boundaries' film season with Wall director Simone Bitton, Trouble's Mariah Garnett, and our Head of Cinema, Gali Gold, in an exploration of films across frontiers.

Barbican Young Creatives celebrate ten years of Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning by creating this new body of work, featuring spoken word, audio-visual projections and new footage.

Miles Blacket presents his short film Hovering Between Us, exploring the digital disconnect between our digital lives and real day-to-day experience.