https://vssl-studio.org VSSL studio Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:54:41 +0000 https://vssl-studio.org en https://vssl-studio.org/Home Wed, 03 May 2023 06:56:33 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Home <img width="5613" height="3969" width_o="5613" height_o="3969" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5a62ebee86c30cf1a9af6cd429555fb9fda91845488ff6271c26071bd6e4a02/invisible-link.png" data-mid="234503364" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5a62ebee86c30cf1a9af6cd429555fb9fda91845488ff6271c26071bd6e4a02/invisible-link.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Programme-Synopsis-Entanglements-Of-The-Apocalypse Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:36:24 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Programme-Synopsis-Entanglements-Of-The-Apocalypse <img width="5599" height="2382" width_o="5599" height_o="2382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43e91e77d01cd582dfb1a9061bdaf38bd42c9c03c3ae2c30f9adb0652ffc65d2/EotA-Title-BoPink.png" data-mid="234502284" border="0" data-scale="80" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43e91e77d01cd582dfb1a9061bdaf38bd42c9c03c3ae2c30f9adb0652ffc65d2/EotA-Title-BoPink.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="234502281" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is a transdisciplinary programme exploring queer and trans imaginaries of world-building in response to apocalypse(s). Grounded in ongoing research, the programme critically reinterprets the idea of apocalypse through queer and trans lenses, actively resisting capitalist and colonial narratives that frame apocalypse as a singular or final event. Drawing inspiration from Oxana Timofeeva’s concept of apocalypse as a cyclical and continuous condition, this project engages with apocalypse as an ongoing transformative process that shapes collective memory and artistic practices. Led by independent curators and artists, the programme challenges conventional narratives around ‘the end,’ creating spaces for dialogue, experimentation, and collective expression. The programme imagines exhibition-making as an inclusive and collaborative learning process, working closely with queer communities to build spaces of resistance, care, and speculative creativity. Through radically intimate and emergent methods, this initiative uses apocalyptic thinking as a means of envisioning alternative and transformative present and future. Programme The programme invites audiences to collectively engage with post-apocalyptic thinking, queer world-building, and trans-led imaginaries that centre care, pleasure, hybridity, and embodied knowledge - through a series of performances, discursive events, a residency, exhibitions and screenings.&nbsp; Information on participating artists and upcoming events is available HERE.Invited collaborators include: Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Carefuffle, Black Quantum Futurism, Catherine Hoffmann, Mijke van der Drift &amp; Zissel Aronow, Hannah Fair, Dani d’Emilia,&nbsp;Bassam Issa Al-Sabah &amp; Jennifer Mehigan, Rose Choreographic School and&nbsp;Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Credits ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. The programme has been made possible through partnerships with; Deptford X, The Horse Hospital, Antiuniversity, ArtVerge, artfridge, Rose Choreographic School,&nbsp;Atelier PR, Studio MaBa (Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance) and Carefuffle - along with public funding from the National Lottery, Arts Council England, and Cultúr Éireann | Culture Ireland.&nbsp; <img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32bda89803716f3f260f33387f57d98d39c7122a2a8534f10961d30e1e412210/logo-banners-6-copy.png" data-mid="240996656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32bda89803716f3f260f33387f57d98d39c7122a2a8534f10961d30e1e412210/logo-banners-6-copy.png" /><img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dd0fbf0739647741055cfcf340636d5dd9c852b17c6d90285e4771924f03d95/logo-banners-6.png" data-mid="240996053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dd0fbf0739647741055cfcf340636d5dd9c852b17c6d90285e4771924f03d95/logo-banners-6.png" /><img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4101488c41f3c6f03ad62ccb55194cbb7237fb63b07460e2e05c23df10abef7/3.png" data-mid="240996050" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4101488c41f3c6f03ad62ccb55194cbb7237fb63b07460e2e05c23df10abef7/3.png" /><img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a64bcea9314822da1de81eaa54a57c7df121152c5d16ec070a7eae25b0e3cfe2/2.png" data-mid="240996049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a64bcea9314822da1de81eaa54a57c7df121152c5d16ec070a7eae25b0e3cfe2/2.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Black-Quantum-Futurism Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:11:30 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Black-Quantum-Futurism <img width="4490" height="2023" width_o="4490" height_o="2023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0bd860e0f0be80a61e2dd19e0741035f8b148d3e630e6200c91c6ccbd0edc4d/title-png-2.png" data-mid="237911503" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0bd860e0f0be80a61e2dd19e0741035f8b148d3e630e6200c91c6ccbd0edc4d/title-png-2.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="237911033" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> Time Is On Our Side Exhibition by black quantum futurism27 February – 22 March 2026 <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0576dca25862c54ea52a7388582204f82f2c1caf41b2a64cd627f4497ea9dd8/Black_Quantum_Futurism_-57-of-88.jpeg" data-mid="245929960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0576dca25862c54ea52a7388582204f82f2c1caf41b2a64cd627f4497ea9dd8/Black_Quantum_Futurism_-57-of-88.jpeg" /> Altar (Detail image) by Black Quantum Futurism, photo documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi, 2026 (IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A low-angle scene showing three vintage clocks beneath a wooden chair lit by a small overhead light, with scattered shells or beads across the floor against a wall.) Opening Hours 27 February – 22 March 2026Opening: Friday 27 February, 6–9 pm Exhibition Hours: Friday–Saturday, 12–5 pmThursday and Sunday by appointment only(Please email mine@vssl-studio.org)Public Programme: Black Quantum Futurism will be part of the Choreographing the Apocalypse series at Rose Choreographic School’s þ thorns þ podcast. The episode will be published on the VSSL Studio website and the Rose Choreographic School website. Further details will be announced soon.--&gt; Exhibition Text--&gt; Audio Recording of the Exhibition Text --&gt; Visual Story of How to Get to VSSL Studio --&gt;&nbsp; Interview with Black Quantum Futurism, CERN 2021--&gt;&nbsp; Counter Clockwise: Unmapping Black Temporalities from Greenwich Mean Timelines by Phillips Rasheedah <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/244e6eaa932a4b62e7f2b5114023682633d71fd43d809b52de9f2e518cc599c2/Black_Quantum_Futurism_-9-of-88.jpeg" data-mid="245929959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/244e6eaa932a4b62e7f2b5114023682633d71fd43d809b52de9f2e518cc599c2/Black_Quantum_Futurism_-9-of-88.jpeg" /> Black Hole ViewFinder installation (Detail image) by Black Quantum Futurism, 2011, photo documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi, 2026 (IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Circular collage combining a historic black-and-white crowd scene with a close-up of an astronaut in a spacesuit.) Time Is On Our Side draws on Black Quantum Futurism’s understandings of time, darkness, and information to reimagine the black hole from a site of destruction into one of creation and transformation. Akin to Irma Thomas’s version of Time Is On My Side—recorded before it was displaced, disconnected from its origin, and later reclaimed—the exhibition understands temporality as a non-linear experience: what crosses an event horizon is not necessarily destroyed or lost. It is only delayed, displaced, or rendered illegible outside the visible boundary of the Western linear timeline running from past to present to future. At the centre of the exhibition, the Black Hole Viewfinder poses the event horizon as a threshold rather than a predetermined ending. It is a spacetime where my side turns into our side, and where private time crosses interstitially into shared durations. As with the black hole’s information paradox, recognition may arrive out of sequence—returned altered, yet still conveying an intentional message. Time, under these circumstances, can obscure, but it can also curve back on itself, revealing, redeeming, and restoring what was once considered lost. Time Is On Our Side: Exhibition by Black Quantum Futurism, video documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi, 2026 About BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISMBlack Quantum Futurism (BQF) is an interdisciplinary practice founded by Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips that synthesizes quantum physics with Afrodiasporic principles and ontologies of time, space, ritual, text, and sound, yielding an innovative framework for the creation of counterhistories and alternate futures. Rooted in a commitment to challenge mainstream narratives, BQF actively confronts exclusionary perspectives of history and the future, offering critical alternatives that uplift Black experiences and possibilities. The collective has been instrumental in the conceptualization and execution of an array of community-based projects, performances, experimental music projects, immersive installations, educational workshops, published books, short films, and a diverse range of zines. Two seminal initiatives by Black Quantum Futurism include the award-winning Community Futures Lab, which serves as an interactive platform for communal storytelling and speculative planning, and the Black Women Temporal Portal, aimed at amplifying the often-overlooked narratives of Black women through a variety of media. Black Quantum Futurism's art, writing, and music have been nationally and internationally recognized. They were honored as 2022 Creative Capital Fellows, while also receiving the distinction of being 2020 CERN Artist Residents. Additional fellowships and grants include the 2021 Knight Art + Tech Fellowship, the 2018 Velocity Fund Grant, and the 2017 Center for Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship, among others. BQF was further acknowledged as a 2017 Pew Fellow, reflecting their sustained impact in the artistic community. The reach of BQF's work extends to prestigious global platforms where they have presented, exhibited, and performed. These include REDCAT, Counterpublic 2023, Red Bull Arts NY,&nbsp; Chicago Architecture Biennial, Village of Arts and Humanities, Leeum Museum of Art, ICA