Between February and June 2017 the residents of Space36 invited seven artists to develop site responsive artworks over a four month period exploring how their idea of home and belonging has been affected by Brexit. Some of the artist originated in the UK while others were from EU countries but were resident in the UK.
The focus of the exhibition was on the personal rather than the political. Starting with their gut reaction to Brexit the artists explored different psychological aspects of Brexit and the feeling of dislocation and being unhomed. They took apart some of the unconscious associations that we have with the idea of “home”, such as security, comfort and conviviality, to create psychological unease and make the audience look afresh at familiar objects, relationships and spaces.
The exhibition was open over the weekends of 10/11 and 17/18 June 2017.
The exhibition contained 15 sculptures, sound and light installations, interactive artworks and performances. Some are featured below.
Louise Scillitoe-Brown
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Liana Bortolozzo
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Ahmed Farooqui
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Esperanza Gomez-Carrera
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Liz Brown
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Constanze Schweda
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Mario Varas Sanchez
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The exercise rings, facing each other in opposition yet needing each other to make the apparatus work, are a metaphor of the UK at the moment. Mario suggests that the country's survival depends on each of us going beyond our instinctive responses and learning to live with each other again.
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