Collisions

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Collisions presents works from an extraordinary group of ASC artists working in a diverse range of themes and mediums.

This group exhibition presents exhilarating juxtapositions of artworks and processes that collide, encounter, and are in dialogue with one another. 

Inspired by the 2010 RSID Museum exhibition of the same name, the artists selected works to be displayed with no curatorial oversight. Collisions is an experiment in exhibition making that values personal contributions while at the same time the individual artworks become part of a larger, communal endeavor. Artists come together at a point of contact. A stopping point on a journey, a place to exchange thoughts and then continue on their way in different directions. A random selection but brought together by a sense of curiosity, a curiosity to stop, to communicate and to exchange. A collision at a point of arrival or departure. The show’s location in the former Lambeth County Court — a stunning art deco building built in 1928 — stimulated some artists to explore the phenomenology of space and the hierarchical structures of society. 

The ASC is a leading affordable workspace provider to artists and makers in London. They currently support over 800 practitioners and to date have managed a total of 22 buildings. Located in Kennington SE11, the County Courts provides 45 studios for fine artists and designer-makers across two floors. Over the course of the exhibition, it will transform into a gallery space including site-specific works and audiovisual installations in the old courtrooms.