Present tense: Future perfect

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Present tense: Future perfect reflects on a shared history and the social identity of a group of emerging artists who all met at Cambridge School of Art. This exhibition of 13 artists provides a multi-sensorial snapshot of the ever-evolving sense of self, both individual artists and of the group.

It is now quite generally accepted that perception depends on knowledge of the world – so seeing the future depends on the memory of the past. Memory is also essential for our sense of identity or ‘the self’. The works included in this exhibition represent not only memories but real experiences - lives, loves, losses, desires, hopes, fears, anxieties, thoughts, and anticipations.

“Memory for past episodes provides a sense of personal identity…” Klein & Nichols, 2012.

The exhibition’s title not only plays on the grammatical terms ‘present tense’ for the present, but it also points to the prevailing ‘tense’ situation we find ourselves amid a global pandemic. Future perfect is used to describe an event that is expected or planned to happen before a time of reference in the future. 

Curatorial team Itiswhatitis believes that: “As our lives have become more uncertain, more protean, and society has become more anxious, more people from more disciplines are exploring more ways art can help”. They continue: “Art is our landscape, and the landscape is always changing”.

Artists include:

FIONA BLAKE | DAVID CHAMBERS | STEPANKA FACEROVA | JESSICA LEIGH HENRY |MEGAN JOHNSON |WILL LOGAN | ELLA LUBEN | DANIELA MENDES | SHANIELLE MONANGAI | ZOFIA NOWAKOWSKA | SAMUEL RICHARDSON| SARAH STRACHAN | EMILY TILBROOK.

Exhibition open: Wednesday 9th March to Monday 28th March 2022

Opening hours:  9am to 5pm

Exhibition Private View: Thursday 10th March, 5-7 pm

Ruskin Gallery, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT.

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