Pervilion at Oasis Farm Waterloo
Sasha Piragova, Clementine Keith-Roach
James Knight & Michael Knight
Art Night, London, 7 July 2018
For Art Night 2018, Pervilion occupies a lofty, timber-framed barn at the threshold of London’s youngest city farm. Specially commissioned works by Sasha Pirogova, Clementine Keith-Roach and James Knight & Michael Knight explore the history of the area as a destination for escapism and refreshment.
Sasha Pirogova
Sasha Pirogova
Shift, 2018
Performance, 15 min
In a major new performative work, Sasha Pirogova explores the transformative effect of the garden. Penetrating the rigid and dissonant manmade space, the living world raises our consciousness of humans as part of it, and evokes a feeling of unity.
Clementine Keith-Roach
Clementine Keith-Roach
Belle Dam, 2018
Ceramic, plaster, wood, paint, milk substitute
Dimensions variable
Clementine Keith-Roach harnesses the tradition of the ornamental water feature as an invitation to relax and reflect. Milk substitute trickles from the breasts of Belle Dam, while hands and feet reach out to the environs at all angles. Clementine says: ‘Just as the mother's breast lactates at the infant's cry, Belle Dam spurts arcs of milk substitute in response to the groan of the city.’
James Knight & Michael Knight
James Knight & Michael Knight
Refraction: Oasis, 2018
Performance, sound
In an improvised sonic collage, the Knight brothers use modular synthesis to manipulate field recordings from Oasis Farm Waterloo and the local area along with commercially available vinyl. James says: ‘The process of refraction builds a sonic landscape that resonates with Vauxhall’s legendary place in the history of London nightlife and culture that stretches from the clubs and bars that stand today at Vauxhall Cross to the Pleasure Gardens of the 19th century and beyond. It’s being squeezed out – it’s perverse.’
Pervilion at Oasis Farm Waterloo
Sasha Pirogova, Clementine Keith-Roach, James Knight & Michael Knight
Curated by Dorothy Feaver
18 Carlisle Ln
London SE1 7LG
7 July 2018
Performers in Shift by Sasha Pirogova: Luis Amália, Chrysanthi Avloniti, Monika Blaszczak, Joe Boon, Jennie Boultbee, Jon Caruana, Mateo Dupleich, Willa Faulkner, Laura Hemming-Lowe, Emilia Kallioinen, Natalia Meksa, Magda Nordstrøm, Constanca Pimentão, Xristina Prompona, Katie Serridge, Paulína Šmatláková, Alida Stoman, Alice Watson, Patrick Webster
Film by Sophia Goulandris
Photos by Ottilie Landmark
T-shirt edition by Graham Sayle
Refreshments by Tommy Tannock & Johnnie Collins (The Store X)
Pervilion at Art Night 2018 was supported by The Store X The Vinyl Factory
with additional support from Oasis Farm Waterloo and Feilden Fowles
