Talk

HOLD ON | PUBLICATION LAUNCH

11th February 21

7-8 PM

Online Event

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Curators

trans-

Artists

Daria Blum

Ruby Wroe

Dominic Till

Irene Adorni

Rowland Hill

Panicattack Duo

Hold On's publication features interviews with artists Irene Adorni, Daria Blum, Rowland Hill, Dominic Till, Panicattack Duo, Ruby Wroe

Curated by the collective trans-, Hold On was an exhibition including the work of Irene Adorni, Daria Blum, Rowland Hill, Dominic Till, Panicattack Duo and Ruby Wroe, that opened at The Koppel Project Central (London) in January 2020 and closed just right before the pandemic hit world wide. One year after, with the support of the Arts Council England, trans- is launching Hold On's publication, in which the reader will find an extension of the exhibition and its public program through dialogues between artists and curators; around their artistic practices, concerns and views of our contemporaneity.

"Hold On is both a reflection on the ethics of the encounter and a critique of language, its mediums, and neoliberal strategies of communication. The acceleration of information exchange and the pressures of semiocapitalism constantly force our actions and attitudes into a punishing cycle of productivity, focused on short term stability, not sustainability. How do we envision our future from within this system? How do we channel our energies and desires into nurturing a healthy social body, rather than perpetuating an individualist fantasy?

Aiming to reverse the inherently isolating demands of capitalism, these Generation Y artists and curators explore collaboration as a healing and regenerative process, wherein alternative forms of resistance can flourish. From this specific generational perspective, the viewer is encouraged to join a public dialogue and experience the gaps between the conformation of norms and their reconsideration through various aesthetic, performative, audio, video, and visual interventions in the space.”

The money raised through the publication's sales will go to NHS Charities.