London, ApexArt NYC, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. International showcases also feature prominently, with installations at documenta fifteen, Manifesta 13, ICA London and more. www.blackquantumfuturism.com <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/891010c8fe410ec9b9c8f6bd78e0e32d4c77da9d1239ff1d736cceede73a878e/3.jpg" data-mid="238147265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/891010c8fe410ec9b9c8f6bd78e0e32d4c77da9d1239ff1d736cceede73a878e/3.jpg" />Portrait of Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother), courtesy of Ebru Yildiz - (IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A black-and-white portrait of two black people standing side by side against a plain textured wall, both facing the camera). About Rasheedah Phillips Rasheedah Phillips is a queer housing advocate, parent, writer, interdisciplinary artist, and cultural producer who uses web-based projects,zines, short film, archival practices, experimental non-fiction, speculative fiction, printmaking, performance, social practice, installation and creative research to explore the construct of time, temporalities, and community futurisms through a Black futurist cultural lens and experience. As the Director of Housing, Rasheedah&nbsp; leads PolicyLink’s national advocacy to support the growing tenants’ rights, housing, and land use movements in partnership with grassroots partners, movement leaders, industry, and government leaders. Previously serving as Managing Attorney of Housing Policy at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Rasheedah has led various housing policy campaigns that resulted in significant legislative changes, including a right to counsel for tenants in Philadelphia, and the Renter’s Access Act, one of the strongest laws in the nation to address blanket ban eviction polices having a disparate impact on renters of color. Their writing and artwork has appeared in The Funambulist Magazine, e-flux Architecture, Flash Art Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Recess Arts, and more. Phillips is the founder of The AfroFuturist Affair, founding member of Metropolarity Queer Speculative Fiction Collective, co-founder of Black Quantum Futurism, co-creator of the award winning Community Futures Lab, and creator of the Time Zone Protocols, Black Women Temporal Portal, and Black Time Belt projects. Phillips is the author of the book Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time out on AK Press. www.rasheedah.net About Camae AyewaCamae Ayewa (Moor Mother) is a national and international touring musician, poet, visual artist, and professor, and has performed at numerous festivals, colleges, galleries, and museums around the world, sharing the stage with King Britt, Roscoe Mitchell, Claudia Rankine, Bell Hooks, and more. Camae is a vocalist in three collaborative performance groups: Irreversible Entanglements, MoorJewelry and 700Bliss.&nbsp; www.moormother.net <img width="1446" height="959" width_o="1446" height_o="959" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ccf61322b8bf91fe2bcb990e6adbed3293d0fc3be1cbda1d7005639394ae8de/Screenshot-2026-03-24-at-14.52.33.png" data-mid="246443778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ccf61322b8bf91fe2bcb990e6adbed3293d0fc3be1cbda1d7005639394ae8de/Screenshot-2026-03-24-at-14.52.33.png" />Black Hole ViewFinder installation by Black Quantum Futurism, 2011, photo documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi, 2026 access informationThe exhibition is free to attend.Getting HereVSSL is on Resolution Way, on the ground floor of an apartment building called Resolution Studios, opposite the commercial arches.It is part of the creative hub Enclave, which includes other galleries and creative spaces.ADDRESS: VSSL Studio, Enclave 50, Resolution Way. London SE8 4ALView on Google MapsVISUAL STORY: How to Get to VSSL (PDF available)Step-free accessStep-free access to VSSL is available via Tidemill WayPlease check the Visual Story for Directional photos of the routeParking and Drop-Off PointsAccessible parking: The nearest accessible parking is on Frankham Street (Pay &amp; Display / Parking Boulevard).It is a tree-lined road with spaces on both sides.The walk from Frankham Street to VSSL takes around 4 minutes via Tidemill Way.Drop-off point: The nearest car drop-off point is on Tidemill Way, behind Deptford Lounge.From here, there is a short, step-free route through the car park directly to VSSL.Public TransportVSSL is well connected by public transport.Train: The nearest rail station is Deptford Station, about 4 minutes’ walk along a flat route. The station has step-free access.DLR: Deptford Bridge Station is about 10 minutes’ walk along a flat route. It also has step-free access.Bus: The closest stop is Wavelengths on Deptford Church Street.Only bus 47 serves this stop. It runs between Bellingham (Catford Bus Garage) and Shoreditch, passing through Lewisham, Deptford, Canada Water, Bermondsey, London Bridge, and Liverpool Street Station.(See Visual Story for more detail).VSSL STUDIO Space InformationThe exhibition space measures 3.95 metres wide, 6 metres long, and 4 metres high.The entrance door is 1.70 metres wide, heavy, and opens manually inward.Please ask a member of staff for assistance if needed.Lighting: Dim lights throughout.Noise / Volume: The video will play at mid volume.Temperature: We have one heater in the space so it’s warmer than outside but still cool.Seating &amp; Walking CanesTwo types of seating are available:A single benchChairs with backs (please ask a member of staff for assistance if needed.There are 2 walking canes available for visitors who would like extra support.Support AnimalsSupport animals are welcome.Drinking bowls will be provided.COVID SafetyThe exhibition space is medium-sized (3.95m × 6m × 4m), which may limit air circulation when crowded.We provide N95 masks and hand sanitiser at the entrance.We encourage visitors to test before attending and to wear a face mask during the exhibition.Scent-Conscious SpaceTo help keep VSSL safe for everyone, please avoid wearing perfume or scented products whenever possible.ToiletsThere is one toilet located along the Resolution Way fenced path, two doors down from VSSL.It is gender-neutral and wheelchair accessible.The toilet includes:One hinged rail and one vertical rail beside the toiletTwo vertical rails by the sinkAn emergency cord that reaches the floor (on the right side of the toilet)The toilet door is heavy and opens manually outward. VSSL team are happy to provide assistance.Emergency Exitand Assembly PointEmergency exits are clearly marked throughout the space.The Designated Assembly Point is in the Tidemill Way car park, near the gates.In case of emergency,&nbsp; VSSL staff will guide visitors safely to the assembly point. Credits BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM&nbsp;as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. The programme is made possible with public funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England. Special thanks to Rowan Powell, Martin O’Brien, and Niya B for their invaluable technical and installation support for this exhibition. <img width="1820" height="225" width_o="1820" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/133201190d9ffb96d8e608eafffdf392efefed1e204bac298f9440155852888c/logo-banners-5-copy.png" data-mid="237911035" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/133201190d9ffb96d8e608eafffdf392efefed1e204bac298f9440155852888c/logo-banners-5-copy.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Basel-Abbas-and-Ruanne-Abou-Rahme-At-Those-Terrifying-Frontiers-Where Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:54:41 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Basel-Abbas-and-Ruanne-Abou-Rahme-At-Those-Terrifying-Frontiers-Where <img width="4490" height="2800" width_o="4490" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72e8a3cea4046777e219d51cbc45b1409c536c001178d3c7eaff299d2390aaee/title-png-copy.png" data-mid="240034812" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72e8a3cea4046777e219d51cbc45b1409c536c001178d3c7eaff299d2390aaee/title-png-copy.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="239704089" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> Exhibition by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c67942a9514708eac5c3e1edeacfec6bfc333371c08b7681a7bda8cc2fb0143/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-4-of-123.jpg" data-mid="244889468" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c67942a9514708eac5c3e1edeacfec6bfc333371c08b7681a7bda8cc2fb0143/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-4-of-123.jpg" />&nbsp;Documentation from ‘At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence And Disappearance Of People Fade Into Each Other’ (2019) by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Documentation captured by Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance (2026). Opening Hours Opening Night: 6pm to 9pm, Friday the 23rd of January Exhibition Run:&nbsp;22nd of January to the 15th of February Opening days/hours:Friday and Saturday (12-5pm)Thursday and Sunday by appointment only. (Please email mine@vssl-studio.org)(Closed Monday to Wednesday) --&gt; Exhibition Text--&gt; Audio Recording of the Exhibition Text&nbsp; --&gt; Visual Story of How to Get to VSSL Studio --&gt; An interview with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme --&gt; Hyperallergic - ‘Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme Create a Poetic, Web-based Space for Mourning’ by Rea McNamara <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fae9715ffec610a34eeecb3e92f357aa2405ffdc86e4fe914e29ae0d4729aeea/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-7-of-123.jpg" data-mid="244889434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fae9715ffec610a34eeecb3e92f357aa2405ffdc86e4fe914e29ae0d4729aeea/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-7-of-123.jpg" />&nbsp;Documentation from ‘At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence And Disappearance Of People Fade Into Each Other’ (2019) by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Documentation captured by Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance (2026). At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence And Disappearance Of People Fade Into Each Other “And so our need for a new consciousness at those terrifying frontiers where the existence and disappearance of people fade into each other”&nbsp;- Edward Said After the Last Sky.Fragments from Edward Said’s most personal and poetic work After the Last Sky are repurposed to create a new script that reflects on what it means now to be constructed as an ‘illegal’ person, body or entity. The script is turned into a song sung and performed by the artists as multiple avatars. Using a software that generates avatars from a single image the avatars in the video are all drawn from people who participated in the ‘March of Return’, that continue to take place on the seamline in Gaza, an area that has been under physical siege by the Israeli army since 2006. 