Shamanimal : Ritual and the Non-Human

5 Nov 2009-1 Jan 2000

Overview

A live art and video event across three venues. (Exhibition continues 6 November - 5 December). Standpoint presents a ritualistic, immersive and participatory performance, music and video event across three venues - Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton Square and the Macbeth, alongside the exhibition opening of Shamanimal at Standpoint. It is an eclectic take on the traditional ritual of the British bonfire night, using the accessibility and celebratory exuberance of the time. Including work by Edwina Ashton, Jordan McKenzie and Aaron Williamson, Plastique Fantastique (David Burrows and Simon O’Sullivan), I confess (a one-to-one performance developed by award winning directors Nathan Curry and Rachel Parish), Sigurdur Gudjonnson collaborating with members of his death-metal band Cranium, Turhurst (a collaborative artist duo who are Charlotte Turner and Rosa Tyhurst), and large multi-panel paintings by Steph Goodger. For more information see http://www.standpointlondon.co.uk