{"title": "Indonesian Noise", "start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.ibraaz.org/events/ibraaz/2449386/select-date?ref=website_widget", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/experimental/noise", "history/colonialism", "literature/poetry"], "description": "Indonesian Noise is a talk in the Majlis at Ibraaz. Hypatia Vourloumis' presentation brings Taring Padi's polyphonic practice and their renderings of the 'people' (rakyat) into dialogue with the Indonesian national language (Bahasa Indonesia). Drawing on years-long research, she traces how this constructed language emerged as an anticolonial political project and was standardised after independence in 1949, then examines aesthetic, poetic and linguistic breakdowns after the 1965-66 genocide and during Suharto's New Order, and considers the current Indonesian noise scene, with poetry reading, listening and a discussion of language, hegemony and cultural resistance. The talk will be moderated by curator Odessa Warren and followed by audience Q&A.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/indonesian-noise-36602/", "official_url": "https://ibraaz.org/whats-on/indonesian-noise", "image": "https://noky.io/images/786a5907399fe07ac01819c3e95960b83e7cdf46561890495fdd298d5a1cd051-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Rakyat Pasti Menang", "start": "2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/political-art", "society/activism"], "description": "An exhibition by the Indonesian art collective Taring Padi at Ibraaz, held in the Majlis. 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It is a new project by artist and educator Andrew Pierre Hart, part of a joint programme between iniva and Chelsea Space at Chelsea College of Arts. Drawing on Stuart Hall's cultural studies legacy, it explores sound as a form of learning and cultural exchange, examining the relationship between sound and diasporic experiences. The project includes a cross-site exhibition, an events programme and a publication, supported by The Ampersand Foundation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/if-you-like-rice-youll-understand-collective-noise-60786/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aabf80b0df67e5692d00f33769a693ca39fc9b1eab2066da1de9d0767fe6eb43-1200.webp"}, {"title": "People's Justice: Towards an Understanding of Art Solidarity", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:30:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.ibraaz.org/events/ibraaz/2491764/select-date?ref=website_widget", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/activism"], "description": "A panel talk bringing together Alexander Supartono, Marco Baravalle, and Rehana Zaman to discuss art as a means of building solidarity. 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Drawing on the speakers' personal and collective experiences of constructing progressive alliances, the conversation examines solidarity as the formation of common practices against the co-optation, disciplining, and censorship of the global art-industrial complex.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peoples-justice-towards-an-understanding-of-art-solidarity-49152/", "official_url": "https://ibraaz.org/whats-on/peoples-justice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4530f2b39e1c23d2c1a92b6c63f8994b8f6e3866b93f14940dffa9122f30497f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Night with the Madpo3t: showcasing 'Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct'", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "society/mental-health"], "description": "A 90-minute live performance event titled 'A Night with the Madpo3t: showcasing Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct'. Acclaimed creator Madpo3t presents his latest work, Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct, a kinetic exploration of survival, mental architecture, and turning chaos into art through high-energy, unfiltered spoken word. A live Q&A on the realities of the creative process follows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-night-with-the-madpo3t-showcasing-po3tryvent-before-i-self-43670/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/night-madpo3t-showcasing-po3tryvent-i-self-destruct", "image": "https://noky.io/images/221f583bc312da52872f92aba2620d1d55ac8d11853b8a880d52f00a87d123c9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Reimagined histories: Spoken word and choir", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/singing/choir", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "An evening of spoken word and choir at the National Gallery, held in the Pigott Theatre on level -1 of the Sainsbury Wing. It is led by poet and lawyer Dave Neita together with composer, artist and double bassist Dr Deborah Pritchard, joined by a choral ensemble. The performance is inspired by the exhibition 'Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation', exploring themes of identity, dialogue, social justice and freedom. Blending historical and newly commissioned work, it places classical music of Gainsborough's era alongside contemporary compositions and bespoke poetry, reflecting on the legacies of empire and the transatlantic slave trade.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reimagined-histories-spoken-word-and-choir-78903/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/reimagined-histories-spoken-word-and-choir-06-11-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3f5d42008a43fbc58de46f3e82c460b9f2c079a38af17ff9475f542dbca29080-2000.webp"}, {"title": "2026 Australia Studies Institute Reese Lecture: Vannessa Hearman, \"In the hands of ordinary people: Australia’s changing relationship with Indonesia and Timor-Leste\"", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "King's College London, Strand Campus", "address": "Strand, WC2R 2LS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/migration", "history"], "description": "The 2026 Reese Memorial Lecture, a talk by Associate Professor Vannessa Hearman of Curtin University, hosted by King's College London's Australia Studies Institute. She presents her new book 'The Good Sea' and examines how East Timorese resistance, asylum seekers and ordinary Australians shaped Australia's relationship with Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The lecture, honouring historian Dr Trevor Reese, is given by an emerging scholar in history or political science. It takes place in the Nash Lecture Theatre at King's College London's Strand Campus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/2026-australia-studies-institute-reese-lecture-vannessa-hear-36786/", "official_url": "https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/2026-reese-lecture", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9fa9af59ca6f1b3eb3be0fd9a974b0341f638721f54bea0dfab19b5e56182f99-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Women’s Rage: A Global Phenomenon", "start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/feminism", "literature"], "description": "A panel discussion on women's rage as a global phenomenon, from the Caribbean to India. It features Nicole King of the University of Oxford, Ana Nenadović and Amrita Shodhan of SOAS. The speakers explore feminine rage in literature, mythology and feminist activism, framing it as a tool for political transformation and resistance against patriarchy and racism. A drinks reception follows the discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/womens-rage-a-global-phenomenon-43668/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/womens-rage-global-phenomenon", "image": "https://noky.io/images/16dd49c93d32ac4cbada193af8a93eef6887301eed8dab69a15a03da5da3d0ec-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rab-Rab, Three Men in a Tub (of Publishing Avant-Garde Literature)", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pushkin House", "address": "Bloomsbury Square 5a, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "An evening book talk, held both in person and online, devoted to the avant-garde literature published by Rab-Rab Press. It brings together Sezgin Boynik, founder of the Helsinki-based press, poet and translator Eugene Ostashevsky, and artist and curator Nikolay Karabinovych, moderated by Isabel Jacobs. They will discuss the eight-volume bie-bao series on the Futurist poet and typographic artist Iliazd, and the new publication of Shop-Signs in Kharkiv by the 1920s Ukrainian modernist Maik Yohansen. Topics range from Futurism to language politics, poetry to typography, alongside other titles such as a new translation of Varlam Shalamov's The Twenties.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rab-rab-three-men-in-a-tub-of-publishing-avant-garde-literat-64276/", "official_url": "https://www.pushkinhouse.org/events/6658", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d5b0786d8cb77c96da1cbca758175a460df1a309a4b557d97cc6b463c84a5a47-2000.webp"}, {"title": "In conversation with Sri Mulyani Indrawati", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "This year's SPP Annual Lecture is an in-person and online public conversation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. It features Sri Mulyani Indrawati, former Minister of Finance of Indonesia, in conversation with Professor Andrés Velasco, and is chaired by Professor Tony Travers CBE. The discussion draws on her extensive experience in public policy and economic leadership, including strengthening Indonesia's economic stability, sustaining growth, creating employment, and reducing poverty and inequality. The event is hosted by the School of Public Policy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-conversation-with-sri-mulyani-indrawati-74268/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-public-policy/events/2026-27/spp-annual-lecture-2026-in-conversation-with-sri-mulyani-indrawati", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7dc5403a65d6d219a9d5e99b06d7195151a8f81af9ee6e9f5f12977ba584a07d-1200.webp"}]}