- Venue
- Bookery Gallerie
- Date
- Thursday, May 5, 2022
06:00 PM - Address
- 20 Church Street, London. NW8 8EP
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Bookery Gallerie
Alter Us was an international, multi-disciplinary artist collective which questioned and offered solutions to issues within our contemporary context. The collective’s concerns related to challenges encountered in an anthropocentric world, including sustainability, (dis)connection, individualism, capitalism, (in)equality, and the relationship between nature and new technologies.
To counteract contemporary art practice, where the individuality of the artist prevails, the name “Alter Us” was selected in favour of collectivism over individualism. Founded in London in November 2018, with no entry requirements, the collective became a social experiment within which the power dynamics and number of artists continually fluctuated.
Alter Us met monthly to fulfil its aims and plan events, with digital conferences replacing physical meetings during lockdowns. The collective organised talks, panel discussions, exhibitions, performances, and film screenings. This publication is the final project and acts as a record of all that was achieved together. The comical title, ‘Not the End of Us’, is a play on the collective’s name, and the fact that despite this publication being the last official Alter Us project, it is not really the end of the artists’ relationships with one another, it is merely a ‘long goodbye’…
You can purchase tickets to the event through the Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-the-end-of-us-tickets-310360977037
EARLY BIRD:
£7 Publication + Complimentary Drink
£4 Drink Tokens
ON THE DOOR:
£10 Publication
£5 Drink Tokens
PROGRAMME:
- 18:00 – 18:30: Reception
- 18:30 – 18:45: Opening Speech by Alter Us Artist
- 19:00 – 19:30: Performance by Teresa Paiva
- 20:00 – 20:15: Closing Speech by Lesley Butler
- 20:15 – 22:00: Drinks & Socialising
About Bookery Gallerie: Emporium bookshop and new creative venture in Church Street, Lisson Grove, London. It is situated in the heart of a parade of established antique shops and is right opposite the world-famous Alfie’s Antiques Market. It presents a programme of established and emerging artists from far and wide and also very much encourages and includes local artists. The well-lit extended gallery space has high ceilings, white walls and four huge skylights flooding the space with natural light. Featured artists will display their art in this inviting location, where the exhibition programme will provide a platform to show their work in either solo or group shows, with many possibilities of collaborating with each other. https://bookerygallerie.com/