40,000 people marched weekly to the military fence not only to break the siege but to be able to return to their villages and lands, protesters were killed, maimed and disabled week in and week out. With the impossibility of the artists, who were also in Palestine, reaching the marchers and the marchers reaching them the avatars that are created create a composite between the original images and the artist as the performers of the avatars only a 100 km away. The work attempts to rupture this impossible imposed distance in an act of intense proximity and new becoming. The algorithm in the avatar software renders the missing data and information (due to the low resolution of images circulated online) in the original image as scars, glitches and incomplete features on the avatar's faces. By keeping and not ‘fixing’ these visible scars the work speaks not only to the violence of the material reality but to the often invisible and embedded violence of representation itself in the circulation/consumption of images and ultimately to the violence in the algorithm. At those terrifying frontiers thinks about how to continue, how to mutate, in order not only to survive but to generate resistant possibilities of being and breathing within impossible conditions of violence and erasure. E-flux Journal #106 <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1947e7247594d262cfb598c8d7ac47bfb8de6ecb8442c44956c806ff11af8f16/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-14-of-123.jpeg" data-mid="244889467" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1947e7247594d262cfb598c8d7ac47bfb8de6ecb8442c44956c806ff11af8f16/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-14-of-123.jpeg" /> Documentation from ‘At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence And Disappearance Of People Fade Into Each Other’ (2019) by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Documentation captured by Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance (2026). About Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-RahmeBasel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme work together across a range of sound, image, text, installation and performance practices. Their practice is engaged in the intersections between performativity, political imaginaries, the body and virtuality. Across their works they probe a contemporary landscape marked by seemingly perpetual crisis and an endless ‘present’, one that is shaped by a politics of desire and disaster. They have been developing a body of work that questions this suspension of the present and searches for ways in which an altogether different imaginary and language can emerge that is not bound within colonial/capitalist narrative and discourse. In their projects, they find themselves excavating, activating and inventing incidental narratives, figures, gestures and sites as material for re-imagining the possibilities of the present. Often reflecting on ideas of non-linearity in the form of returns, amnesia and deja vu, and in the process unfolding the slippages between actuality and projection (virtuality, myth, wish), what is and what could be. Largely their approach has been one of sampling materials both existing and self-authored in the form of sound, image, text, objects and recasting them into altogether new ‘scripts’. The result is a practice that investigates the political, visceral, material possibilities of sound, image, text and site, taking on the form of multi-media installations and live sound/image performances.&nbsp; www.baselandruanne.com <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0334bde8e44ffe45fa7f17918e3289213275e4f078d9b0c5e4d8c8e4ac786aa/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-22-of-123.jpeg" data-mid="244889469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0334bde8e44ffe45fa7f17918e3289213275e4f078d9b0c5e4d8c8e4ac786aa/Basel-Abbas-23-01-2026-22-of-123.jpeg" /> Documentation from ‘At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence And Disappearance Of People Fade Into Each Other’ (2019) by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Documentation captured by Marco Berardi and Baiba Sprance (2026). access information The exhibition is free to attend. Getting HereVSSL is on Resolution Way, on the ground floor of an apartment building called Resolution Studios, opposite the commercial arches.It is part of the creative hub Enclave, which includes other galleries and creative spaces.ADDRESS: VSSL Studio, Enclave 50, Resolution Way. London SE8 4ALView on Google MapsVISUAL STORY: How to Get to VSSL (PDF available)Step-free accessStep-free access to VSSL is available via Tidemill WayPlease check the Visual Story for Directional photos of the routeParking and Drop-Off PointsAccessible parking: The nearest accessible parking is on Frankham Street (Pay &amp; Display / Parking Boulevard).It is a tree-lined road with spaces on both sides.The walk from Frankham Street to VSSL takes around 4 minutes via Tidemill Way.Drop-off point: The nearest car drop-off point is on Tidemill Way, behind Deptford Lounge.From here, there is a short, step-free route through the car park directly to VSSL. Public TransportVSSL is well connected by public transport.Train: The nearest rail station is Deptford Station, about 4 minutes’ walk along a flat route. The station has step-free access.DLR: Deptford Bridge Station is about 10 minutes’ walk along a flat route. It also has step-free access.Bus: The closest stop is Wavelengths on Deptford Church Street.Only bus 47 serves this stop. It runs between Bellingham (Catford Bus Garage) and Shoreditch, passing through Lewisham, Deptford, Canada Water, Bermondsey, London Bridge, and Liverpool Street Station.(See Visual Story for more detail). VSSL STUDIO Space InformationThe exhibition space measures 3.95 metres wide, 6 metres long, and 4 metres high.The entrance door is 1.70 metres wide, heavy, and opens manually inward.Please ask a member of staff for assistance if needed.Lighting: Dim lights throughout, with video projector and soft yellow lighting.Noise / Volume: The video will play at mid volume.Temperature: We have one heater in the space so it’s warmer than outside but still cool. Seating &amp; Walking CanesTwo types of seating are available:A single benchThree different sizes of stools.&nbsp;Chairs with backs (please ask a member of staff for assistance if needed.There are 2 walking canes available for visitors who would like extra support. Support AnimalsSupport animals are welcome.Drinking bowls will be provided. COVID SafetyThe exhibition space is medium-sized (3.95m × 6m × 4m), which may limit air circulation when crowded.We provide N95 masks and hand sanitiser at the entrance.We encourage visitors to test before attending and to wear a face mask during the exhibition. Scent-Conscious SpaceTo help keep VSSL safe for everyone, please avoid wearing perfume or scented products whenever possible. ToiletsThere is one toilet located along the Resolution Way fenced path, two doors down from VSSL.It is gender-neutral and wheelchair accessible.The toilet includes:One hinged rail and one vertical rail beside the toiletTwo vertical rails by the sinkAn emergency cord that reaches the floor (on the right side of the toilet)The toilet door is heavy and opens manually outward. VSSL team are happy to provide assistance. Emergency Exit and Assembly PointEmergency exits are clearly marked throughout the space.The Designated Assembly Point is in the Tidemill Way car park, near the gates.In case of emergency,&nbsp; VSSL staff will guide visitors safely to the assembly point. CreditsBASEL ABBAS AND RUANNE ABOU-RAHME: AT THOSE TERRIFYING FRONTIERS WHERE THE EXISTANCE OF PEOPLE FADE INTO EACH OTHER as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield &amp; Ash McNaughton - and has been made possible with public funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England. With special thanks to not/nowhere, Whitechapel Gallery and Surplus Sounds for technical support. <img width="1820" height="225" width_o="1820" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/133201190d9ffb96d8e608eafffdf392efefed1e204bac298f9440155852888c/logo-banners-5-copy.png" data-mid="239704091" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/133201190d9ffb96d8e608eafffdf392efefed1e204bac298f9440155852888c/logo-banners-5-copy.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Bassam-Issa-Al-Sabah-and-Jennifer-Mehigan-Biolytic-Daughter Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:52:18 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Bassam-Issa-Al-Sabah-and-Jennifer-Mehigan-Biolytic-Daughter <img width="4490" height="2249" width_o="4490" height_o="2249" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/686dfa5bb36df4729de6bfb7d269d000c19fd3a0da248268779266d1f78a8df4/title-png.png" data-mid="239355417" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/686dfa5bb36df4729de6bfb7d269d000c19fd3a0da248268779266d1f78a8df4/title-png.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="237185866" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> Exhibition by Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40d3e8a7140db407c5a27b71cf20994c3ba5976ece05d42fcb789f9836373d73/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-28-of-112.jpg" data-mid="240606130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40d3e8a7140db407c5a27b71cf20994c3ba5976ece05d42fcb789f9836373d73/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-28-of-112.jpg" />Exhibition installation (detail) at VSSL Studio - Biolytic Daughter - A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. Photographic documentation by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025&nbsp; - (Image Description: Sculptural detail showing a bronze-toned dragon claw resting beside bronze-toned wings and a foamex-cut horse’s foot at the centre, adorned with small pearls nestled within and scattered nearby, illuminated by a warm, greenish-gold ambient light). Opening Hours Opening Night: 6pm to 9pm, Thursday 6 November 12pm to 5pm, 6th to 30th of NovemberThursday to Saturday (Closed Sunday to Wednesday)at VSSL Studio &nbsp; ︎︎︎Audio&nbsp; Recording of the Exhibition Text ︎︎︎Plain English Version of the Exhibition Text ︎︎︎Visual Story of how to get to VSSL Studio&nbsp;︎︎︎ArtVerge Interview&nbsp; ︎︎︎artfridge Interview ︎︎︎ART PLUGGED&nbsp;Feature <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77e2680597dc72e031f7c871264a6bc90671c9ef6b5d2e0bfd4c80afd7b4cc82/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-3-of-112.jpg" data-mid="240606089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77e2680597dc72e031f7c871264a6bc90671c9ef6b5d2e0bfd4c80afd7b4cc82/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-3-of-112.jpg" />Exhibition