Art in the City - Imran Perretta

Imran Perretta (b. 1988, London) lives and works in London. Working across the moving-image, sound, performance and poetry, Perretta's work addresses biopower, marginality and the (de)construction of cultural histories.

Imran was nominated for the Jarman Award in 2019 and was a winner of the Jerwood/FVU award in 2017 and a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Artist Award in 2020. This year he was also named a Turner Prize Bursary winner for his most recent moving image work, the destructors.

Forthcoming and recent presentations include: the destructors, Spike Island, Bristol, Chisenhale Gallery, London, the Whitworth, Manchester and BALTIC, Gateshead (2020-21) and Rotterdam International Film Festival; AMRA (in collaboration with Paul Purgas) for Art Night London, (2020-21) The Jodphur Boom (in collaboration with Paul Purgas) for Hyperdub Records, Corsica Studios; All His Ghosts Must Do My Bidding, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (both 2019); 15 Days, Jerwood Space, London as part of the J/FVU awards, AMRA (in collaboration with Paul Purgas) for Assembly Music Festival, Somerset House, London (both 2018) and Mene Mene Tekel Parsin, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (2017).

In this talk, Imran Perretta will be in conversation with Ali Roche, Head of Commissions at Spike Island. It will take place online with a live q and a. A link will be provided to all ticket holders after booking.