Jasmine Picot-Chapman‘s solo exhibition A Gift Given in Feudal Fashion was on at London’s Almanac, running from December 24 t0 26, 2016.
Open 24-hours, during the UK Christmas holidays, the event invited people to “participate in non-participation” and “contemplate celebration and celebrate contemplation through acts of celebration and contemplation.” Exploring the idea of leisure-time provided by the state, as well as rituals of the culture industry, the exhibition explores what is socially constructed versus fundamental to human “needs, wants and desires.”
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The show was host to a series of events including a sound piece on December 24 by Sandra Brown, a tea/reading by Bronte Dow and Rosie Taylor on December 25 — who also contributed texts to the exhibition booklet — a festive lunch made by James Cabaniuk, a lecture/DJ set by Hanni Kamaly and burning of a scent by Ahmad Sardar Afkhami, among other things.**