Exhibition
Deptford X 2016
23 Sep 2016 – 02 Oct 2016
Deptford X
London, United Kingdom
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Extracts from Whistler's Yellows 2015, Alex Roberts (left) and Mirror 2015, Paul Abbott (right)
Exhibition
The Room is the Resonator
23 Sep 2016 – 2 Oct 2016
Event times
Dates: 23 September - 2 October 2016, open daily 12 - 6pm (gallery closed Monday 26th September)
Deptford X Fringe Festival Preview: 23 September, 6-9pm
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 114-116 Amersham Vale
- London
England - SE14 6LG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 36, 436, 171, 53, 177.
- Overground/East London tube line: New Cross tube, 4 mins walk. New Cross Gate tube, 15 mins
- Deptford Train Station - 8 Min Walk
Event map
A ten-day exhibition by artists, Paul Abbott and Alex Roberts.
The Room is the Resonator explores themes centred on memory, nostalgia and perception to form an exhibition in the unique context of the former cells and interrogation room of The Old Police Station in Deptford.
About
Mindful of Gaston Bachelard's Poetics of Space and his characterization of dwelling and space, while simultaneously considering Lacan's representation of the 'real', the exhibition considers the desire of one to leave and 'remake' a reality, whatever that may signify.
The separate cells and interrogation room will house occurrences in relation to the two artists modes of practice: Roberts working primarily with paint and Abbott working with video but both sharing a keen interest in responding to the specificity of the given location.
How might narrative threads be made and frustrated?; How might 'blind alleys' allude to or corrupt a message?; Can a mirror be held to the theatrical space of the installation- its performativity- implicating the spectator in that conversation?
Dates: 23 September - 2 October 2016, open daily 12 - 6pm (gallery closed Monday 26th September)
Deptford X Fringe Festival Preview: 23 September, 6-9pm Private view (Art Licks Weekend): 29 September, 6-9pm The Old Police Station, 114 Amersham Vale, London, SE14 6LG
Art Licks Weekend exhibition tours, 30 September - 2 October, daily 2.00pm with the artists.
Saturday 1 October, 2.30-4.00pm, panel discussion and Q&A with the artists, project mentors/co-curators and project space manager. Some refreshments will be available.
Artists: Paul Abbott, Alex Roberts
Project mentors/co-curators: Nick Scammell, Julie Bentley [After projects)
Project space manager: Andrew Rickett
For further information please contact Andrew Rickett andrew@tempcontemp.co.uk or Julie Bentleyjulie@afterprojects.com Nick Scammell nick@afterprojects.com
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/events/153477155076315/ www.theoldpolicestation.org
After, The Room is the Resonator exhibition will be given curating assistance by After projects, who will be supporting and facilitating the exhibition. Following the artists' successful response and selection to After's original open call.www.afterprojects.com
The exhibition is kindly supported by the Deptford X 2016 Fringe Festival, Art Licks Weekend 2016 and Deptford's The Old Police Station (Andrew Rickett).
