Auto Italia, London, 23 February 2019, 18:00 — 19:00
Ndayé Kouagou, Tarek Lakhrissi, Christelle Oyiri and Harilay Rabenjamina
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.