Degrees of Freedom instigated a takeover of the Espacio Gallery in Shoreditch involving 35 artists and artist groups between 8-29th of January 2015
rated as among the best new art in London in January 2015 by Time Out, Londonist & London Calling.....
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Participating artists
Ahmed Farooqui Andrea Artz Bodo Jackson Fans of Feminism artist group Chloe Louise Lawrence Claire Nelmes Cluster Bomb Collective Consuelo Celluzzi Dan Kennedy Diana Scarborough Lorelei Lodestar Elizabeth Brown Ellen Jewell Elspeth Penfold Esperanza Gomez-Carrera Graham Asker Graham Johnston Hysterical Women Collective Tree Players Jeannette Abi Khalil John Ledger & John Wright John O'Hare Kate Walters Klaus Pinter Livia Garcia Liana Bortolozzo Marta Daeuble Matthew Kay Miguel Ivorra Monika Tobel Morwenna Lake Naomi Oduse Natasha Sabatini Angela Li Zhenxiang Chloe Chow Naya Eleftheriou S R Jimmy Stephanie Conway The Women's Rhythm Tap Collective |
35 artists and art groups are staged a takeover of the Espacio Gallery in Shoreditch in January 2015 to turn it into a demonstration site, an encounter space and an ideas laboratory.
Instigated by the Degrees of Freedom artist collective, the Anti Gallery Gallery Show was an experiment in finding ways for artists to change their relationship with each other, their artworks and the public within a traditional gallery space so as to subvert its governing ethos- competitive individualism within a consumerist culture. The Show was designed as a festival rather than a normal exhibition and aims to create an ever changing, boisterous and engaging experience inside and outside the gallery space. The ambition was to engage artists and visitors, make them think, play and take part in ways that are thought provoking as well as fun. The Show featured installations, performances, constructed situations, encounters and happenings that challenged the values, rituals, practices and conventions of the gallery culture. All artworks were created or completed at the gallery or required participation from visitors. |
