Millbank Tower Podium: Studio 18
Workshop, Events & Exhibition Space

Month: April 2024

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Exhibition Workshop

Indigestion

Indigestion: Breaking Conventional Understanding

Indigestion isn’t just about food. It’s about how we absorb life. From infancy, we take in the world around us, forming a sense of self that’s influenced by society’s mirror. As we grow, we navigate the symbolic norms that define us, questioning and digesting new ideas. ‘Cultural indigestion’ can happen when our personal beliefs clash with social expectations, leading to moments of discomfort or enlightenment. It’s not just about fitting in; it’s about understanding our place in the world and how we hold the new and unfamiliar, attuned to its feeling. This exhibition invites you to resist easy consumption; the idea that indigestion is more than a physical reaction—it’s a way to sustain a more complex relationship with the world.

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Exhibition Performance

Office Master

OFFICE MASTER is an exhibition initiated by Fine Art students from Chelsea College of Art and organized in collaboration with young artists from various art schools across London area, including Slade School of Art, Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths University and Chelsea College of Art. Artworks by nine groups of participating artists will be on display for 7 days at Studio 18 in Millbank.


The exhibition will feature various forms of art, including performance, video, installation, and sculpture. Through these mediums, the artists will explore their personal interpretations of the ‘demons’ that consume us in the office by delving into key aspects such as identity, culture, religion, spirituality, and pain.


While the term OFFICE MASTER, 办公室恶魔—which means ‘Demons/bad/evil in the office’ in Chinese—seems to carry a negative connotation, discussions regarding office environments, encompassing both favourable and unfavourable viewpoints, echo the intricate and diverse nature of human identity. The office environment can often stifle individuality while promoting a collective culture. As artists, we are captivated by the imagination of individuals wearing uniforms within the office setting, where conformity to prescribed rules conceals true selves.

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Bounce Fund Exhibition

Sexual Dissidence (in Art Today)

A multidisciplinary and inter-academic exhibition that showcases an artistic panorama of sexual dissidence in the world today, through the work of artists and historians from 13 countries. Curated by Cheo González, Director of The Queer Museum, and a recipient of the 2024 Bounce Fund.

Sexual Dissidence (in Art Today) is a multidisciplinary and inter-academic exhibition that showcases an artistic panorama of sexual dissidence in the world today, through the work of artists and historians from 13 countries. The curatorial process began by asking each artist to express their vision of sexual dissidence in their country today, through a new or existing work. Students published their creations on a specially built Notion and decided together how these visions will coexist in the exhibition space. After the exhibition, the exhibited works will be published in a printed and digital book that will be distributed among the libraries of the collaborating institutions.

This initiative will showcase the work of MA Fine Art and MA Curating and Collections students from UAL, which will be analysed by MA Contemporary Art students from Sotheby’s Institute. It will also showcase the work of the Brazilian academic from the University of Brasília, Doctor Orthof, and the artists Theo Vasiludes and Niv Friedman from the Royal College of Arts. The idea is to reflect the diversity of sexual dissidence, through the diversity in the curation of the exhibition, showing works in video, photography, installations, sculptures, and performance by queer artists of all ages, from students to international academics, from 4 universities and 11 different countries.