Simon Pope : et al

17 Sep-23 Oct 2016

Overview

'et al' is Simon Pope’s third solo-exhibition at Danielle Arnaud, gathering together a series of participatory artworks produced between 2013 and 2016. As in 'A Common Third' (2010) sociality, taking-part, and dialogue are recurrent themes; a further preoccupation being the human relation to the ‘more-than-human’, introduced in 'Join-up' (2012). Here, emphasis is placed on the kinships and solidarities of more-than-human communities, made apparent through tracing the material relations of a coal-sample, tin deposits, a glacial erratic, a scrap of bronze-age linen, and the charred remains of a fibreglass sculpture. This new body of work promotes an 'ever closer union' and the possibility of politics between heterogenous participants, even in the face of increasing isolationism and withdrawal.