Graduating students on the Curating Contemporary Art MA programme present their final exhibitions at the Royal College of Art Galleries. In contrast to previous years, the students have chosen to present four independent exhibitions. Collectively they involve artists, theatre designers, and writers from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia, and are engaged in themes of cybernetics, speculative fiction, language and globalisation.
Exhibitions
Opening: Thursday, 5 March 2015 | 6 - 8 pm @
Royal College of Art Galleries
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
Black Box Formula
Black Box Formula is an exhibition of new work by contemporary artists reflecting on the nature of the Black Box, a concept used in technology and social sciences. Artists employ prosthetics, networks and post-human thinking in works displayed in an installation evocative of the Black Box process. Artists include: Zach Blas (US), Harry Sanderson (UK), Lawrence Lek (UK) Hyungkoo Lee (KR) and Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries (US/KR).
Echo Chamber
Echo Chamber is a new commission by acclaimed theatre designer Chloe Lamford, currently Royal Court Theatre Associate Artist. The project is a unique collaboration with Lamford, reframing relationships between contemporary art and theatre. The audience is invited into a dystopic future world, a theatrical set where a programme of artists’ interventions, performances and screenings unfold over the course of the exhibition. Artists include: Chloe Lamford (UK), The ARKA Group (UK), Bedwyr Williams (UK), Graeme Thomson & Silvia Maglioni (FR), Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet (FR), Mark Aerial Waller (UK) and the editors of Living in the Future (UK).
statement house (temporary title)
An ambitious commission, statement house (temporary title) by French artist Jean-Pascal Flavien continues his international series of houses for living, resting and working. Located outside the RCA’s main entrance, the site-specific structure will host writers engaged in ‘writing the house’. statement house (temporary title) is the artist’s first commission in the UK and will run until 3 May.
Whose Game is it?
Whose Game is it? is an exhibition that considers contemporary socio-political questions in a globalised world of disparities and hegemonies. The exhibition asks audiences to reflect on these issues through playful and interactive works including a doughnut-shaped table-tennis table. Artists include: Dan Perjovschi (RO), Lia Perjovschi (RO), Tintin Wulia (ID/AU), Lee Wen (SG), Han Ishu (CN/JP) and Raqs Media Collective (IN).
Events Schedule
Friday 6 March
All Day - Echo Chamber - Continuous screening of Bedwyr Williams’s film ECHT
Saturday 7 March
11am–5pm: Echo Chamber – Each hour, on the hour, the curators will perform The Response by Louise Hervé and Chloé Maillet
2pm: statement house (temporary title) – Artist talk by Jean-Pascal Flavien
3pm: Curators’ Tour – A guided tour around the exhibitions with introductions by curators from each project.
3–5pm: Whose Game Is It? – Tea with the curators seated at Raqs Media Collective With Respect to Residue
Saturday 14 March
3pm: Curators’ Tour – A guided tour around the exhibitions with introductions by curators from each project.
3–5pm: Whose Game Is It? – Tea with the curators seated at Raqs Media Collective With Respect to Residue
11.45pm–4am: Echo Chamber – Graeme Thomson and Silvia Maglioni host the Nocturnal Committee: Session 24, 14/3/2125. Ora Serrata: recovered fragments of an unbearable body (booking essential, more details soon)
Tuesday 17 March
3–5pm: Black Box Formula – Zach Blas: Contra-internet Workshop
Tuesday 17 – Thursday 19 March
All Day: Echo Chamber – The ARKA group create a new sculptural work On Between Again
Saturday 21 March
All Day: Echo Chamber – Premier of Video Instruction for the Last Sculpture by Mark Aerial Waller
3pm: Curators’ Tour – A guided tour around the exhibitions with introductions by curators from each project.
3–5pm: Whose Game Is It? – Tea with the curators seated at Raqs Media Collective With Respect to Residue
7pm: Echo Chamber – Screening event: The Sons of Temperance by Mark Aerial Waller
Sunday 22 March
3–6pm: Whose Game Is It? – Terra Incognita, et cetera: a closing party with artist Hiroki Yamamoto
Monday 4 May
statement house (temporary title) closes. statement house (temporary title) will host a series of writers throughout its two-month duration.
*Image courtesy of
Dan Perjovschi facebook page
