Kelly Large, 'Our Name is Legion', 2009, © John Plowman
At a time when the role, affect and stories of objects are undergoing renewed scrutiny the exhibition asks what differences, if any, are evident between encounters with ‘objects’ formed through relational practices, and those produced from the traditional artistic disciplines.
The artworks in the exhibition reflect a multiplicity of ideas and approaches towards the process of production including explorations of chance, dialogue, distribution and evolving strategies of engagement. Crucially, the artists in the exhibition engage with material outcomes to address social and political notions of agency, (re-)assembly and futurity. Here, beyond props to past events, and in a critical spirit of collectivity, the artists hint at potential events to come or yet to be imagined.
Among Other Things acknowledges both the institution of the university and the student body as sites of potential and, following recent and ongoing social unrest, Nina Power gives a public talk as part of the exhibition programme. A publication, Among Other Things, supported by Camberwell Press accompanies the exhibition and features a new essay, Entangled Objects, by cultural geographer Craig Martin.
Adam Chodzko (1965, UK) lives and works in Whitstable, Kent. Since 1991 he has exhibited extensively in international solo and group exhibitions.
Andrew Dodds (1969, Northern Ireland) is based in London. His work is exhibited and commissioned widely at major public galleries, artist-run spaces and sites beyond the gallery.
Kelly Large (1973, UK) lives and works in Birmingham and London.
Nicoline van Harskamp (1975, Netherlands) is based in Amsterdam. Her most recent and ongoing project is Yours in Solidarity, presented at D+T Project Brussels, Hillary Crisp Gallery London, Frankfurter Kunstverein and at the MUAC Mexico City.
