At one’s pleasure

Considering the complex relationship between simulation, hyperreality, spontaneity and performance, Ad-Lib is conceived as an extemporaneous act – a momentary coming together of expressions, objects and moments.

Exploring the tension between spontaneous behaviour and crafted performance, a collection of work across performance, sculpture, painting and sound are caught in the act – frozen as decoys that lure the real.

As we collectively navigate a world saturated with media, signs and spectacle, Ad-Lib looks to question what we know to be real and what we understand to be simulated, and how the blurring of the two might be reconciled. If there is a loss of a genuine, unmediated experience, are there uncontrolled actions – can we be spontaneous?

Opening: 9th May 18:00-22:00

Continues 10th-25th May 2025
Opening hours Thur – Sun 1200 – 1700

Rob Branigan, Jack Catling, Erato Chatzisavva, Kate Davis & David Moore, Catherine Ferguson, Rebecca Fortnum, Luca George, Matthew Galpin, Giorgos Kontis, Christina Mamakos, Giannis Mitrou, Liz Murray, David Stearn, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Julia Vogl, Aaron Williamson, Sharon Young