Press Release
BIG DEAL No7 <> SPACE 2016
In association with Geoff Leong Foundation
Location:
Q – PARK
39 – 41 Whitcomb Street, London WC2 7DT
Leicester Square / Piccadilly Circus
Private View
Thursday 1st December 2016
6 – 9 PM
Exhibition open
2nd – 10th December 2016
For Daily Viewings & Further Events Info
contact > Geoffreyleongpr@gmail.com
Geoff Leong Foundation is happy and proud to announce this spectacular
multimedia group exhibition set to open in a multi-storey underground car
park situated in the heart of Soho, West End over the period of 10 days. An
amalgamation of imaginary ideas and processes related and created as a
response to the genre of Science Fiction, this exhibition will feature works in
the media of sculpture, photography, painting, film, video and audio
installations by some 100 international artists and guest students from RCA.
The possible and impossible worlds in Space and our own planet Earth open
up vast scope for redefining of our collective fears and visions of the future.
As a mirror for societies and equally an inspiration for participating artists, the
ubiquitous themes of sci-fi genre remain ever relevant and far fetching.
Androids, Artificial Intelligence and Robots raise the issue of difference
between man and machine. Whether it is dealing with Aliens or Unknown
Other, Environmental pollution and demise of our planet, Totalitarian Systems
and its omnipresent surveillance or Mass Consumerism controlled by Tech
industries which trade Space, we are left with the monotonous desire to
remain connected, wired. Are we not alone? Our vision has narrowed down to
a technocratic , highly efficient and fully automated society whilst artistic
communities retreat underground to protect and salvage what is left remaining
of a civilised world . We happily conjure a very peaceful vision of Neptune or
Jupiter expedition and its ultimate failure.
Special guests from Royal Collage, co curated by Kevin Walker @ Information/
Experience/Design will feature and present two ideas; The Exploding Screen
and Time Machines. Students working on the Exploding Screen are presenting
an installation based on Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World, working with
set design studio Block 9 and engaging with film and moving image in the
broadest sense. Students working at the Time Elective are creating Time
Machines. These works push beyond the conventional idea of a machine that
transports us to the past or future, exploring technologies, objects, social and
narrative structures and systems ( including biological ones ) that make time
feel the way it does, and materialise alternatives to the notions of time that we
experience in the present.
“Supporting Arts is an important part of bringing incredible ideas and works to
be evaluated and engaged with by the art critics, art lovers and public in
general, giving them the opportunity to view it in a different way. Art in this
case themed around the idea of Science Fiction, Information Technology and
Design will make it an inspiring exhibition which will bring an element of
interaction, innovation and play for those who come and view it. Expect the
unexpected. There really is nothing like it in the world of art we see today, the
engaging of artists and the public in perfect harmony.”
Geoff Leong Foundation 2016
BIG DEAL is an annual non profit exhibition project established in the
summer of 2008 by artist duo Emma CROFT & Vanya BALOGH. Designed to
observe and re examine the role of art and its placement during the prolonged
economic downturn, BIG DEAL serves as a forum for curatorial and artistic
ideas that highlight and critique often disputed and fragile relationship
between Art, Commerce and Business. Now celebrating its 9th anniversary,
this years historic 10th exhibition is officially the very last group show in this
series of off-site projects, which featured over 500 international artists and
took place across various locations in London since December 2008.
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Participating artists @ SPACE 2016
Warren Thomas Garland <> Alice Herrick <> Colin Smith
Dallas Seitz <> Maslen & Mehra <> Ibby Doherty <> Jim Racine
Stacie McCormick <> Cedric Christie <> Jessica Voorsanger
Vanya Balogh <> Gordon Faulds <> Roger Clarke <> Karen Ay
Steve Smith <> Phoenix-Blu Coyle <> Mario Varas Sanchez
Veronica Shimanovskaya <> Julian Firth <> Danny Pockets
Tomaz Kramberger <> Aldo Giannotti <> VALISextonSystems
Eva Raboso <> Pascal Rousson <> Sarah Pager <> Keith Ball
India Roper-Evans <> Miyuki Kasahara <> Michal Ohana-Cole
Ashley Scott Fitzgerald <> Marisa Polin <> Taline Temizian
Jessica Bailey <> Calum F Kerr <> Jude Cowan Montague
Doug Haywood <> Mandee Gage <> Hermione Allsopp
Birgitta Hosea <> Geraldine Swayne <> Susana Sanroman
Mark Woods <> Gzillion Artist <> Ekin Onat <> Rebecca Scott
Phillip Raymond Goodman & DJ Holy Chao <> Liz Sheridan
Spizz Energi <> Rachel Megawhat <> Susan Supercharged
Sarah Sparkes <> Mark Wigan <> Bob Lawson <> Ot Lylie
Fiona Haines <> Lee Maelzer <> Paul Sakoilsky <> Keith Ball
Andrea Morucchio <> Toni Gallagher <> Jeffrey Louis-Reed
Raul Pina Perez <> Alina Gavrielatos <> Joseph Sakoilsky
Tomaz Kramberger <> Negin Vaziri <> Thomas J Ridley
Glen Fitzy Fitzpatrick <> Toni Gallagher <> Dannielle Hodson
Jane Grisewood <> Harrrison Pearce <> Joanna McCormick
Nadia Ballan <> Sung Eun Chin <> Ray Gange <> Blair Zaye
Uliana Apatina <> Kevin Walker <> Jonny Raven <> Mona K
John Plowman <> Jonny Raven <> Julian Firth <> Paul Tucker
Forge & Cutter <> Ansell Cizic <> Christopher Clack
Special Guests from Royal College Of Art
Curated by Kevin Walker @ Information/ Experience/ Design
Managed by Helga Schmidt and Charlotte Jarvis
Alexandra Bousi <> Emilie Alstrup <> Jack Brown
Emily Cole <> Evgeniya Grigoryan <> Vivian Hartung
Franziska Hatton <> Jennifer Kidd <> Georgi Stamenov
Ruini Ishi <> Sara Stanton <> Olivia Sullivan <> Kate Amery
Katharina Wienen <> Hyunsong Lee <> Franc Camps-Ferber
Daniele Gannetti <> Charikla Papas <> Silke Steidinger
Kana Aoki <> Oscar Warr <> Junhyeok Sin <> Daniel Matzak
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