Exhibition
Transmutation To Abstraction
21 Sep 2022 – 23 Sep 2022
Regular hours
- Wed, 21 Sep
- 13:00 – 23:00
- Thu, 22 Sep
- 14:00 – 22:00
- Fri, 23 Sep
- 10:00 – 20:30
Cost of entry
This event is free, apart for the dance performances on Wednesday 21st.
Address
- 77 Bedford Hill
- London
- SW12 9HD
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Balham
21 - 23 September 2022
Exhibition + Photobooth by scientist and artist Ana Tsifouti. - Wednesday 21st: Dance Improv Performance: Building Blocks & Workshop. - Friday 23rd: An evening of New Wave, Synthpop, Post-Punk and Electronic music
About
Ana's existential experiences (photographs) are entered into algorithms to produce unfamiliar forms and alternative possibilities.
Experimenting with past memories, feelings, perspectives and present desires, she is expressing her transmutation process through art.
The artwork in the exhibition is made from a dataset of digitised analogue photographs (about 700), taken over 15 years ago, representing past experiences of UK and Greek life. Different sets of photographs are selected from this old memories to enter into algorithms to create the artwork. The pieces are overlayed, entail variations of tonal/colour intensities, abstract textures, forms and interesting compositions. The film graininess enhances the textures. It is the unexpected that the algorithms produce, similar to a darkroom experience, when making prints from negatives.
Photobooth
A photography area would be organised for people to have their photo(s) taken to enter into the algorithms. This will result in a unique art piece, provided free of charge in the form of a digital image.
We are the storytellers
Working from the feelings initiated by each piece, three observers have constructed stories. This is to demonstrate the differences between human perception and experiences of feelings, and to encourage the viewer to stop, think and emotionally experience the artwork.
Additional Events
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//Wednesday 21st (£10)//
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Dance Improv Performance: Building Blocks & Workshop 7:30pm and 8:30pm & Open Floor Dance till 11pm
Choreographed by Marie Chabert, the evening offers groups and duets improvisations. It is accompanied with live and composed music by Alex Paton.
The audience is invited to take part in a short creative workshop after the performance.
"... to be continued" is a group improvisation that invites the spontaneous, the improvised and the choreographed. The performers navigate scores and respond architecturally to the space and to the audience.
"s(i)mile" is a duet that draws inspiration from "The picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde and emphasis the moment of transmutation between the character and the painting, or between the visible and the hidden.
"head'in 4 godot" is an excerpt from a physical theatre duet created during the pandemic and addressing the sense of meaninglessness, gravity and absurdity of a situation.
Alex will use a mix of vocals, Irish bouzouki or electric guitar, trumpet, a selection of flutes (Ney from Turkey, Quena from South America, and Lo whistle from Ireland), small percussions, a Frame drum and melodica.
Event page:
https://fb.me/e/3CW90jnGl
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//Friday 23rd//
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An evening of New Wave, Synthpop, Post-Punk and Electronic music from 6:30pm
DJs:
Nathan Nothing
Electric Dream
Ludo Ramone