installation at VSSL Studio - Biolytic Daughter - A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. Photographic documentation by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025 - (Image Description: Exhibition view showing two seated visitors watching a video projection featuring a figure standing against a vivid, painterly landscape, with English subtitles visible at the bottom of the screen, illuminated by yellow-green ambient light). <img width="4096" height="2730" width_o="4096" height_o="2730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66a865accb30697cba745153771bb13ca34c23d7f6114f84da4564da28dc8aa1/2.png" data-mid="237366400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66a865accb30697cba745153771bb13ca34c23d7f6114f84da4564da28dc8aa1/2.png" />Still from "Uncensored Lilac" HD CGI Film (2024). A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. - (Image Desciption: The digital image depicts a fantastical figure with a smooth, pale face and piercing red eyes. From their head extend multiple fleshy, twisting, horn-like forms that resemble both antlers and tendrils. White petal-like fragments float around them, creating movement against the dark backdrop. The combination of humanoid and otherworldly features evokes a sense of dreamlike intensity). At the centre of Biolytic Daughter is Uncensored Lilac, a 30-minute video work that tells a story of revenge and desire. A group of goddesses and their assembly of familiars, pets, servants, and technologies are lounging. Separated from one another, they share a land but not a common ground. They have been invaded. They are pretty, hot, bothered, and bored. They are ready to destroy each other. They look deep into the camera and recite their deepest wishes, hopes, dreams, and fantasies. Meanwhile, temperatures are rising. They morph and grow and make their rage known. Quick to anger, their tempers rise with the heat. Video documentation of the exhibition Biolytic Daughter by Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan, recorded by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025 Set in a dreamlike hallucinatory landscape, the film features a series of monologues given by these mega-femme entities who have everything and nothing to say. They describe their hopes and desires, bicker, interact from a distance, and refuse to unite. In the cultivation of an economy where hotness equals power, this kind of global warming is no surprise – rising tempers and rising temperatures. Increasingly isolated from each other, they hold on tight to their apolitical, apathetic, consumer-driven dreams. Within the exhibition space, a series of sculptures, multiple sized cutouts, paintings and prints extend this world out from the screen. The brutality of these mega-femmes comes to life: giant, veiny legs and a woolly sheep act as monuments disrupting the scale of the world built in the film and anchoring us to their climate-altered world. Contrasting the relationship between avatars and screens, and the feminine and the landscape – a common trope in feminist utopian literature – Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan question how we embody and are altered by climate collapse. Reflecting on the flatness of the screen, and their flattening of politics, they explore the impossibility and bureaucracy of being right in what can feel like the end of the world. <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfa312d4e4ac69c9d89ed024f7c1e990e47051ba408ba544c467a7af574d93fa/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-73-of-112.jpg" data-mid="240606157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfa312d4e4ac69c9d89ed024f7c1e990e47051ba408ba544c467a7af574d93fa/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-73-of-112.jpg" /> Exhibition installation (detail) at VSSL Studio - Biolytic Daughter - A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. Photographic documentation by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025 - (Image Description: Close-up view of a bronze-toned winged sculpture suspended against a yellow-green wall, casting layered shadows that emphasise its curved form and textured surface under directional light). <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f2b2e8f59bca5a72c8d24585a42c82c57f4fc1d9382fd4616cebff2c39cbd17/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-77-of-112.jpg" data-mid="240606161" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f2b2e8f59bca5a72c8d24585a42c82c57f4fc1d9382fd4616cebff2c39cbd17/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-77-of-112.jpg" /> Exhibition installation (detail) at VSSL Studio - Biolytic Daughter - A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. Photographic documentation by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025 - (Image Description: Sculptural installation featuring a bronze-toned head with an open mouth holding a cigarette, positioned on a wooden shelf bracketed to a yellow-green wall, partially framed by a painted panel on the left side). About Bassam Issa Al-SabahBassam Issa Al-Sabah is an artist working with digital animation, painting, sculpture and textiles. his installations interrogate the intersection of fantasy and trauma, employing speculative worlds as a lens through which to explore the mechanisms of memory and identity formation. Frequently drawing on the visual lexicon of video games, anime, and popular culture, constructing alternative realities that function as both a means of escape and critical commentary. These Surrealistic spaces are often juxtaposed with stark depictions of violence and destruction, their landscapes and fragmented narratives mirroring the dissonant nature of recollection and the complex processes of self-reconstruction. At the core of his practice is an investigation into how digital culture and virtual environments mediate experiences of trauma, displacement, and loss. These constructed worlds provide a framework for reimagining personal and collective histories, where the fantastical serves not only as a refuge but as a site of confrontation Recent solo exhibitions include Uncensored Lilac, in collaboration with Jennifer Mehigan at Silent Green, Transmediale, Berlin (2024), IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE TAKE THIS!, The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin (2022), I AM ERROR, Gasworks, London (2021), and De La Warr Pavilion, Sussex (2022). www.bassamissa.xyz <img width="7848" height="5235" width_o="7848" height_o="5235" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99f95466676140a39b9f2522969c2c60c32f026ea0a112a52cbe2315c3f4bbd8/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-21-of-112.jpg" data-mid="240606095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99f95466676140a39b9f2522969c2c60c32f026ea0a112a52cbe2315c3f4bbd8/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-21-of-112.jpg" />Exhibition installation (detail) at VSSL Studio - Biolytic Daughter - A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. Photographic documentation by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025 - (Image Description: Sculptural artwork depicting an elongated bronze-toned hand with long, pointed nails emerging from a yellow-green wall, with a small red berry delicately balanced on its fingertip, illuminated by a video projection in the background). <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d9b161cabdcb83b467fb0d1d0ac7b430cf3ec9b0876ed40f3a6f2704622f979/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-60-of-112.jpg" data-mid="240606134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d9b161cabdcb83b467fb0d1d0ac7b430cf3ec9b0876ed40f3a6f2704622f979/BASSAM_ISSA-AL-SABAH_-JENNIFER-MEHIGAN_BIOLYTIC-DAUGHTER_06-11-2025-60-of-112.jpg" />Exhibition installation (detail) at VSSL Studio - Biolytic Daughter - A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan. Photographic documentation by Marco Berardi &amp; Baiba Sprance. 2025 - (Image Description: Installation detail showing the silhouette of large sculptural forms of horse ears cast against a yellow-green wall, with a small winged bronze sculpture suspended on chains, partially illuminated by soft projected light). About Jennifer MehiganJennifer Mehigan's prints and paintings fuse diverse media and sources, including 3D scans of her garden, images of plants growing on the graves of strange Irish women, the archive of Victorian portrait photographer Lady Clementina Hawarden, the four-dimensional drawings by the Cork-born mathematician Alicia Boole, and an encrypted codex known as the Voynich manuscript. Using paint, inkjet, graphics cards, neural networks, pearl powder and gel, her works blend new and old methods of making and processing the world – a relationship the artist views as a ‘strained mother-daughter bond’. Mehigan’s wider practice also incorporates CGI, sculpture, filmmaking, perfumery, writing, parties, artificial intelligence and horticulture, deploying sensory experience to explore queerness and femininity. Mehigan regularly creates work in collaboration with artist Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and and is a former member of Temporary Pleasure, a rave architecture collective. Her PhD research at Belfast School of Art speculates about Ireland’s 'abstract' and anorexic women after the Famine, revisiting isolation, illegibility and ‘image hunger’ in the age of techno-surveillance. Recent exhibitions include Uncensored Lilac, with Bassam Issa Al-Sabah, transmediale studio, Berlin (2024); 4D MOUND NETWORK, An Chultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast; HERE COMES LOVE, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (both 2023); Nightbloom Chokehold at Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2022) and Creamatorium 2 at transmediale, Berlin (2021). She is based in Limerick. www.default.garden <img width="3507" height="4960" width_o="3507" height_o="4960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/061e4e491ad01683a13f54d986b996464c8cf94b32ee95e2187ce2ec92817eee/POSTER-1.jpg" data-mid="237731420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/061e4e491ad01683a13f54d986b996464c8cf94b32ee95e2187ce2ec92817eee/POSTER-1.jpg" />Exhibition Posters, 2025, A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan - (Image Description: The poster depicts a fantastical, androgynous figure with pointed ears and shimmering skin, emerging from dark reflective water alongside a horse. The figure holds a glowing pink heart-shaped object, casting soft light onto their chest and hair. Behind them, jagged rocky formations rise against a stark black mythical background. At the bottom of the image, bold white lettering reads; Biolytic Daughter). <img width="3507" height="4960" width_o="3507" height_o="4960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d23f49910872519a3f4d396aef0c63b572f417f3f10d03ebedf214cae89f8a7/poster-3.jpg" data-mid="237731421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d23f49910872519a3f4d396aef0c63b572f417f3f10d03ebedf214cae89f8a7/poster-3.jpg" />Exhibition