States of Exchange

PV: Friday 31st March : 5 – 9pm

01 April to 2nd June 2023, Thursday - Sunday 12.00 to 18.00
50 Celebration Avenue, Stratford, London E20 1DB.

Reflections on social exchange through creativity

An exhibition featuring 22 artists explores social interaction through place, memory and time. Reflecting on relations between cooperation, exchange, inequality, power and status.

Curated by Jacqueline Rana and Anne Isaksson

As in quantum theory, properties can be understood as the effects of interactions. Our approach is inspired by physicist Carlo Ravelli’s proposition that a good scientific theory should not be about how things ‘are’, or what they ‘do’, but rather about how they affect one another: ‘we can understand reality better if we think of it in terms of interactions, not individuals’. How do we, as individuals and communities, emerge in time and place through our entanglements, interactions and relationships, and with what effects on the worlds of which we are part?

The exhibition configures artwork in transitory domestic social space constructed within a former supermarket.  Through temporal and spatial intersections we reimagine social relations reflecting on solidarity, status and inequality.

A creative programme running throughout April and May includes readings, performance, pop ups, talks and screenings, taking place in an informal atmosphere - the space becomes a home from home. We welcome local artists and performers to respond and add to the exhibition. Visitors are invited to contribute objects, images and sounds that connect them to Stratford creating new conversations and expanding and altering the exhibition over time.

Participating Artists:

For further information https://statesofexchange.info/

Supported and facilitated by Hypha Studios, working with Get Living.