BOUNDLESS: TRANSITIONS EXHIBITION
A.P.T. GALLERY, DEPTFORD
5-29 OCTOBER 2023
Boundless: Transitions is an immersive multi-media interactive exhibition with a range of collateral events.
The Project explores the theme of Diaspora in a planetary and a local Deptford context – a sensory journey where narratives of the natural world and human world coincide and collide. Stories of displacement include those of human/animal migrations, the movement of ideas and beliefs, the multi-perspective histories of Empire with its complex legacies and impacts.
Displacement/diaspora have shaped the mapping of our world culturally, socially, politically and philosophically since the dawn of the Anthropocene - migrations of plant/animal life on the planet predate human existence by millions of years.
Our exhibition & events promote deep engagement with the ideas and technologies used by the artists, a space where co-creation is encouraged, where outcomes will be exciting and evolving.
Our artworks/installations feature interactive embedded electronics, an immersive soundscape, 2D/3D works, projected films and olfactory elements. Alongside the physical exhibition we have created a virtual exhibition which can be accessed online, here leaving a legacy of the project going forward.
The Exhibition is open from Thursday-Sunday 12pm-5pm, Family workshops Saturdays & Sundays 2-4pm
EVENING EVENTS
5 October from 6 – 8pm Private View of ‘Boundless: Transitions’ featuring Yan Man CEO of Green Wings Project and an all the participating artists.
RSVP your space – email: fiongunn@live.co.uk
7 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘The City & The City: Transitions & Diasporas’ featuring speakers: Thomas Picard (expert in Identifying and explaining emerging technology trends, such as smart cities design); Nazia Parvez (A-Maze artist and specialist in service design ), Freddie Sanders (A-Maze Artist) ; Karina Bezeera, Workspace Manager and local resident;
Discussion Moderated by: Fion Gunn, A-Maze Lead Artist focused on how Urban environments need to adapt to changes in Industry, Technology, Culture and Climate.
To be published on Youtube shortly
14 October from 6 – 8pm
Organised by MoFaF (Museum of Slavery & Freedom) People from the Windrush generation have been interviewed about their experiences. Dr Cox Juanita Cox will tell us more about this project.
Free Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-history-of-the-windrush-scandal-tickets-722098815997?aff=oddtdtcreator
19 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘The Future of Exhibiting’ featuring speakers - Professor Jonny Freeman, Joris LeChene (Storyteller, activist), Verity Babbs (art critic, presenter, comedian), Fion Gunn (Independent artist, Irish Diaspora, Lead A-Maze Artists), Maureen Kendal (A-Maze Artists co Lead) discuss how technology and materiality are effecting audiences, galleries and institutions.
Free Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-exhibiting-tickets-721157851547?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
22 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘Deptford: Legacy of Empire’
featuring speakers - Dr Sebastian Kaalwij (Medical Director @ Vikand Solutions), Gabriela, Fion Gunn (Independent artist, Irish Diaspora, Lead A-Maze Artist) Gabriela Macho (Paleo-anthropologist), Gabriela Mendoza (Independent local artist)
Free Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deptford-legacy-of-empire-urban-transitions-driven-by-population-tickets-721158052147?aff=ebdssbeac&keep_tld=1
26 October from 6 – 8pm
Exiled Writers Ink Event
Poets from Argentina, Iraq, and Iran focus on diaspora and the issue of transition in response to the exciting interpretation of the topic of our day by international visual artists from A-Maze Artists Collective.
Featured poets: Shabnam Azar, Leo Boix, Ghareeb Iskander, Sana Nassari
Free Tickets for the event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exiled-writers-ink-performs-and-converses-with-a-maze-artists-collective-tickets-728481205897?aff=oddtdtcreator
27 October from 6 – 8 pm
‘Artists & Institutions’ event featuring speakers - Joris Lechene, storyteller and activist, Alan Hudson, Fion Gunn, Maureen Kendal and other artists from A-Maze Artists Collective. The conversation will focus on finding a way for artists to rebalance the power dynamic when they work with institutions and how institutions mitigate the space between artists and the public. During the evening the audience is invited to join with the artists in formulating a draft manifesto for best practice, one where inclusion is key and that means inclusion for artists as well as for the public.
Free Tickets available here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-and-institutions-tickets-728141158807
28 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘An Ecological Vision for the future: Presenting our Co-creators’
featuring speakers: Alan Hudson, (A-Maze Artist with an environmental vision), Maureen Kendal, (A-Maze artist co Lead), Caitriona McAllister (Creative Technologies Artist) Audrey Mullins (A-Maze Artist & Representative from Stoke Newington School)
Free Tickets available here.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecological-vision-for-the-future-presenting-our-co-creators-tickets-721158322957?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
The Project explores the theme of Diaspora in a planetary and a local Deptford context – a sensory journey where narratives of the natural world and human world coincide and collide. Stories of displacement include those of human/animal migrations, the movement of ideas and beliefs, the multi-perspective histories of Empire with its complex legacies and impacts.
