Exhibition
Cluster-Phobia
1 Jun 2021 – 1 Sep 2021
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Address
- Newington Green Meeting House
- 39a Newington Green
- London
England - N16 9PR
- United Kingdom
Exhibition and Film Screening
About
Book here: https://cluster-phobia.eventbrite.co.uk
Identity politics aligned with modern-day capitalism has created a thought vacuum where we as artists are expected to say or do things satisfactory to that system.
Whilst we are running on the conveyor belt of 'box ticking' the system demands us to articulate in the specific language that will get us a job, funding, a connection, a solo show at a white cube gallery. As a consequence of this, we abstract our voices into the cluster of jargons and familiar symbols.
The obsessive need for classification creates an impersonal modern world of still white, but politically ‘corrected’ privilege, dictating how artists should talk about their work. Attention is prioritised towards our colour, rather than our nuanced experiences, producing and upholding stereotypes and continuing to create homogenised imaginations of race, gender, or immigration status. Being appropriated or stereotyped into a certain tribe isn’t what we are after. We might sing together, but our song is of the I.
Together, we form a show about things that are urgent and important but not always easy to talk about.
Interview titles:
Colin Allen (performance artist, sculptor, painter).
‘From Zimbabwe to South Africa in the 70s, the Dialect of Loneliness or How to Build a Machine for Living Alone’
JJ Chan (sculptor, filmmaker, educator)
‘Race and Problems of Idealism’, ‘Open Letter to CFCCA’, ‘ Boldness as a Necessity to Be Seen’ and ‘How to Spot When Your Artwork is Turning “white”.’
Kemi Onabule (painter)
‘Most Popular Girl at the Bedford Boarding School, Britain - the Kingdom of Serenity? Being at the Studio and Being a Mother’
Tahmina Negmat (painter)
‘The Physicality of Language or on How to Retaliate if you Happen to Be a 1st Generation Immigrant, My White Girl Nightmare, and Marmite on Toast’
Open to the Public
01/06/21 - 29/06/21
No need to book, just drop-in during these times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10.00 - 16.00
Fridays and Saturdays 12.00 - 18.00
Contact steven@new-unity.org for viewings outside these times
Opening Night
09/06/21
19.00 - 22.00
Join us for the opening event and have a drink at the bar. Book your ticket here
Exhibition Late
26/06/21
19.00 - 22.00
BYOB along and catch some late-night poetry readings and music. Book your ticket here