Art During The Pandemic

25—31 October 2021 Exeter UK

University of Exeter

MA International Contemporary Art: Curation and Business

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Antibodies: art during the pandemic is a series of artists’ installations in empty shop spaces and public contexts around Exeter city centre, from 25-31 October 2021.

Initiated by students on the new Curation MA at University of Exeter, the aim is to provide a platform for DIY artists projects that address issues of mental health and social isolation which have affected us all during the pandemic. While the word ‘antibodies’ inevitably has medical connotations, it could also reference the building up of one’s own personal resistance and immune response to the psychological conditions brought about by COVID-19. A number of the MA students are also very interested in challenging social norms around representation of ‘the body’, e.g. in relation to gender, sexuality, race and disability, as part of Black History Month, in the context of Exeter (and Middle England) specifically. The aim of the Antibodies project is to be a positive, and mutually supportive, platform for DIY projects, working in participation with community groups and young people to envisage a different future beyond the ‘new normal’.

Art During The Pandemic

25—31 October 2021 Exeter UK

University of Exeter

MA International Contemporary Art: Curation and Business

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Projects

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Curator & Artist

Carrie Neilson

Pseudonym

Pseudonym is an exhibition that deals with the trials and tribulations of the pandemic, reflecting on how to respond to the pressures on one’s sense of self brought about by social distancing and Covid-19.
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Curator

Olivia King

Artist

Molly Rooke

Reworking

Reworking is a project that consists of two participatory workshops, followed by an exhibition of the outcomes, exploring how processes of making and material-based artforms are associated to self-realization.
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Curator & Artist

Sofia Vellano Rubin

Homage

Gabriel Orozco

Yielding Stone (Middle England)

Yielding Stone (Middle England) aims to unpack the colonial narratives that underpin virtually everything in the city of Exeter – the prototype of “Middle England”.
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Curator

Arabella Morabito

Artist

Sandro Sanna

Sandro Sanna: Light, Matter, Space

Presented as part of Rome Art Week (25-30 October), Sandro Sanna: Light, Matter, Space is a site-specific exhibition curated in the artist’s studio, opened up to the public, giving a rare opportunity to gain insight into Sanna’s working practices.
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Curator

Liza Zellig

Artists

Rhys Morgan, Olya Petrakova, Bryan Brown, Katy Richardson, Andrew Fentham, Liam Jolly, Chris Drake, Laura Hopes

CAMP at MakeTank

As part of Antibodies, MakeTank has offered CAMP, the Plymouth-based artists’ network for Devon and Cornwall, use of its gallery and performance spaces in Exeter city centre.
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Writer

Judith Wai

How has Chinese art history influenced Chinese contemporary art in the global context?

There are many contemporary Chinese artists who work at the intersection of the long art historical traditions in China and the global contemporary art context.

Locations

For addresses of venues, please see drop-pin descriptors below the map.

Antibodies locations.

25-31 October.

Monday—Sunday: 12:00—17:00

Museum at Large locations.

29-31 October.

Visit bit.ly/museumatlarge for more information.

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Carrie Neilson

Unit LSU Princesshay
40 Bedford St, Exeter EX1 1GJ

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Olivia King Sofia Vellano Rubin

Unit SU35 Princesshay
6 Paris Street, Exeter EX1 1GA

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Olivia King

Positive Light Projects
184 Sidwell Street, Exeter EX4 6RD

(from 30 October onwards)

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Liza Zellig

MakeTank
3 Paris Street, Exeter EX1 2JB

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Caro Williams

Rougemont Garden
Rougemont Garden, Castle St, Exeter EX4 3PT

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Gayle Chong Kwan

Guildhall Shopping Centre
Exeter EX4 3HP

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Jon Street

St Catherine’s Almshouses
17 Catherine St, Exeter EX1 1EU

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Walid Siti

Exeter Quay
The Quay, Exeter EX2 4AP

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Thanks & Credits

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Design, Nathan Gale and Trystan Thompson, Intercity; Website Development, William Hibberd; Brendan Barry, Positive Light; Olya Petrakova, MakeTank; Lucy Rollins and Sophie Mellor, CAMP; Stuart Crewes, Exeter Art Work; Hannah Overton, Princesshay; Matt Burrows and Kathy Norris, Exeter Phoenix; Caroline Mawdsley, Exeter College; Devon Revovery; Rome Art Week; Rob Bowman, Co-Production; Nickie McCaskie, RAMM.