Displacement/diaspora have shaped the mapping of our world culturally, socially, politically and philosophically since the dawn of the Anthropocene - migrations of plant/animal life on the planet predate human existence by millions of years.
Our exhibition & events promote deep engagement with the ideas and technologies used by the artists, a space where co-creation is encouraged, where outcomes will be exciting and evolving.
Our artworks/installations feature interactive embedded electronics, an immersive soundscape, 2D/3D works, projected films and olfactory elements. Alongside the physical exhibition we have created a virtual exhibition which can be accessed online, here leaving a legacy of the project going forward.
The Exhibition is open from Thursday-Sunday 12pm-5pm, Family workshops Saturdays & Sundays 2-4pm
EVENING EVENTS
5 October from 6 – 8pm Private View of ‘Boundless: Transitions’ featuring Yan Man CEO of Green Wings Project and an all the participating artists.
RSVP your space – email: fiongunn@live.co.uk
7 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘The City & The City: Transitions & Diasporas’ featuring speakers: Thomas Picard (expert in Identifying and explaining emerging technology trends, such as smart cities design); Nazia Parvez (A-Maze artist and specialist in service design ), Freddie Sanders (A-Maze Artist) ; Karina Bezeera, Workspace Manager and local resident;
Discussion Moderated by: Fion Gunn, A-Maze Lead Artist focused on how Urban environments need to adapt to changes in Industry, Technology, Culture and Climate.
To be published on Youtube shortly
14 October from 6 – 8pm
Organised by MoFaF (Museum of Slavery & Freedom) People from the Windrush generation have been interviewed about their experiences. Dr Cox Juanita Cox will tell us more about this project.
Free Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-history-of-the-windrush-scandal-tickets-722098815997?aff=oddtdtcreator
19 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘The Future of Exhibiting’ featuring speakers - Professor Jonny Freeman, Joris LeChene (Storyteller, activist), Verity Babbs (art critic, presenter, comedian), Fion Gunn (Independent artist, Irish Diaspora, Lead A-Maze Artists), Maureen Kendal (A-Maze Artists co Lead) discuss how technology and materiality are effecting audiences, galleries and institutions.
Free Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-exhibiting-tickets-721157851547?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
22 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘Deptford: Legacy of Empire’
featuring speakers - Dr Sebastian Kaalwij (Medical Director @ Vikand Solutions), Gabriela, Fion Gunn (Independent artist, Irish Diaspora, Lead A-Maze Artist) Gabriela Macho (Paleo-anthropologist), Gabriela Mendoza (Independent local artist)
Free Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deptford-legacy-of-empire-urban-transitions-driven-by-population-tickets-721158052147?aff=ebdssbeac&keep_tld=1
26 October from 6 – 8pm
Exiled Writers Ink Event
Poets from Argentina, Iraq, and Iran focus on diaspora and the issue of transition in response to the exciting interpretation of the topic of our day by international visual artists from A-Maze Artists Collective.
Featured poets: Shabnam Azar, Leo Boix, Ghareeb Iskander, Sana Nassari
Free Tickets for the event
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exiled-writers-ink-performs-and-converses-with-a-maze-artists-collective-tickets-728481205897?aff=oddtdtcreator
27 October from 6 – 8 pm
‘Artists & Institutions’ event featuring speakers - Joris Lechene, storyteller and activist, Alan Hudson, Fion Gunn, Maureen Kendal and other artists from A-Maze Artists Collective. The conversation will focus on finding a way for artists to rebalance the power dynamic when they work with institutions and how institutions mitigate the space between artists and the public. During the evening the audience is invited to join with the artists in formulating a draft manifesto for best practice, one where inclusion is key and that means inclusion for artists as well as for the public.
Free Tickets available here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-and-institutions-tickets-728141158807
28 October from 6 – 8pm
Panel discussion ‘An Ecological Vision for the future: Presenting our Co-creators’
featuring speakers: Alan Hudson, (A-Maze Artist with an environmental vision), Maureen Kendal, (A-Maze artist co Lead), Caitriona McAllister (Creative Technologies Artist) Audrey Mullins (A-Maze Artist & Representative from Stoke Newington School)
Free Tickets available here.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecological-vision-for-the-future-presenting-our-co-creators-tickets-721158322957?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1