Auto Italia, London, 03 June 2016 — 24 July 2016
Aimar Arriola, Aktham Alwany, Alwany Ammar, Ammar Abdo, Milad Amin, Mujahid Abu Aljoud, Ziad Adwan, Philipp Borgers/Freifunk Berlin, Research Center for Proxy Politics, Brian Holmes, Ayaz Ismail, Hasan Kattan, Doreen Mende, Laura Preston, PWR, Abd Quntar, Robert Rapoport, Hito Steyerl, Suzanne Treister, thricedotted and Nina Wiesnagrotzki
HFT The Gardener, 2014-15, Suzanne Treister. Installation view of Hailweed, 2016, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy the artist. Photographer: Theo Cook.
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HFT The Gardener, 2014-15, Suzanne Treister. Installation view of
Hailweed, 2016, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy the artist. Photographer: Theo Cook.
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Installation view of
Hailweed, 2016, Auto Italia, London, UK. From left:
HFT The Gardener, 2014-15, Suzanne Treister.
One Precious Thing, 2014, Ayaz Ismail.
The Keratin Manifesto, 2016, Aimar Arriola. Courtesy the artists. Photographer: Theo Cook.
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A Real Dream, 2014, Ziad Adwan. Installation view of
Hailweed, 2016, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy the artist. Photographer: Theo Cook.
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Hailweed is an exhibition bringing together artists, writers and collective agencies to investigate notions of dependency and parasitic potential within oppressive infrastructures whether emotional, financial or biopolitical.
The exhibition space will become a host for this set of wild (eco)systems, rethinking the use and abuse value of artistic exchange relationships in terms of sovereignty, identity, care and self-interest. Looking at new methodologies and modes of operation within dominant structures, Hailweed invites projects to create a space of overlapping, competitive and osmotic participants. At the heart, the exhibition is an investigation into the power dynamics and interest representations at play within different artistic relationships between both artists and institutions.
Hailweed has been made possible with support from Goethe-Institut London and Tower Hamlets Council.
