Archipelago: Visions in Orbit
August 2024 - January 2025
Whitechapel Gallery (weblink)
ABOUT:
An archipelago is a cluster of islands demarcated by geo-political borders, yet linked through subaqueous landmass. Using the archipelago as a metaphor, the curatorial team have brought together a selection of contemporary myth-makers, dreamers and artistic documentarians, each offering a unique perspective on our shared cultural fabric. This can be seen in the ethereal vessels and portals of Esther Teichmann and the enigmatic leather masks of Jakob Rowlinson. Elsewhere themes of emergence and reflection course through the works of Jade de Montserrat and Cameron Ugbodu, while histories of migration and belonging are echoed in the works of Daniella Valz Gen and Güler Ateș.
Whitechapel Gallery (weblink)
ABOUT:
“The archipelago is diffracted, fractal, necessary in its totality,
fragile or contingent in its unity, passing through and remaining,
it is a state of the world.” - Édouard Glissant
fragile or contingent in its unity, passing through and remaining,
it is a state of the world.” - Édouard Glissant
An archipelago is a cluster of islands demarcated by geo-political borders, yet linked through subaqueous landmass. Using the archipelago as a metaphor, the curatorial team have brought together a selection of contemporary myth-makers, dreamers and artistic documentarians, each offering a unique perspective on our shared cultural fabric. This can be seen in the ethereal vessels and portals of Esther Teichmann and the enigmatic leather masks of Jakob Rowlinson. Elsewhere themes of emergence and reflection course through the works of Jade de Montserrat and Cameron Ugbodu, while histories of migration and belonging are echoed in the works of Daniella Valz Gen and Güler Ateș.
Aptly positioned in Whitechapel - a place that has and continues to see the coming together of migrant communities in a time of political polarisation - this exhibition allows a space for complex differences to coalesce by acknowledging an underlying connectivity. Accompanying the exhibition is a public programme including a performative intervention and discursive events with invited artists and curators, taking place throughout Whitechapel Gallery’s Autumn season. Further information on each artist, artworks and the public programme can be found via the link below.
PUBLIC PROGRAMME:
➣ Güler Ateş performance of Woman Under Kitchen Utensils
➣ Curating and Archipelagic Thinking
➣ Myth-making and Visioning in Contemporary Art
ARTIST:
Esther Teichmann + Jakob Rowlinson + Jade de Montserrat + Cameron Ugbodu + Daniella Valz Gen + Güler Ateș
CREDITS:
Co-curated by Benjamin Sebastian, Gözde Altun, Eve Barnes, Molly Clark, Maria Green, Parastoo Jafari, Hannah Lewis, Alessandro Morter, Kuba Ocean, Yasmin Riley, Angela Sanchez-Castrillon, Ajahee Sekkm-Miles, Cosima Straub and Hannah Walker - as culminating practical thesis for completion of the ‘MA Curating Art and Public Programmes’ through Whitechapel Gallery’ & London Southbank University. All images courtesy of the artists and Whitechapel Gallery.
➣ Güler Ateş performance of Woman Under Kitchen Utensils
➣ Curating and Archipelagic Thinking
➣ Myth-making and Visioning in Contemporary Art
ARTIST:
Esther Teichmann + Jakob Rowlinson + Jade de Montserrat + Cameron Ugbodu + Daniella Valz Gen + Güler Ateș
CREDITS:
Co-curated by Benjamin Sebastian, Gözde Altun, Eve Barnes, Molly Clark, Maria Green, Parastoo Jafari, Hannah Lewis, Alessandro Morter, Kuba Ocean, Yasmin Riley, Angela Sanchez-Castrillon, Ajahee Sekkm-Miles, Cosima Straub and Hannah Walker - as culminating practical thesis for completion of the ‘MA Curating Art and Public Programmes’ through Whitechapel Gallery’ & London Southbank University. All images courtesy of the artists and Whitechapel Gallery.