Posters, 2025, A collaboration between Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan - (Image Description: The artwork features a surreal humanoid figure with glossy black curved horns, elongated ears, and sharp white fangs emerging from an oversized mouth. Their skin has a pale, fleshy texture with protruding ridges along the shoulders, while long black hair frames their face. The background is a flat grey, overlaid with bold white silhouettes of flowers and plants. Above the figure, gothic white text spells; Biolytic Daughter). About carefuffleCarefuffle is a disabled and queer-led working group rooted in the principles of care, interconnectedness, authorship and social justice. We are dedicated to celebrating disabled and queer talent and genius. Our commitment to challenging the ableist narratives and socio-cultural exclusion comes from the belief in the wholeness of disability and access as a collective joy and shared responsibility towards a liberatory future . When we say “Working Group,” we honour the community and everyone who has an impact on what we do and how we think, as well as the lineages of&nbsp;Disability Justice and Crip community wisdom that make our work possible. They generously share their wisdom, knowledge, and skills with us, profoundly influencing our practices and thought processes. Without them, Carefuffle would not exist. www.care-fuffle.com Access Information for the Exhibition The exhibition is free to attend. Getting HereVSSL is on Resolution Way, on the ground floor of an apartment building called Resolution Studios, opposite the commercial arches.It is part of the creative hub Enclave, which includes other galleries and creative spaces. ADDRESS: VSSL Studio, Enclave 50, Resolution Way. London SE8 4AL View on Google MapsVISUAL STORY: How to Get to VSSL (PDF available)Step-free accessStep-free access to VSSL is available via Tidemill WayPlease check the Visual Story for Directional photos of the route Parking and Drop-Off PointsAccessible parking: The nearest accessible parking is on Frankham Street (Pay &amp; Display / Parking Boulevard).It is a tree-lined road with spaces on both sides.The walk from Frankham Street to VSSL takes around 4 minutes via Tidemill Way.Drop-off point: The nearest car drop-off point is on Tidemill Way, behind Deptford Lounge.From here, there is a short, step-free route through the car park directly to VSSL. Public TransportVSSL is well connected by public transport. Train: The nearest rail station is Deptford Station, about 4 minutes’ walk along a flat route. The station has step-free access.DLR: Deptford Bridge Station is about 10 minutes’ walk along a flat route. It also has step-free access.Bus: The closest stop is Wavelengths on Deptford Church Street.Only bus 47 serves this stop. It runs between Bellingham (Catford Bus Garage) and Shoreditch, passing through Lewisham, Deptford, Canada Water, Bermondsey, London Bridge, and Liverpool Street Station.(See Visual Story for more detail.)STATION PICK UPVSSL team are happy to pick you up from the station (Deptford Train Station, Deptford Bridge DLR, Wavelenghts Bus Stop). To arrange a station pick up please email us on mine@vssl-studio.org two days in advance. Please note that we can only arrange a pick-up at 11:45 am during the exhibition days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) as we will only have one invigilator for each day and they need to be present in the space. CAPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE FORMATSThe film in the exhibition will always include open captions.Exhibition texts are available in Plain English, Large Print, and Audio Recording formats in the venue and online. VSSL STUDIO Space InformationThe exhibition space measures 3.95 metres wide, 6 metres long, and 4 metres high.The entrance door is 1.70 metres wide, heavy, and opens manually inward.Please ask a member of staff for assistance if needed. Lighting: Dim lights throughout, with video projector and soft yellow lighting. Noise / Volume: The video will play at mid volume. Temperature:&nbsp;We have one heater in the space so it’s warmer than outside but still cool.Sensory content&nbsp;Noise: 00:00 – 00:35: Loud, high-pitched shrilling sound02:49 – 02:53: High-pitched shrilling sound19:36 – 20:17: High-pitched, raspy metallic sound24:05 – 24:25: High-pitched glitch-like shrill soundImage: 00:23 – 00:33: Flashing images24:11 – 24:27: Glitching white-noise images Seating &amp; WALKING CANESTwo types of seating are available: A single benchChairs with backsThere are 2 walking canes available for visitors who would like extra support. Support AnimalsSupport animals are welcome.Drinking bowls will be provided. COVID SafetyThe exhibition space is medium-sized (3.95m × 6m × 4m), which may limit air circulation when crowded.We provide N95 masks and hand sanitiser at the entrance.We encourage visitors to test before attending and to wear a face mask during the exhibition. Scent-Conscious SpaceTo help keep VSSL safe for everyone, please avoid wearing perfume or scented products whenever possible. ToiletsThere is one toilet located along the Resolution Way fenced path, two doors down from VSSL.It is gender-neutral and wheelchair accessible. The toilet includes: One hinged rail and one vertical rail beside the toiletTwo vertical rails by the sinkAn emergency cord that reaches the floor (on the right side of the toilet)The toilet door is heavy and opens manually outward.&nbsp;VSSL team are happy to provide assistance. Smoking AreaSmoking areas will be clearly marked.Please do not smoke near the entrance to VSSL. Emergency Exit and Assembly PointEmergency exits are clearly marked throughout the space.The Designated Assembly Point is in the Tidemill Way car park, near the gates.In case of emergency,&nbsp; VSSL staff will guide visitors safely to the assembly point. CreditsBASSAM ISSA AL-SABAH AND JENNIFER MEHIGAN: BIOLYTIC DAUGHTER as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. The programme is made possible with public funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England and Cultúr Éireann (Culture Ireland). This exhibition is supported by&nbsp;Carefuffle who are assisting the VSSL team and the artists to make the exhibition more accessible.&nbsp; <img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55a7bb536e40816d5df0f4b8d9432af584827fc1985f2170e8047af2d68a75f9/logo-banners-5.png" data-mid="239600165" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55a7bb536e40816d5df0f4b8d9432af584827fc1985f2170e8047af2d68a75f9/logo-banners-5.png" /><img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c0c0f4855c01a971f9a81d6b2431460bf931f8cd17981ac2c6d067dc24f1a5e/logo-banners-7.png" data-mid="239909077" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c0c0f4855c01a971f9a81d6b2431460bf931f8cd17981ac2c6d067dc24f1a5e/logo-banners-7.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Dani-d-Emilia-Artist-In-Residence Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:53:18 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Dani-d-Emilia-Artist-In-Residence <img width="4490" height="1004" width_o="4490" height_o="1004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ec76e5c524b5beb9406385fd358d37ab93ac0e9dd879fb45f8637b2a43d9647/title-png.png" data-mid="240018688" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ec76e5c524b5beb9406385fd358d37ab93ac0e9dd879fb45f8637b2a43d9647/title-png.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="239704008" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> artist in Residence <img width="2981" height="1820" width_o="2981" height_o="1820" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/945f05f8286bd006e6b6fc60d60ed238e0f71fdbd7e46a58b75e6bc351716b1b/Dani_dEmilia.AbscissionPhoto1_Gabz404.jpeg" data-mid="240018911" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/945f05f8286bd006e6b6fc60d60ed238e0f71fdbd7e46a58b75e6bc351716b1b/Dani_dEmilia.AbscissionPhoto1_Gabz404.jpeg" />Untitled image from project Abscission by Dani d’Emilia. Photographed by Gabz404. Brazil. 2023 - (IMAGE DESCRIPTION: &nbsp;A topless person lies on a patch of grass, shown from shoulders to hips. They have healing top surgery scars across their chest and a circular geometric tattoo in the center of the upper chest. Wearing white medical gloves, they hold a large curved amethyst crystal cluster against their abdomen. Their arms rest slightly outward on the grass, revealing additional tattoos on their forearms). Between 6th and 13th December 2025, Dani d’Emilia will be artist in residence at VSSL Studio as part of our current programme, Entanglements of the Apocalypse.&nbsp; Dani’s work deviates from binary logics across both gender and broader modern-colonial paradigms. Their practice explores performance-pedagogy as a site for political practices of healing. This art-life work investigates pathways to metabolic intimacy as an antidote to the illusion of separability. Rooted in Dani’s experiences of hysterectomy and neutral mastectomy, thier ongoing research project;&nbsp; Abscission aligns personal processes of release with larger systemic rhythms,&nbsp; exploring how letting go can be both an act of regeneration and a threshold for transforming broader relational fields and reactivating visceral response_ability. <img width="3072" height="2048" width_o="3072" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c903a4205dc8500e72838c2d48c530fd2ee18d11376207659b056c0b2b0c5b27/Dani_dEmilia.AbscissionPhoto2_Gabz404.jpg" data-mid="240018910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c903a4205dc8500e72838c2d48c530fd2ee18d11376207659b056c0b2b0c5b27/Dani_dEmilia.AbscissionPhoto2_Gabz404.jpg" /> Untitled image from project Abscission by Dani d’Emilia. Photographed by Gabz404. Brazil. 2023 - (IMAGE DESCRIPTION: &nbsp;Two hands gently arrange large, folded pieces of skin-like, flesh-toned material with visible wrinkles and natural texture, laid on top of a banana leaf. The pieces are surrounded by a semicircle of pale blue orchids with pink and purple veining. The arrangement rests outdoors on green grass, creating a contrast between the organic, bodily appearance of the material and the decorative flowers). About dani d’emiliaDani d’Emilia is an artist and educator working at the intersections of performance, radical pedagogy, social justice, and eco-relational care. A member of Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures (CA/BR) since 2017 and formerly of La Pocha Nostra (US/MX, 2011–16), Dani teaches and collaborates on projects internationally, exploring how the arts can support ways of staying with the trouble and resisting disenchantment. Their practice seeks to nourish cognitive, affective, and relational vitality amid deepening social and ecological crises. www.danidemilia.com Credits DANI D’EMILIA&nbsp; as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. Entanglements Of The Apocalypse has been made possible with public funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England. <img width="1820" height="225" width_o="1820" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d18b3262f6602032df7cb5abacd7d589bbf4796ce0158ea45ef2fee99b9178b/logo-banners-5.png" data-mid="240031896" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d18b3262f6602032df7cb5abacd7d589bbf4796ce0158ea45ef2fee99b9178b/logo-banners-5.