residue… what remains
Curated by Sue Schroeder
Leicester Gallery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Friday 6 February to 7 June 2026
Drawing on key collections from across Europe and the United States the exhibition residue...what remains provides a rich overview of the legacies of Fluxus artists and the group’s continuing influence on contemporary visual arts, dance, theatre, film, music and performance.
The exhibition is inspired by Professor Nicholas Zurbrugg whom at the end of the twentieth century brought together an exceptional collection of Fluxus artworks at De Montfort University. The curator of the exhibition, Sue Schroeder, builds on his extraordinary legacy to create an
ever-changing exhibition that includes a rich performance program.
residue...what remains includes major works by John Cage, Alison Knowles and Anna Halprin and is surrounded by changing constellations of artists influenced by the playful interdisciplinarity of Fluxus.
The title of the show, residue...what remains suggest the transience of many of the works, whether scores to be performed or marks left after an event. The exhibition draws on the logics of choreography and performance to reimagine what an exhibition can be. Scores suggest moments yet to happen, documents capture moments past and the exhibition provides a stage for live activity whose remains then integrate into the exhibition.
The project’s curator, Sue Schroeder, is the Artistic Director of Core Dance and has a long and rich history as a choreographer. She was a student of Anna Halprin and remained friends with her through her life. Her experience and practice of choreography has shaped the exhibition so that live activity and the passage of time are as important to the show as the space it inhabits.
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The ambitious project’s opening weekend includes performances by John Cage/Ray Kass, Philip Corner and Eric Anderson. This launches a rich program of talks and events that runs the duration of the exhibition.
Program of Events
Details of the events program can be found here: residue...what remains – Leicester Gallery
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All events are free and open to the public
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Thursday, February 5,2026
OPENING with Eric Andersen Pop-Up.
Location: Leicester Gallery, 6-8pm
Friday, February 6, 2026
Philip Corner’s 2022 Piano Aktivitys as a Disciplind Destruktshun (a piano work’t)
Performed by: Sean Owen Miller, Jack Massing, Jade Dillinger, Eric Anderson and DMU Technology and Innovation Research Centre (MTIRC), Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT). Philip Corner's 2022 Piano Aktivitys.
Location: Lobby Gallery at DMU
Time: 3:30PM
Caress Piano followed by Piano Aktivitys as a Disciplind Destruktshun (a piano work’t)
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Gallery Talk with Jade Dellinger, Jack Massing, Sean Owen Miller & Eric Andersen.
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU Time: 1pm
Saturday, February 7, 2026
John Cage/Ray Kass’ STEPS: A Composition for a Painting.
Location:
Pace 1
Time:
3pm
Monday, February 9, 2026
Eric Anderson (Open Talk with Students)
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU,
Time:
3pm
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Eric Anderson (Open Talk)
Location:
Queens 1.10
Time:
4pm
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Eric Anderson Gallery Experience
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andersen_(artist):
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU
Time:
5pm
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
Lucy Suggate’s Tender Stones with conversation
https://www.lucysuggate.com/#/tenderstones/
with Deane McQueen & The Cool Company
https://backlit.org.uk/artists/the-houdini-club.
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU,
Time:
1pm - 4pm (durational)
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Gallery Talk In Conversation with Ken Friedman with Hugo Worthy
https://www.moma.org/artists/2007-ken-friedman.
Location:
On-Line (Screening in the gallery, at Core Dance and online
Time:
1pm
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Thursday, March 19, 2025
RE-OPENING #1
Location: Leicester Gallery, Time: 6-8pm
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Jeff Arnal/Dietrich Eichmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOMyQsudeU
Location:
Pace 1,
Time:
730pm
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Gallery Talk with Jeff Arnal
Executive Director,
Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center:
Black Mountain College 1933–1957: Experimentation, Performance and Interdisciplinary Collaboration.
Location:
Pace 1
Time:
3:30P m
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Screening of Points in Space
Location:
Pace 1
Time:
5pm
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Make A Salad (and soup) conversations
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU
Time:
630pm
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
RE-OPENING #2 with Annika Strom (The inept five)
https://www.annikastrom.net/#/perfromance/
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU
Time:
6-8pm
Monday- Friday, April 20 (6-9pm), 21-23 (5-9pm), 24 (2-9pm), 2026
Residency with Molly Davies and Polly Motley
Open rehearsals with culminating showing (4/24)
Location:
Pace 2
Time:
7pm
Friday, April 24, 2026
Davies/Motley Residency Culmination
Location:
Pace 2
Time:
6pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Gallery Talk with Molly Davies, Polly Motley and Sue Schroeder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Davies_(videographer)
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU
Time:
1pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Barbara Dilley’s The Grid with Polly Motley & Leicester Community
Location:
The Lawn outside The Leicester Gallery at DMU
Time:
3pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Lisa Nelson’s TuneZoom (Live Stream performance)
Location:
DMU Lecture Space 4.05
Time:
5pm
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May 9, 2026
Yoko Ono Performance Scores with Deane McQueen & The Cool Company
Location:
The Leicester Gallery
Time:
1pm (Durational)
May 15, 16, 17, 2026
Erika Senft Miller/Ironing Piece (Live Performances)
Location:
TBD
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Gallery Talk with Erika Senft Miller, Kelly Holt & Douglas Rosenberg
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU
Time:
1pm
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Screening of The Sea by Douglas Rosenberg
Location:
TBD
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Anna Halprin’s Life/Art Process with Tamalpa UK
Location:
The Leicester Gallery at DMU,
Time:
1pm
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Terry Riley’s In C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_C
Location:
TBD
Time:
6pm
Artistic Contributors
Alison Knowles, Allen Ginsberg, Andrew Kelly, Anna Halprin, Ben Patterson, Ben Vautier, Bob Cobbing, Bruce Naumann, Carolee Schneemann, Charlotte Moorman, Chiari Giuseppe, Christo & Jean-Claude, Connie Hwang, David Byrne, Dick Higgins, Douglas Rosenberg, Edwin Gomringer, Emmet Williams, Eric Anderson, Eugen Gomringer, Geoffrey Hendricks, George Brecht, George Maciunas, Henri Chopin, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jackson MacLow, John Cage, Jonathan Monk, John Killacky, Joseph Beuys, Julien Blaine, Katue Kitasono, Kelly Holt, Ken Friedman, Milan Knížák, Adam Larsen, Lawrence Halprin, Madonna Staunton, Marcel Alocco, Matt Squib, Merce Cunningham, Michael Silver, Mieko Shiomi, Molly Davies, Naim June Pike, Nye Ffarrabas, Paul Neagu, Philip Corner, Ray Johnson, Ray Kass, Remy Charlip, Robert Watts, Sean Owen Miller, Simon & Tom Bloor, Stelio Maria Martini, Traci Kelly, Trisha Brown, Watson & Fella, William Burroughs, Yoko Ono
Partners
The exhibition has been developed by Leicester Gallery and Core Dance.
It has been made possible through a major loan from our lead partner, Fondazione Bonotto and further support from the John Cage Trust, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Graphic Studio, Tamalpa Institute Center for the Halprin Work, Halprin Legacy Lab, Jade Dillinger, the Yoko Ono Studio, The John Erickson Museum of Art, Unnoticed Festival and others.