Tolia Curriculum
James Richards, We came into this world wanting milk – everything else was made up as we went along
Thursday, June 18, 2026, 7 to 9.30 pm

To mark the final chapter of Tolia Curriculum, artist James Richards—a longstanding collaborator of Tolia Astakhishvili—presents a screening program. 

Program
Steve Reinke, After Baudelaire, 16, 1992, 2 min
Steve Reinke and John Marriott, Vomit Star, 2010,  6.42min
Angela Lieber, Franks Dogs, 2025, 8 min
Stanton Taylor, And babies…?, 2026, 5 min, Musikalische Live-Begleitung von Roman Lemberg und Lesung von James Richards
James Richards, Not Blacking Out, Just Turning the Lights Off, 2011, 16 min
Sharon Lockhart, Khalil, Shaun, A Woman under the Influence, 1994, 16 min

Introduction with James Richards.

James Richards (b. 1983, Cardiff, Wales) works in Berlin. His practice encompasses expanded film, video, and installation. Richards’ provocative and seductive moving-image works collage together a wide range of source material, ranging from intimate home movies, archival footage, and television signals to rich musical soundtracks. Richards often collaborates with other artists, either as a composer, visual artist, or curator. 

Tolia Curriculum is a project conceived by artist Tolia Astakhishvili, unfolding as a daily schedule of workshops, lectures, screenings, readings, and participatory formats for children and adults. In the lead-up to Figure of the Child, her largest exhibition to date, Astakhishvili opens her production and installation process to the public as she develops her work in situ.

Program Overview

Admission to the Tolia Curriculum program at mumok cinema is free, online-registration for a free event ticket is required. 

Please note that admission is only possible with a pre-ordered, free ticket, there is no box office.

Image
Tolia Astakhishvili, Tolia Curriculum, 2026, courtesy of the artist