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Keioui-Keijaun-Thomas-Come-Hell-or-High-Femmes-The-Dolls-Rise Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:22 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Keioui-Keijaun-Thomas-Come-Hell-or-High-Femmes-The-Dolls-Rise <img width="5613" height="2457" width_o="5613" height_o="2457" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18f2336bc4d1423a3d58237c5e5a6c771448b1d509a1703477b8bfd5677a512c/title-png.png" data-mid="235011432" border="0" data-scale="80" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18f2336bc4d1423a3d58237c5e5a6c771448b1d509a1703477b8bfd5677a512c/title-png.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="235011083" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> Live performance by Keioui Keijaun Thomas RSVP: 7pm - Weds 13th August - at The Horse Hospital <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/500ea226cd3debea26df6d7b9a9a15f2734ed17c7ec1033460cbf5845e939ac7/5.jpg" data-mid="237940481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/500ea226cd3debea26df6d7b9a9a15f2734ed17c7ec1033460cbf5845e939ac7/5.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25fd34cfb5edc75b784a859d18dca62ea16be828f4ec1bc558661f4e145d5036/18.jpg" data-mid="237940470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25fd34cfb5edc75b784a859d18dca62ea16be828f4ec1bc558661f4e145d5036/18.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28807ce34da1dac1fb9f9600b60ebb391097aa5708fad9f93d7af83e6b6662a3/10.jpg" data-mid="237940474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28807ce34da1dac1fb9f9600b60ebb391097aa5708fad9f93d7af83e6b6662a3/10.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef0d29b6db6aeb09acd2610dd4cd3b94faabf90efa00bd67d222530d8315e4f4/6.jpg" data-mid="237940486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef0d29b6db6aeb09acd2610dd4cd3b94faabf90efa00bd67d222530d8315e4f4/6.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e06988d1874f9026de212d6d28456513c29c3f65c9e988ca901d11aec9637af/2.jpg" data-mid="237940487" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e06988d1874f9026de212d6d28456513c29c3f65c9e988ca901d11aec9637af/2.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fdaa8b529e051c32111d68f83adb4f236ea76f864cb7fd6c929008fd1a55615/4.jpg" data-mid="237940483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fdaa8b529e051c32111d68f83adb4f236ea76f864cb7fd6c929008fd1a55615/4.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60cf19c34b58baf6c2acbc572d1db9f2eddefa10dbe025deefe6257d5944ca10/11.jpg" data-mid="237940485" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60cf19c34b58baf6c2acbc572d1db9f2eddefa10dbe025deefe6257d5944ca10/11.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/864e221971dc8e93418fa6a56bc15757b0891c24d7ed42f077bc42d85a58d5fa/16.jpg" data-mid="237940482" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/864e221971dc8e93418fa6a56bc15757b0891c24d7ed42f077bc42d85a58d5fa/16.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7df8d081a28a339272c7735643a0c65ea1fb19f2b0ef1c213ae3fc7c349f6714/17.jpg" data-mid="237940471" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7df8d081a28a339272c7735643a0c65ea1fb19f2b0ef1c213ae3fc7c349f6714/17.jpg" /> Come Hell or High Femmes: The Dolls Rise - performed at The Horse Hospital (London). Produced by VSSL Studio. Video stills by Studio MaBa (Baiba Sprance &amp; Marco Berardi). 2025. In Thomas's new solo project &nbsp;- COME HELL OR HIGH FEMMES: THE DOLLS RISE - a three part film and multimedia performance, Thomas charts a post-apocalyptic geography. Her world is lush and verdant; the artist, bathed in a sky blue dress of tulle, wanders across babbling brooks, oceans, and atop hills of fertile land. Thomas imagines a time where the dolls — a word that, loosely, means a trans femmes so flawless and unbound they are no longer considered real — have survived a mass extinction. Come Hell or High Femmes: The Dolls Rise - performed at The Horse Hospital (London). Produced by VSSL Studio. Video documentation by Studio MaBa (Baiba Sprance &amp; Marco Berardi). 2025. Why are dolls the only ones left? Perhaps, it is because trans femmes (often, but not always) are forged in nocturnality, where beauty and intelligence must learn to supersede time and space. Thomas reclaims what it means to be black in nature, forging new ways to exist in peace, joy, and healing in relation to the American landscape. The work moves through sound, light, poetry, dance, and music as forms of resistance and healing. The choreography is based on queering landscapes, camouflage, and metamorphosis as modes of survival and transcendence for queer and trans people. Documentation of the audience screening of: 'Come Hell or High Femmes: The Era of the Dolls - A film trilogy' at the performance of; ‘Come Hell or High Femmes: The Dolls Rise’ - at The Horse Hospital (London). Produced by VSSL Studio. Video documentation by Studio MaBa (Baiba Sprance &amp; Marco Berardi). 2025. Booking Information Wednesday 13th August,&nbsp;7pm at the Horse Hospital ︎︎︎ RSVPs essential - Book tickets HERESet in the year 2666, following a mass extinction of most human life, Come Hell or High Femmes: The Dolls Rise explores - in Thomas’ words - a “postapocalyptic world where black transfemmes have survived and are building a new universe.” - Joshua Chambers <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fce4e66500ef77a96e20e228242f95876e10784384e19da979186e0373aef4d7/8.jpg" data-mid="237940477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fce4e66500ef77a96e20e228242f95876e10784384e19da979186e0373aef4d7/8.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e4b7fd802a9cca4c5a7bd32f903c11134aecdd6a611f5f76cfd5421a60ed2fb/14.jpg" data-mid="237940472" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e4b7fd802a9cca4c5a7bd32f903c11134aecdd6a611f5f76cfd5421a60ed2fb/14.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d7f60e2abc8ec6b495cf956627d55e730989791d3c8c529036ee16137597d13/15.jpg" data-mid="237940479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d7f60e2abc8ec6b495cf956627d55e730989791d3c8c529036ee16137597d13/15.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d045149a979998f13e876fd6eb197735f4b8babe57ccda1271f3fbb264a87d2d/3.jpg" data-mid="237940484" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d045149a979998f13e876fd6eb197735f4b8babe57ccda1271f3fbb264a87d2d/3.jpg" /> Come Hell or High Femmes: The Dolls Rise - performed at The Horse Hospital (London). Produced by VSSL Studio. Video stills by Studio MaBa (Baiba Sprance &amp; Marco Berardi). 2025. <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef0d29b6db6aeb09acd2610dd4cd3b94faabf90efa00bd67d222530d8315e4f4/6.jpg" data-mid="237940486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef0d29b6db6aeb09acd2610dd4cd3b94faabf90efa00bd67d222530d8315e4f4/6.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b11fc82a8cb8a44e87107795cbbc05324ea321b17f17dbd2a09e6ac49bec92f5/7.jpg" data-mid="237940478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b11fc82a8cb8a44e87107795cbbc05324ea321b17f17dbd2a09e6ac49bec92f5/7.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b495e474a8faf846e3b57ce343a1143cf3df5e6a091df4c1dfca0aa2f96a90d5/1.jpg" data-mid="237940490" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b495e474a8faf846e3b57ce343a1143cf3df5e6a091df4c1dfca0aa2f96a90d5/1.jpg" /> Come Hell or High Femmes: The Dolls Rise - performed at The Horse Hospital (London). Produced by VSSL Studio. Video stills by Studio MaBa (Baiba Sprance &amp; Marco Berardi). 2025. About Keioui Keijaun Thomas Keioui Keijaun Thomas (b.1989) is a New York-based artist. She creates live performance and multimedia installations that address&nbsp; the multifaceted realms of Black identity formation, encompassing affective, material and economic dimensions. Through a captivating fusion of sculpture and performance,&nbsp; the work explores the transient nature of the “doll”— a trans femme&nbsp; so flawless and unbound she is no longer considered real—as both a work in progress and a formidable force of nature. Utilizing an array of materials such as paper, hair, sugar, rubber, tape, acrylic, water, enamel and skin to create tableaus that are intricately intertwined with her own body. Her performances combine rhapsodic layers of live and recorded voice, slipping between various modes of address, to explore the pleasures and pressures of dependency, care, and support. By centering self and communal care in real-time, Thomas’ practice aims to build bridges of understanding and community. Thomas has presented work both nationally and internationally.&nbsp;She earned her Masters degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BFA with Honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York.&nbsp; See more of her recent work HERE&nbsp; Credits COME HELL OR HIGH FEMMES: THE DOLLS RISE &nbsp;as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. The programme is made possible with public funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England. <img width="1820" height="225" width_o="1820" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1acc5c8609b2f03fb0c2e01165fd22ce641c6cc497764bc4a2cac39935ca07ab/logo-banners-5.png" data-mid="235074481" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1acc5c8609b2f03fb0c2e01165fd22ce641c6cc497764bc4a2cac39935ca07ab/logo-banners-5.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Catherine-Hoffmann-Wormhole-Of-Our-Formation Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:15:15 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Catherine-Hoffmann-Wormhole-Of-Our-Formation <img width="5613" height="2569" width_o="5613" height_o="2569" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/697f863b106ebb267e06e02d1215a321c081758aa935ed1f06a01283c61b1ced/title-png-copy.png" data-mid="234503969" border="0" data-scale="80" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/697f863b106ebb267e06e02d1215a321c081758aa935ed1f06a01283c61b1ced/title-png-copy.