A Message from the

Curators 
In the art world, meeting people, engaging in conversation and collaborative reflection tend to happen during fleeting moments. Visiting exhibitions, museums and collections is often seen as a solitary and silent activity that may foster creative thinking on a highly personal level. Activation by a greater presence of people and conversation takes place during exhibition openings, private views, and more recently, late-night programming initiatives. These events mark singular points during which the – written and unwritten – rules of the gallery or museum space are temporarily loosened or even suspended. Rooms are crowded with people, drinks are circulated, and chatter and music fill the space. The very next morning, that same space is once again sparsely occupied, conversation is kept to hushed tones and interaction returns to quiet forms of contemplation. 

This project takes the format of an extended gallery opening, recreating, day after day, the kind of social attraction of a private view. You, our audience, are essential participants in this environment, where we wholeheartedly invite you to interact with the artworks, each other and us, the curators – even though you may not know who we are. Creating the kind of buzzing fictional social event that we wish to see at the institutions we interact and engage with, our project aims to actively generate meaningful experiences together.  

As a group we immediately identified our shared desire for in-person partnership and collaboration, reflective of our collective fatigue with the virtual communication that characterised the Covid-19 pandemic. In response to our personal needs and those of other art lovers, we present an experience that relies on the interaction that real-life exhibition openings offer. As creatives from across the globe who came to London for the sole purpose of being part of this metropolitan art world, we hope that our group’s desire for this experience can be shared with diverse communities. 

The artists we have collaborated with have inspired us in the generation of this project. Their work is intended to provoke and encourage our principle of active co-mingling, reflecting the themes and critical social dynamics of the gallery openings we all frequent. 

We hope that you enjoy your time with us; we’re so glad you came!