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Areena Ang (b. 1999) is an artist and painter living and working in London. Their work investigates loneliness, affect, precarity and loss through the process of reconfiguring and recomposing the aesthetics of upholstery and abandoned ephemera. By employing historical techniques of ‘Trompe-l’œil’, they create surrealist images that foreground the hybridity and material interactions between found objects. Functioning across various categorical planes, the painted object operates dually as ‘scenes’ or mounted sculpture. In their recent body of work, Ang thematically plays with the aesthetic and literary device of a ‘vignette’ as a motif to examine the theatre and dysfunction of modern life

Racheal Crowther (b. 1991, Dublin, Ireland) lives & works in London. Crowther’s practice spans across sculpture, moving image, writing & scent. Her work often explores the bureaucratic delivery of “care”; what it means to care for something/someone and what is determined to be deserving of care by a given distributor. She uses found objects charged with memory and habit to aid in the documentation of sites which have been subject to governmental neglect; resulting in degradation, abandonment and demolition. She is interested in the causality of such neglect, the impact it has on those with no economic power & the industries complicit.

Solomon Garçon (b. 1991, London) lives and works in London. In 2022, Solomon Garçon’s debut solo exhibition SNITCH was presented at Rose Easton, London. His work has been presented internationally at Galerie Buchholz (Fasanenstr. 31 space, 2023), and performed at Kunstverein München (2022), FOAM, Amsterdam (2022), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021), Kampnagel, Hamburg, Café Oto, London (2020) and the South London Gallery, London (2019).

Penny Goring is a London-based artist and poet whose works encompass drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos, and poems. Through her art, Goring delves into personal traumas, layering them with emotions of grief, anxiety, imagination, and rage. The resulting invented mythologies serve as explorations of the contemporary state of emergency, where violence permeates both the structural and intimate realms, freedoms are lost and forgotten or passionately lamented, and the prospect of rescue or escape remains elusive. Goring’s practice, shaped by modest materials and unrestricted mediums, reflects her experiences of financial precarity and inadequate support, highlighting the enduring impact of austerity while affirming the power of creativity in adversity.

Jan Vorisek (b. 1987, Basel) is a Zurich-based artist whose practice spans sculpture, installation, performance, and experimental music. His installations, akin to high intensity melodramas, leads viewers through experiences exploring themes of intimacy and desire, while evoking unease. Working with industrial materials, Vorisek breaks down separations between safety and danger, desire and repulsion, creating complex illusions that challenge conventional notions of space and connection.

His multidisciplinary practice intertwines theatricality with deep psychological exploration, prompting viewers to engage with the collective unconsciousness of shared narratives. Jan’s artistic exploration is a provocative journey through feedback loops, distortion, and the enigmatic spaces that shape our experiences and memories. As a co-founder of the club night House of Mixed Emotions (HOME), Vorisek seamlessly weaves sounds into his visual works, drawing from his DJ background. In 2021 he released his record Erractic Shine on czarna gora.