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="234501626" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> Live performance by Catherine Hoffmann RSVP: 3pm, 5pm &amp; 7:30pm - Saturday&nbsp; 12th of July - at VSSL Studio <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f70a496e669a9d1401613f2bc4edc013b847d095156f22ad92673bc9b68fa52/VSSL-CATH31.jpg" data-mid="237910905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f70a496e669a9d1401613f2bc4edc013b847d095156f22ad92673bc9b68fa52/VSSL-CATH31.jpg" />Documentation of Wormhole Of Our Formation by Catherine Hoffmann at VSSL Studio as part of Deptford X. Photographed by Eda Sancakdar. Part absurdist ritual attempting control, part elemental exorcism, WORMHOLE OF OUR FORMATION is a vertiginous road trip through collapse – mental, environmental, economic – driven by unyielding text through warped music and howling storms. &nbsp; A raw, hallucinatory performance that tears through the psychic wreckage of Breakdown Britain. This is a ride into the fragmentation of the self as Tetley tea bags pile up and scrambled eggs congeal.&nbsp;In debt and displaced, Hoffmann charts a personal odyssey across red-alert storm zones, B&amp;Bs, motorway shutdowns, and the disorienting landscapes of austerity and ageing. Armed with a wind machine, searing text, sonic chaos and ritual tremors, Hoffmann conjures a storm from the inside out. No solace. No resolve. Just ridiculous and&nbsp; horrifying monotony until a fissure – shuddering open –&nbsp; towards possible release. A fizzing, visceral embodiment of crisis and catharsis, Wormhole persists. It shakes you. Bleeds. Trembles. Collapses. Re-forms. <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92ca5c78a2fe70545cbc816545c4eb4cd43abaac704747811d686ec97de7db30/VSSL-CATH30.jpg" data-mid="237910911" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92ca5c78a2fe70545cbc816545c4eb4cd43abaac704747811d686ec97de7db30/VSSL-CATH30.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6458b18bb2a745ab1b364d43f946ebf2bb8ef252e9c84153c0e959ad20bc5530/VSSL-CATH4.jpg" data-mid="237910902" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6458b18bb2a745ab1b364d43f946ebf2bb8ef252e9c84153c0e959ad20bc5530/VSSL-CATH4.jpg" /> <img width="5355" height="3570" width_o="5355" height_o="3570" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf052f7b6b602eb110c30c32df8c492f7f3a1c3108cb4be78180581e3fef5878/VSSL-CATH48.jpg" data-mid="237910916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf052f7b6b602eb110c30c32df8c492f7f3a1c3108cb4be78180581e3fef5878/VSSL-CATH48.jpg" /> Documentation of Wormhole Of Our Formation by Catherine Hoffmann at VSSL Studio as part of Deptford X. Photographed by Eda Sancakdar. <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/047fcabf8a86cec5c37e39688d8d2b26082747e9cd4f0a242be43694e0e9492b/VSSL-CATH21.jpg" data-mid="237910904" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/047fcabf8a86cec5c37e39688d8d2b26082747e9cd4f0a242be43694e0e9492b/VSSL-CATH21.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b602e62c08d71a92c3d39c6b23ca624f1ea49f3d9b94615160b2dc3925661e8/VSSL-CATH12.jpg" data-mid="237910906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b602e62c08d71a92c3d39c6b23ca624f1ea49f3d9b94615160b2dc3925661e8/VSSL-CATH12.jpg" /> <img width="5173" height="3289" width_o="5173" height_o="3289" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e4dc684052ebce84fc9bbd388a64e43f59bc918b1a1ce6ad49bbcfa7ab610d2/VSSL-CATH45.jpg" data-mid="237910915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e4dc684052ebce84fc9bbd388a64e43f59bc918b1a1ce6ad49bbcfa7ab610d2/VSSL-CATH45.jpg" /> Documentation of Wormhole Of Our Formation by Catherine Hoffmann at VSSL Studio as part of Deptford X. Photographed by Eda Sancakdar. Booking Information Saturday12th&nbsp; July, 15.00, 17.00 &amp; 19.30 at VSSL Studio during the opening weekend of Deptford X.︎︎︎ RSVPs essential - Book tickets HERE "No sweeteners offered. This is how it is. No relief." - Diarmuid Hester <img width="5382" height="3588" width_o="5382" height_o="3588" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73bcfd103b374a0ceb763236ee349dd600d297984c1d63af6497056454909be2/VSSL-CATH51.jpg" data-mid="237910909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73bcfd103b374a0ceb763236ee349dd600d297984c1d63af6497056454909be2/VSSL-CATH51.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b981db772d2f9f145829549dc1334817eb91ffe0c4153977fbda1f444afc4710/VSSL-CATH25.jpg" data-mid="237910907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b981db772d2f9f145829549dc1334817eb91ffe0c4153977fbda1f444afc4710/VSSL-CATH25.jpg" /> <img width="5053" height="3369" width_o="5053" height_o="3369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1181f873e444427a892a2559c1084d5be2a3b49dc60559d9d2c58bd25c6bc57a/VSSL-CATH32.jpg" data-mid="237910913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1181f873e444427a892a2559c1084d5be2a3b49dc60559d9d2c58bd25c6bc57a/VSSL-CATH32.jpg" /> Documentation of Wormhole Of Our Formation by Catherine Hoffmann at VSSL Studio as part of Deptford X. Photographed by Eda Sancakdar. <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/077e2ef7d4c2b64c71b24d31042aca4d5c19f192de365e632e8845ec0df54e78/VSSL-CATH56.jpg" data-mid="237910910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/077e2ef7d4c2b64c71b24d31042aca4d5c19f192de365e632e8845ec0df54e78/VSSL-CATH56.jpg" /> <img width="5395" height="3597" width_o="5395" height_o="3597" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f98975e5bfc23aff82299c8326cd59197da0d9116f7b1e516e27512558da89db/VSSL-CATH44.jpg" data-mid="237910908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f98975e5bfc23aff82299c8326cd59197da0d9116f7b1e516e27512558da89db/VSSL-CATH44.jpg" /> Documentation of Wormhole Of Our Formation by Catherine Hoffmann at VSSL Studio as part of Deptford X. Photographed by Eda Sancakdar. Buy ArtworksAs compliment to the live iteration of WORMHOLE OF OUR FORMATION, Hoffmann has produced a series of six limited edition, A5 prints - available for purchase throughout the ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE programme. <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be2ea7ab69988269a0753c5e9aaa522ca6d3af5e0ba874d665e2e47f3d614012/car-1.JPEG" data-mid="235010303" border="0" alt="Print 2: &lsquo;Non Traversable c2 Stumble&rsquo; by Catherine Hoffmann - Gicl&eacute;e print on matt hahnem&uuml;hle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" data-caption="Print 2: ‘Non Traversable c2 Stumble’ by Catherine Hoffmann - Giclée print on matt hahnemühle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be2ea7ab69988269a0753c5e9aaa522ca6d3af5e0ba874d665e2e47f3d614012/car-1.JPEG" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8633acee2b2837695b884a384712dd05867e9ec6d9f18114c38be872ecf016c/car3standing.JPEG" data-mid="235010309" border="0" alt="Print 1: &lsquo;Traversable c1 Dive&rsquo; by Catherine Hoffmann - Gicl&eacute;e print on matt hahnem&uuml;hle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" data-caption="Print 1: ‘Traversable c1 Dive’ by Catherine Hoffmann - Giclée print on matt hahnemühle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8633acee2b2837695b884a384712dd05867e9ec6d9f18114c38be872ecf016c/car3standing.JPEG" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c0430b85b49d1682d22c0a3269cb2f6f6fcde9921ba98889cba58a18784caf9/car2lying.JPEG" data-mid="235010307" border="0" alt="Print 3: &lsquo;Two-way c3 Plunge&rsquo; by Catherine Hoffmann - Gicl&eacute;e print on matt hahnem&uuml;hle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" data-caption="Print 3: ‘Two-way c3 Plunge’ by Catherine Hoffmann - Giclée print on matt hahnemühle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c0430b85b49d1682d22c0a3269cb2f6f6fcde9921ba98889cba58a18784caf9/car2lying.JPEG" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecf88134a6cb778a8bf82e7c0fb2ed8a675c23d20052451b1a0d09f0f8031681/car1redsitting.JPEG" data-mid="235010304" border="0" alt="Print 6: &lsquo;One-way c6 Trip&rsquo; by Catherine Hoffmann - Gicl&eacute;e print on matt hahnem&uuml;hle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" data-caption="Print 6: ‘One-way c6 Trip’ by Catherine Hoffmann - Giclée print on matt hahnemühle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecf88134a6cb778a8bf82e7c0fb2ed8a675c23d20052451b1a0d09f0f8031681/car1redsitting.JPEG" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/856162abca83615bad1d1d1772fd0882d2324aab23e9181ee86bc59c975a0187/car2crouchwide.JPEG" data-mid="235010305" border="0" alt="Print 5: &lsquo;Intra-Universe c5 Drop&rsquo; by Catherine Hoffmann - Gicl&eacute;e print on matt hahnem&uuml;hle photorag (308gsm) - &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" data-caption="Print 5: ‘Intra-Universe c5 Drop’ by Catherine Hoffmann - Giclée print on matt hahnemühle photorag (308gsm) - &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/856162abca83615bad1d1d1772fd0882d2324aab23e9181ee86bc59c975a0187/car2crouchwide.JPEG" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8cd7afd7a9a116125fe9e5ca6f93afeb36aa1b9f85d2284e9c0d6d767fe6208/car3crouchred.JPEG" data-mid="235010308" border="0" alt="Print 4: &lsquo;Inter-Universe c4 Tumble&rsquo; by Catherine Hoffmann - Gicl&eacute;e print on matt hahnem&uuml;hle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" data-caption="Print 4: ‘Inter-Universe c4 Tumble’ by Catherine Hoffmann - Giclée print on matt hahnemühle photorag (308gsm)&nbsp;- &nbsp;Photograph created in collaboration with Helen Davison - H: 15cm x W: 23cm - 1/10 - 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8cd7afd7a9a116125fe9e5ca6f93afeb36aa1b9f85d2284e9c0d6d767fe6208/car3crouchred.JPEG" /> Prints 1 to 6 (pictured above) are priced at £130 ea. For all sales enquiries please contact the artist directly HERE About Catherine Hoffmann Described as an elemental weather system Catherine takes an interdisciplinary approach to her work using text, music, choreography, video and participation - sitting in between live art, cabaret and performance. In a DIY approach and usually with absurdism she tackles personal, autobiographical material to shine a light on social issues.