Mariana Echeverri

The How are you still clean evening of poetic readings and live performances at London’s ICA will take place on May 25.

Curated by ICA Student Forum members Madeleine Stack, Giada Marson and Marcel Darienzo, the evening will feature Jay Bernard, Tai Shani, Jesse Darling, Mariana Echeverri + Madeleine Stack, Sophie Robinson and Taylor le Melle.

An evening that asks “how does language penetrate? How are we made dirty? Do we wish to be clean?” the participants will explore contagion and the fear of infiltration against the backdrop of an ‘imaginary of individuality’ that we are whole, stand alone beings, without slippage or leak. Focusing on the moments that are constantly “slipping between your fingers,” the curators have put together a night that aims to expose, transmit and permeate through boundaries.

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The Sham Romance group exhibition is on at London’s Chalton Gallery, opening October 25 and running to October 29.

Picking apart the multiplicity of romance, the show features work and performances by Mariana Echeverri, Pennie Koliopoulou, Ulijona Odišarija, Hannah Regel, Joe Ridgeon, Victoria Sin, Madeleine Stack, Puck Verkade and Ruth Waters.

“What do we allow to penetrate us when dealing with love, loss and attraction? How do we play along with social norms and dynamics and do we still fetishise them once they’ve been brought to light?”

The opening night will also host performances by Harry Bix, Sarah Boulton and Soohyun Choi. There will be an evening of screenings on October 29, featuring ‘Pennie’ by Lola Clavo, ‘Pix’ by Antonio da Silva, ‘If You Did Not Exist’ by Theo Turpin, ‘Prosopagnosia’ by Katie Hare.

See the Chalton Gallery website for details.**

Something forever slipping between your fingers + the imaginary of individuality in How are you still clean at ICA, May 25

Sham Romance @ Chalton Gallery, Oct 25 – 29