The Brink

About

Join us for the private viewing of The Brink, a three-day expansive exhibition featuring 16 artists and 5 filmmakers and animators, built on sculptures, installations, paintings, performances, and a special screening programme.

‘New ruins have not yet acquired the weathered patina of age…’

Rose Macaulay, Pleasure of Ruins, 1953

#TheBrinkExhibition explores the interconnectedness between individuals and the spaces they inhabit and belong to using a stripped-back site as a way to explore the idea of place and conversely, non-place. Liminal sites like this often create a sense of disorientation and alienation, which is used as a point of departure to explore contradictory ways in which we experience space and shape it by our personal and collective memories, culture, and myths.

• Artists

With artworks tailored for the exhibition, The Brink features: 

Abigail Norris, Alex Young, Anna Blom, Elena Shkvarkina, Ge Hui, Ivan Seal, Jo Dennis, Katrin Spranger, Nicola Hicks MBE, Pía Ortuño, Ross Taylor, Tom Woolner, Xu Haoyang, Zhang Guangyu, ZITA.

• Performance

Special guest KV Duong will perform Katrin Spranger’s 1.8, an evocative environmental statement, in collaboration with costume designer ZITA.

• Screening Programme

In addition to the exhibition, the special screening program led by Linlin Zhu will showcase a range of mid and short films, including documentary films directed by Pietro Francesco Pingitore and Siyi Gu, experimental shorts created by Laura Puig and Chengzhou, and animation by Elmano Diogo. 

These films delve into themes of healing through art, spiritual exchange with nature, and the potential for resurrection amidst ruins. The documentaries spotlight animal life trapped within artificial ecosystems. Experimental shorts incorporate the human psyche into the wildlife medium of trees and goldfish, while the animation guides the audience toward healing psychological trauma.

• The Team

Presented by Tiderip

Marjorier Ding is a Chinese contemporary art curator and the founder of Tiderip who works and lives between London and Shanghai. Exchanged in BA Culture, Criticism and Curation at Central Saint Martins and studied in MA Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, her practice is mainly focusing on experimental curation and exhibition future. She is the first recipient of China State Scholarship for Art Talent in Curation and she is also an admitted Global Talent in Art by the UK government.

Elena Shkvarkina (b. 1988 Moscow) is a Nihonga (Japanese style) and ink painter who lives and works in London, UK. She teaches her signature experimental ink techniques Palimpsest Ink Painting and Particle Ink to adults and children with a focus on empathetic development. Most notably she worked on various bespoke events and workshops with Dior, Diptyque Paris, K2 Academy of Contemporary Jewellery, and Cass Art. She also works as a fine art professional in the gallery sector organising exhibitions and art fair shows.

Linlin Zhu is a Chinese Documentary filmmaker and Film&Visual curator, who lives and works in London and Beijing after finshing MA degree at UCL. With 5 years of experience in Film/TV industry, her works have been aired on more than 10 broadcasts and streaming platforms, including Netflix, Paramount, CCTV, Tencent, Youku and Bilibili. She has also won/nominated at Guangzhou Int'l Documentary Festival, London Lift-Off Film Festival, UK Seasonal Short Film Festival Autumn, Nice International Festival and ect. Joined Tiderip as a Film&Visual curator, she is conrtibuting to promoting experimental video works as well as helping artists transform artworks into visual pieces.

Anna Blom is a Swedish born, London-based artist who holds an MA in Painting from Royal College of Art (2022) and a BFA in Painting from UAL Wimbledon (2020). She has led, curated and exhibited across Europe and UK. Recent shows include LUMA Aora & Apsara Gallery, International Women’s Day Auction Liminal Gallery and ANNIHILATION OHSH Projects. She is a recipient of 2022/2023 Travers Smith Art Programme, Morrison Foerster Art Programme and been awarded Highly Commended in 2023 CSR Art Awards.

Jo Dennis is a British artist working and living in London. She studied BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths College London (2002) and MA Painting at the Royal College of Art London (2022). Recent exhibitions include; Absent without Leave, (solo) Sid Motion Gallery, Pigeon Park 2, God of War at OHSH Projects London. She is the co-founder of Asylum and Maverick Projects an artist lead organisation running project spaces in London. From 2016 - 18 she founded and curated AMP Gallery a not-for-profit gallery. She is the co-founder of Pigeon Park and Peckham 24 Photography Festival and was the recipient of Grants for the Arts from Arts Council England.

• Partners & Sponsors

General sponsors

Universe Gallery, Hangzhou

Language Academy, Hong Kong

Studio UMA, London

International Animal Future Film Festival, London

This work has been developed with the support of Ugly Duck

http://uglyduck.org.uk/

@weareuglyduck 

Ugly Duck is a London based arts organisation that supports under-represented voices and emerging artists. Established in August 2012, their programme enables makers, community groups, professionals and the public to come together around unique cultural experiences and curated events. They have converted a beautiful empty Victorian warehouse in SE1 into a busy creative space which became, and still is, the home to countless rising artists.

They have converted a beautiful empty Victorian warehouse in SE1 into a busy creative space which became, and still is, the home to countless rising artists.