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bathroom dances
by libby scarlett16.01 - 01.02
fri - sun / 13:00 - 19:00
closing (dance) party
31.01 (sat) / 7-9pm
All welcome!
Libby Scarlett presents a series of three new videos that question labour, time, and autonomy to explore change through bodily movement and restricted duration. Bathroom Dances are a moment to disconnect from labour. To reunite the neglected or overburdened body/mind through fast, fun, rebellious, small-time, big-impact dances.
The exhibition is viewed from outside the gallery, allowing the audience to look into the personal, intimate space of the bathroom to witness the private moments these dances hold. The floor will be covered with shiny, silver tiles that reflect the videos in them - the chrome of bathroom suites colliding with a dance floor.
To accompany the installation, an edition of complimentary Bathroom Dance instructions will be available for visitors to take home, as an invitation to experience the power and immediacy of a Bathroom Dance of their own.
take me home
by MAXREX 5.02 - 22.02
private view / 5.02 / 18:30 – 20:00 / live performance / 19:00
walk in / friday – sunday / 18:30 – 20:00
nightly show / weekdays 18:30 – 20:00
film screening / 14.02 / 12:00 – 18:00
drawing workshop / 15.02 / 10:30 – 12:30
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Envisioned as a film in plastic form, TAKE ME HOME is a nocturnal fantasia starring an e-scooter as the lone witness to a mysterious nightly ritual.
The exhibition builds upon MAXREX’s universe of short films which re-imagine urban public spaces as stages for absurd nocturnal rites.
MAXREX is the collaborative practice of Hugo Max and Bora Rex.
say thank you
by charlene galea26.02 - 1.03
26–27.02 / 9:00 - 21:00 - writing
28.02 / 16:00 - live performance
1.03 - installation remains
A developing, text-based durational performance presented at Out House Gallery, London, as part of the ongoing project Cracks of Narratives.
This work grows from Galea’s years living in London (2004-2016) before working in the arts, a time shaped by hospitality, nightlife, and everyday encounters. Returning to the city, the performance allows memories to surface through writing, voice, and physical presence.
At its centre is the phrase “thank you” : a word repeated until it slows down and regains weight. Written on blank till rolls (a memory of writing Charlene’s first poetry on this paper whilst working as a waitress), language shifts from transaction to care, from habit to attention. Over long hours, the act of writing transforms the space into an evolving installation of text, sound, memory, and trace. The audience is invited to enter quietly and witness the process as it unfolds. The live performance will be a witness of what remains in the body when all the words have been stamped down. Viewers are invited to come in any time of the process.