Exhibition
Outside In
18 Sep 2020 – 4 Oct 2020
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- The Old Bank Vault
- 283 Hackney Road
- London
England - E2 8NA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bethnal Green, Old Street
- Cambridge Heath
16 artists respond to the Covid lockdown in the first physical exhibition examining our perceptions and reactions to the ongoing pandemic
About
OUTSIDE IN – Curated by Sim Takhar, Adam Isfendiyar, Zulfqar Ali, and Maria-Domenica Arcuri
The Covid-19 pandemic paused our daily routines and affected every aspect of our lives and mental health. It exiled us from outside space, the city, culture and the arts, our families and friends, and the potential for travel and escape. Much was moved online, which created further problems of confinement and isolation inside our homes. In this difficult and unusual time, art in all its forms has become a coping mechanism for some and a necessity for others when responding to the crisis, creating beauty as an antidote, an antibody to the new rules, a virtual space to which to escape. More than ever before, technology and social media have played a pivotal role in overcoming distance and separation.
Outside In brings together new work created during lockdown from UK-resident artists that has been developed as a response to the constraints of the current global crisis. Through video installations, postcards, sculptures, and experiences, the exhibition is a journey through creativity. It moves from the cinematic ghastliness and haunting shadows of the almost-empty streets of central London in a suspended state of melancholy by film-maker Pietro Silvestri, to being invited to peer into the private, inside spaces of flats from the outside with Adam Isfendiyar’s portraits, via the approximations of 2-metre distances from artist Sam Walton. All these works highlight a feeling of isolation and connection through shared experiences.
As a way to document this unprecedented time, the exhibition will also create a new space where visitors can share their feelings and experiences of lockdown and become a part of the art, connecting strangers and creating a collective memory.
Taking over two sites, The Old Bank Vault and the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Outside In features work by Adam Isfendiyar, Pietro Silvestri, Katja Koggelmann, Eva Clifford, Sam Walton, Doma Dovgialo, Pola Voitzik, Adam Ravzi, Vittoria Avigliano, Alens Vimba, Charles Ogilvie, Paula Chambers, Josh Redman, Acrylicize, and Jo de Banzie.
For further details on each artist’s practice, please see attached. For press enquiries, please contact india@theoldbankvault.com. For sales, please contact sim@theoldbankvault.com