ARTISTS TALKING

# 1 [2 June 2010]

> THE TERM IS AS SELF-CONTRADICTORY AS WHAT IT DESCRIBES. BASED ON TRUMAN CAPOTE'S NOVELLA, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, THIS EXHIBITION PLAYS ON THE FEAR THAT WHILE WE TRY TO SHAPE OUR IDENTITY OR PERMIT OTHERS TO DO THIS FOR US, USING FURNITURE AND FASHION TO REINFORCE IT, WE WILL NEVER TRULY CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
LOOSELY CHARACTERIZED BY A TIMELESS DESIRE TO MOVE TO THE CITY TO LOOSE OURSELVES SURROUNDED BY OTHER PEOPLES LIVES, THE WORK EXPLORES BECOMING A PRODUCT OF APPAREL, ENVIRONMENT AND POSSESSIONS AND ERASURE OF ONES CORE SELF. THE ABANDONMENT OF A REAL PERSONA IS SEEN AS A FOOLISH SENTIMENTALITY, YET THE RECKLESS DRIVE TO ESCAPE REALITY IS SOMETHING MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED. WHEN WE BECOME AFFECTIONATE FOR THE PAST, CREATING AN IDEALIZED VISION HELPS US BECOME NONCHALANT AND BELIEVE OURSELVES AUTHENTIC IN THE MOMENT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE. AMENITIES AND MATERIAL COMFORTS; DISINGENUOUS.


> SIX PART EXHIBITION ACROSS TWO SPACES FEATURING A SPECIALLY SELECTED GROUP SHOW AND FOUR CO-CURATED PROJECTS.


//LIVING AMONGST OTHER PEOPLE’S THINGS//

Sam Aldis
Ben Brett
Valhalla Chappelle
Matt Gee
Holly Goldberg
Pete May
Angela Szczypka
David Henry Thomas

//LIVING AMONGST OTHER PEOPLE’S PLACES//

Sophia Victoria

//FITT-STIRLING & PARKIN//

Siobhan Fitt-Stirling
Mathew Parkin

//HIGH SOCIETY//

Henry Jackson-Newcomb
Sophia Victoria

//KLUBBCLUB//

Matthew Ferguson
Isabel Gylling

//E.G. S.H.//

Emily Grant
Samantha Horrobin