This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect

This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect

Raven Row

Gallery House, Exhibition Road, London, August 1973. Photo: Reza Modjabi.

February 7, 2017
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect
Seven weekends of performances, screenings and discussions
February 9–March 26, 2017
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Gallery House was one of London’s most influential and extraordinary art spaces in the 1970s, directed by Sigi Krauss with assistant director Rosetta Brooks. For only sixteen months in 1972-73, in a vacant mansion provided by the German government next to the German Institute in South Kensington, Gallery House hosted exhibitions, residencies, performances and events as well as pioneering “expanded cinema” and much new film and video work. For many of the featured artists, Gallery House would prove a formative experience.

Gallery House favoured heterogeneity, colliding the multiplicity of forms and styles co-existing at the time, from performance and experimental cinema to cybernetic, social and conceptual practices. Ultimately, the radical nature of Gallery House’s programme led to its abrupt and contested closure by the German Institute.

This Way Out of England seeks to emulate the spirit of Gallery House by inviting a number of artists to rethink their original interventions in the space. The episodic nature of this project acknowledges the impossibility of framing what was an ephemeral experiment. The project is curated by Antony Hudek and Alex Sainsbury. 

Weekend programmes 
Please see website for details 

February 9, 10pm–February 12, 10pm 
Stuart Brisley, continuous performance, 72 hours
Marc Camille Chaimowicz, “belated opening,” a sociable place with Lola and Adrien 

In the galleries:
Maya Balcioglu and Stuart Brisley, Gustav Metzger

February 17–19
John Dugger, Ergonic workshops
David Medalla, Stitch in Time
Film programme based on A Survey of the Avant-Garde in Britain Part 3 (organised with LUX): Ian Breakwell, John Du Cane, Stephen Dwoskin, Peter Gidal, David Hall and Tony Sinden, Mike Leggett, Bill Lundberg, Denis Masi, Anthony McCall, Stuart Pound, William Raban and Carolee Schneemann

In the galleries:
John Dugger, Robert Filliou, Darcy Lange, David Medalla, Gustav Metzger 

February 24–26
Graham Stevens, presentation
Centre for Behavioural Art, round table
Düsseldorf discussion, with Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel and Max Schulze

In the galleries:
Ian Breakwell, John Dugger, Düsseldorf Film Group, Robert Filliou, Gerard Hemsworth, Susan Hiller, Darcy Lange, David Medalla, Gustav Metzger, Graham Stevens, Stephen Willats/Centre for Behavioural Art

March 3–5
Victor Burgin, presentation
Filmaktion—Gill Eatherley, Malcolm Le Grice, Annabel Nicolson, William Raban—curated by Mark Webber

In the galleries:
Ian Breakwell, Michael Druks, John Dugger, Düsseldorf Film Group, Robert Filliou, Gerard Hemsworth, Ed Herring, Susan Hiller, David Lamelas, Darcy Lange, David Medalla, Gustav Metzger, Graham Stevens, Stephen Willats/Centre for Behavioural Art

March 10–12
Anthony McCall, slide performance
Carlyle Reedy, durational performance

In the galleries:
Ian Breakwell, Victor Burgin, Michael Druks, Robert Filliou, Gerard Hemsworth, Ed Herring, Susan Hiller, David Lamelas, Darcy Lange, Anthony McCall, Gustav Metzger, Graham Stevens, Stephen Willats/Centre for Behavioural Art

March 17–19
Gallery House round table

In the galleries:
Ian Breakwell, Victor Burgin, Michael Druks, Robert Filliou, Gerard Hemsworth, Ed Herring, Susan Hiller, David Lamelas, Darcy Lange, Anthony McCall, Gustav Metzger, Newport Group, Stephen Willats/Centre for Behavioural Art

March 24–26
John Latham, Object Lectures performance organised by Gareth Bell-Jones
Finissage discussion with Michael Newman and Sanja Perovic

In the galleries:
Ian Breakwell, Stuart Brisley, Victor Burgin, Michael Druks, Robert Filliou, Gerard Hemsworth, Ed Herring, Susan Hiller, David Lamelas, Anthony McCall, Gustav Metzger, Newport Group, Stephen Willats/Centre for Behavioural Art, Film programme based on A Survey of the Avant-Garde in Britain Part 3 (organised with LUX)

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