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Out of the Blue, 2019, Tarek Lakhrissi. Performance view of Different Alibis, 2019, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy of the artist. Photographer: Katarzyna Perlak.

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Collective Amnesia, 2019, Christelle Oyiri. Performance view of Different Alibis, 2019, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy of the artists. Photographer: Katarzyna Perlak.

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One side is rarely similar to the other, 2019, Ndayé Kouagou. Performance view of Different Alibis, 2019, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy of the artists. Photographer: Katarzyna Perlak.

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TGK, 2019, Harilay Rabenjamina. Performance view of Different Alibis, 2019, Auto Italia, London, UK. Courtesy of the artists. Photographer: Katarzyna Perlak.

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Different Alibis are a means of claiming a place in the world. But which world? A world composed of magnetisms; of redefinitions of spaces and words through speech, movement or music. A new way for a generation born in the 1990s to attain a certain vulnerability. And a political means of opening up a toolbox to then develop critical perspectives. To have an alibi is a means of defence. To have an alibi is to be elsewhere. To have an alibi is to circumvent the rules. To sense a way out, mysteries to solve, newspeaks, queer, femme and people of color bodies that urge us to “feel” identities like magnetic fields. Not unlike dinner with a chosen family, this evening’s meal will (maybe) include a performance by Ndayé Kouagou entitled One side is rarely similar to the other, a screening of the short scifi movie Out of the Blue directed by Tarek Lakhrissi, a performance called TGK by Harilay Rabenjamina about an R&B group on the brink of implosion, and Christelle Oyiri will end the meal with her Collective Amnesia piece. Be prepared for a superb catastrophe.

Different Alibis has been made possible with support from The Institut français du Royaume-Uni.

Auto Italia’s commissions are made possible by our Exhibition Circle and Member supporters.