RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT 
3rd January -2nd February 2025 

Exhibition guide
 

 In formulating this exhibition we wanted to address the anxiety we collectively feel with the current brutal state of the modern world. In 2025, we look to a new age that we have no control over, we are faced with a depressive reality that has buried itself deep within our psyche. 
 

In cycles we watch as people die in genocide, we watch our climate die, we struggle against the cost of living crisis. We watch our right to protest die through actions like the Policing Bill, we realise we are the last people to have unrestricted freedom to protest. We grieve beauty destroyed by capitalist oppression, but continue tirelessly to create beauty in the world around us.  

When looking at the submissions that we received for this exhibition we noticed a narrative forming between the works. There are postcards to people in war (Seth Guy), trying to reach out to those affected and to understand what is happening to them. We see oppression and focus on the insidious nature of power, where we are constantly being monitored (Nikolas Wereszczyński) and we realise the rootlessness of our existence (Delnara El). We try to take action and file petitions which are then rejected (Amber Hill), we realise that our political leaders are blind (Mark Shepherd). 

We clench our fists, we change our language (Yu Zoe Cui). We recognise the devils in our society and we greet them by protest (Patrick Metcalfe, Izzy Hellam, Isabella Luciani). As a result of protest, power bites back, we cry and we watch as people die (EK Myerson, Jo Warren, Simon Elliott). We imagine a world where world leaders are made to suffer like us (Emilia Bryant).

 

We watch as our climate dies (Simon Elliott, Gen Doy) and we imagine what the apocalypse would look like if it ever were to happen (Moises Moreno). We wonder if the apocalypse were to happen, who would be rich enough to survive, who would make it onto the life raft at the end of the world and what would that look like (Mark Shepherd).

The exhibition ends with a poem, a shout into the void, a plea for a better world (Nafeesa Naz Zaman). We cry out and we try to make a difference in the world. We seek to create beauty in the hope for a better future, we rage against the dying of the light.

 

Please note, we will not facilitate the sale of any work from this exhibition, if you would like to purchase any work from this exhibition we have provided the email address of the artist next to the description of their work.

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