THE BUNKER at the Centre of the Universe

www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/the-bunker   Photo: Matthew Hass
www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/the-bunker Photo: Matthew Hass
www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/the-bunker   Photo: Matthew Hass
www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/the-bunker Photo: Matthew Hass
www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/the-bunker   Photo: Matthew Hass
www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/the-bunker Photo: Matthew Hass
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www.flickr.com/photos/keepingitfake  Photo: Cian O'Donovan
www.flickr.com/photos/keepingitfake Photo: Cian O’Donovan

Private View on Friday 29 May 2009 – 6pm-9pm
(The environment is very damp. Please wear appropriate shoes.)Where:
(The Car Park end of) Abbot St, Hackney, London E8, UK

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Not quite an exhibition, but a deep challenge to an environment. In an abandoned and unidentified post-war bunker, spreading out underneath Dalston, East London, this show is a response to the space it inhabits, and to the history it recalls.
THE BUNKER is propelled by the search for different spaces and modes of operation. Pushing our expectations for the future forward, we can trigger the motor of history to act, evolve and motion.

We have invited the following artists to activate the Bunker with us:
Pim Conradi
Pim Conradi’svisionstructures are visual sketches of an on-going research. Through his efforts, he aims to individuate structures that analyse the relationship between human life and the biosphere, and translate them into functional proposals that span from architecture to design. This is his first public appearance.
Pim is currently artist-in-residence at Area 10, London.
Jenny Moore-Koslowsky
Jenny Moore-Koslowsky is an artist, singer, song-writer and architect of the imagination. She navigates her work through allusions which are always mobile, questioning power relationships, disrupting balances and menacing comfortable confidence.
She has recently participated in ‘Contested Ground’,2009, at 176/Zabludowicz Collection, London; and has performed This is Impractical, for the exhibition ‘Gold&Delicious’, at The Apple Tree, London.
She is currently completing her MA in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College, London.
Justin Gainan
Justin Gainan’s practice is a continuous struggle with objects on the verge between uniqueness and rubble, obsession and quietness.
Recent shows he has participated in include ‘The Shortest Short Story Ever Written,…’. 2008, FormContent, London; and ‘ThirtyFive Hours’,2009, HFBK project space, Hamburg.

He is also completing his MA in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College, London.

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On the evening, there will be a series of tailored screenings from video-sharing platforms, as well as a programme of interventions that will follow throughout the duration of the show.
The show is accompanied by a selection of publications, and specially commissioned material that survey the area from a cultural perspective – which are freely available to the public.
The Bunker is open until late June, by appointment only. To arrange a visit, please contact catherine@thecentreoftheuniverse.org.
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THE BUNKER is a show curated by Catherine Borra.
THE BUNKER is produced by The Centre of the Universe, for and with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland.Very special thanks to the Bootstrap Company & Antoine Sandoz.


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