1,2,3, Alt!

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sitnaltA: 1,2,3, Alt! is a site-responsive exhibition that reclaims the everyday as vital anchors of lived experience. Employing fictioning as a curatorial method, the exhibition transforms a former café into a liminal space oscillating between the present and speculative futures. Across weekend events and performances, artists and curators reconfigure artworks in the public’s presence. Such an evolving structure simulates the traversing between speculative temporalities. Featuring emerging London-based artists whose works examine the meaning of the mundane and the uncanny, sitnaltA: 1,2,3, Alt! positions artworks as clues, inviting audiences to unravel the mystery behind fictional narratives. Transforming passive observation into an act of discovery, the exhibition highlights subtle yet authentic moments that ground us amid the accelerating pace of life and simulacra of ubiquitous images. This exhibition is part of Project sitnaltA (@sitnaltA_2702), an ongoing curatorial initiative by Serena Xinran Gao and Alex Xiaonan Guo, dedicated to exploring fictioning as a curatorial approach. Following sitnaltA’s debut exhibition at The Handbag Factory (March 2025), this iteration continues the project’s speculative narrative—a future in the 27th century where ecological collapse has driven humanity into virtual existence.