&nbsp; Most of her work could be seen as some kind of humiliating act, revealing aspects such as shame, guilt, poverty, loss, gynaecological and mental health. She ventures into vulnerable terrain using humour and irreverence as a tool, to open up dialogue, embracing the desire for collective healing in our challenging contemporary lives. Mainly creating solo shows as well as interactive intimate works, she also collaborates with Florence Peake and has shown in festivals, theatres, art galleries, cabaret events, on night buses, in bars and clubs throughout the UK and Europe. In 2023 she created an immersive version of ‘Wormhole of our Formation’ using VR 360 film at UCA in Canterbury supported by ACE, the Hi3 Network, Wysing Arts centre and Cambridge Junction. In 2022 she toured ‘Cyst-er Act’ to Germany,&nbsp; to Summerhall at the Edinburgh fringe festival and the Southbank centre. In 2017/18 she toured the UK with ‘Free Lunch with the Stench Wench’ – a solo exploring shame in relation to class and poverty. Her texts ‘Whatever happened to the Glory Days’? And ‘Ten tips on being Feckless and Poor..’ are printed by LADA and Unbound books. www.cathoffmann.com Credits WORMHOLE OF OUR FORMATION has been made possible with support from Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge Junction, Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Centre, and Hi3 Network with Screen South. In collaboration with VSSL Studio and Deptford X.Created by: Catherine HoffmannDramaturg: Eirini KartsakiPearled neck brace and dress by: Lara BuffardChoreographic Support: Florence PeakeAdditional Sound Support: Lottie Poulet, Geoffrey ChambersLights: Marty LangthorneProduction Assistants: Ash McNaughton, Mine KaplangiLooking for the Rain written by: James Gabriel Leo Lavelle, Jack Leonard, Mark Lanegan, Matthew PuffetVocals: Catherine Hoffmann Thanks to: Tink Flaherty, Katy Baird, Daniel Oliver, Eve Stainton, Gavin Roberts, Jules Deering, Ella Gamble, Sahara Huang, Tim Spooner, Benjamin Sebastian <img width="1820" height="225" width_o="1820" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31a39230ba3f2918c9de0c94f0d0f8c26f6a626f19e4d6a4d358e8e33f50b214/6.png" data-mid="235010750" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31a39230ba3f2918c9de0c94f0d0f8c26f6a626f19e4d6a4d358e8e33f50b214/6.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Rose-Choreographic-School-Dreaming-Alternative-Ways-Of-Education Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:42:06 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Rose-Choreographic-School-Dreaming-Alternative-Ways-Of-Education <img width="4490" height="2054" width_o="4490" height_o="2054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9ebc00d86437f068962e77886be12ad184710454b09dfc0f122715f6c2d61a5/title-png.png" data-mid="237355471" border="0" data-scale="80" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9ebc00d86437f068962e77886be12ad184710454b09dfc0f122715f6c2d61a5/title-png.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="237345897" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> DREAMING ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF EDUCATION WHILE WITNESSING APOCALYPSES (a gathering) Private Event: Thursday the 25th of September at VSSL Studio. <img width="4096" height="2730" width_o="4096" height_o="2730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6ce9774df07fa50b3ca8d1d6b43016ea83378447f0e65e142cacbcea70026dd/Entanglements-web-images.png" data-mid="237329030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6ce9774df07fa50b3ca8d1d6b43016ea83378447f0e65e142cacbcea70026dd/Entanglements-web-images.png" />Image courtesy of the Rose Choreographic School. As part of Entanglements Of The Apocalypse, VSSL Studio will host a private gathering (not open to the public) with and for the current cohort of the Rose Choreographic School. This curated roundtable brings together a diverse array of creative/artistic-researchers - to share practices, knowledges, and speculations at the intersection of apocalyptic thinking, artistic enquiry, and experimental pedagogy. Leading into and during the gathering, Dreaming Alternative Ways of Education While Witnessing Apocalypses will serve as both a prompt and invitation - asking how we might learn jotherwise, in other ways, while the world continues through ongoing cycles of collapse and renewal. Through conversation, listening, and imaginative exchange, the session foregrounds practices of embodied research, communal dreaming, and the weaving of counter-narratives. Together, the VSSL team and Rose Choreographic School cohort will consider how education might transform under pressure: beyond institutions, beyond certainty, and within the entangled temporalities of multiple apocalypses. This gathering is not open to the public, but its resonances will inform future ways in which both VSSL Studio and the Rose Choreographic School cohort continue to think, make, and share in uncertain times. Booking Information Thursday the 25th of September at VSSL Studio&nbsp;︎︎︎ This is a private event, not open to the public "...the focus is on coming together as a community of artist researchers to discover the conditions we need for speculation and articulation" - Rose Choreographic School <img width="4096" height="2730" width_o="4096" height_o="2730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4e9e8fc4504f623df97b6c6e75f66cafedeb73ffe3d2d8e4f5801f31db9d001/2-copy.png" data-mid="237346057" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4e9e8fc4504f623df97b6c6e75f66cafedeb73ffe3d2d8e4f5801f31db9d001/2-copy.png" /> Image courtesy of the Rose Choreographic School. <img width="4096" height="2730" width_o="4096" height_o="2730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7b674e3bb8ccf708da969a287468b2db51dd7cfc84df8381c796ffd669f9ed5/3.png" data-mid="237346056" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7b674e3bb8ccf708da969a287468b2db51dd7cfc84df8381c796ffd669f9ed5/3.png" /> Image courtesy of the Rose Choreographic School. About Rose Choreographic School Rose Choreographic School is an experimental research and pedagogy project. We support a cohort of 13 artists to explore their singular choreographic enquiries and to collectively imagine a school through which knowledges and practices can be developed and shared. There is no set curriculum or syllabus, and no predetermined outcome; the focus is on coming together as a community of artist researchers to discover the conditions we need for speculation and articulation. Each cycle of the School lasts two years, during which we offer access to studio spaces, mentoring and a research budget. The Artistic Faculty for this first cycle are Alesandra Seutin, Trajal Harrell and William Forsythe and they will invite engagement with their own research concerns and practices. The current cohort have collectively written a statement in solidarity with Palestine. It can be read in English or Arabic on our Publications page. www.rosechoreographicschool.com Credits DREAMING ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF EDUCATION WHILE WITNESSING APOCALYPSES (A GATHERING) &nbsp;as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. The programme is made possible with public funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England.&nbsp; <img width="1456" height="180" width_o="1456" height_o="180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edb8f489a8167c230f2d3f783a3a46f74bdf0a7cdde2ee4eff6a82ee675b447f/logo-banners-3.png" data-mid="237333212" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edb8f489a8167c230f2d3f783a3a46f74bdf0a7cdde2ee4eff6a82ee675b447f/logo-banners-3.png" /> https://vssl-studio.org/Mijke-Van-Der-Drift-and-Zissel-Aronow Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:42:39 +0000 VSSL studio https://vssl-studio.org/Mijke-Van-Der-Drift-and-Zissel-Aronow <img width="2245" height="1007" width_o="2245" height_o="1007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d690f7180e81437a69a8f5c81516b5adb94d4c6ceae4cd5c98a13d06d60e4e3/title-png-2.png" data-mid="237871615" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d690f7180e81437a69a8f5c81516b5adb94d4c6ceae4cd5c98a13d06d60e4e3/title-png-2.png" /> <img width="4490" height="3175" width_o="4490" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" data-mid="237873480" border="0" data-scale="60" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2d2da3bb03944ca2a821d66fde34fc761eee4f131d7f5902b8680dd22c3d11/1.png" /> A performance Talk RSVP: 7-9pm, Friday the 26th of September - at VSSL Studio <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69360a4f9d507b2570edafdcf7abee48e1b60e83f3a6203cf3ffd0c0161cef77/THE-PEST-CONFESSIONAL-BY-NANNAH-FAIR.png" data-mid="237873367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69360a4f9d507b2570edafdcf7abee48e1b60e83f3a6203cf3ffd0c0161cef77/THE-PEST-CONFESSIONAL-BY-NANNAH-FAIR.png" />Promotional image courtesy of Mijke van der Drift (photographed by Eda Sancakdar) and Zissel Aronow.&nbsp; Patriarchy’s tantrum of death sees attacks on trans people, refugees, migrants, and “politics of inclusion” which is shorthand for the right to racism and misogyny. The end might come in the guise of climate breakdown, or social uprisings, but it is coming closer, and we are part of it. In this performance talk, combining text and visuals, Mijke van der Drift and Zissel Aronow offer transfeminist concepts and practices for helping patriarchy face its own bitter end. Booking Information Friday the 26th of September, 7-pm at VSSL Studio&nbsp;︎︎︎ RSVPs essential - Book tickets HEREThe end might come in the guise of climate breakdown, or social uprisings, but it is coming closer, and we are part of it. - Mijke van der Drift <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f8cc0ea8a8d61668e63ffa520bb0e2480347d02e6052691780b51ed44c21793/2-copy.png" data-mid="237871632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f8cc0ea8a8d61668e63ffa520bb0e2480347d02e6052691780b51ed44c21793/2-copy.png" /> Promotional image courtesy of Zissel Aronow.&nbsp; <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d07c765b2de197a5b71cd27427ba337e14a9422849b8c6f41ee3a357349bf31/3-copy.png" data-mid="237871633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d07c765b2de197a5b71cd27427ba337e14a9422849b8c6f41ee3a357349bf31/3-copy.png" /> Promotional image courtesy of Mijke van der Drift photgraphed by Eda Sancakdar. About MIJKE VAN DER DRIFTMijke van der Drift works on transfeminist and anti-imperial ethics through philosophies of movement, collective action, and counter-cultural production. This work takes the form of writings, performances, and sound pieces, often by way of interdisciplinary collaborations. Mijke is Tutor (Research) at the Royal College of Art, London and co-chair of its Union branch. Mijke is a founding member of the arts collective Red Forest. Together with Nat Raha, Mijke co-authored Trans Femme Futures (Pluto 2024), and co-edit the Radical Transfeminism Zine. Mijke published in Alternatives, Social Text, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, with Cambridge University Press, and many other outlets. About ZISSEL ARONOWZissel Aronow is a community organiser and artist from Philadelphia. Their work focuses on bringing people together through the co-creation of spaces and objects marked by experimentation and collective action. Zissel recently curated an exhibition titled Out From the Centre at Mimosa House, highlighting the political work of queer, trans and disabled people in London over the last 40 years. They currently facilitate Queer Minds, a peer support programme for LGBTQIA+ people in South East London and recently published Until Palestine is Free: Lessons From a Student Intifada, which they co-edited with Tessnim Tolba. Credits TRANS GET DOWN: HOSPICING HE-MAN AT THE BITTER END - as part of ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE is co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield and Ash McNaughton. 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