MATERIAL ACTORS
PV 24th of September 6pm-9pm
25th September - 1st November 2025
Open Weds - Sat, 12pm-6pm
Artist Talk: Weds 15th Oct, 7pm
Closing Event: Sat 1st Nov, 3-6pm
No. 1 Poultry, Gallery 3, London, EC2R 8EN
Kindly supported by
Hypha Studios & Cheapside
Alice Browne
Charlie Franklin
Lauren Godfrey
Oona Grimes
Pia Pack
Milly Peck
Michelle Williams Gamaker
Laura White
Binder of Women collective presents an exhibition of contemporary female-identifying artists at No. 1 Poultry who operate at the overlap of reality and fantasy, playing with expectations and experience of material forms and re-appraising object performativity. ‘Material Actors’ explores the tipping point of formal representation into the theatrical and cinematic world of mimicry and artifice. When does play-acting become real? Can crocodile tears gain sincerity?
The exhibition brings together existing and newly created works in a range of media including painting, moving image and sculpture at the magnificent No. 1 Poultry building in the heart of Bank in which artists have been invited to play with a full spectrum of grandeur, from the grossly theatrical to the boldly mundane. The exhibition draws inspiration from the anti-hierarchical and broad influence of the postmodern style epitomised by James Stirling’s architectural design which exudes a functional and somewhat excessive presence - a material attention seeker in a sea of normality. The exterior recalls Egyptian pyramids, cruise ships and Mediterranean villas while the interior space of Gallery 3 retains elements of its previous use as a gym in which users wore costumes that deliver electric shocks to muscles during exercise. This unusual setting is an energetic and eclectic space in which to welcome community and dialogue with fellow artists and locals in this distinctive location.
Binder of Women creates enduring links between artists at all stages of their careers, nurturing a collaborative and supportive spirit. We have extended this to the curation, bringing together existing members of the community and inviting new ones to join our evolving collective.
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INSIDED
Two or more surfaces. A ‘line’ of space in-between. Interval. Abutted. Fissure. Lacuna. Gap. No matter how close, there is always an IN-side A space that is not fixed. A place where dust can gather and bacteria can grow. An internal facet. The space between artworks, between columns, between doorframe edges, between tiles and buildings. What takes place here, what potential exists in these openings of negative but not empty space? Can we place our imagination in this space? Can we conceptualise the non-existence of the insided? Described by Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in the 1950’s as ‘The Organic Line’ and revisited by historian Irene V. Small in her recent book of the same name, this anti-heroic creation resists gesture, it is ’a breath, a blade, a trace of air, a gutter and furrow; a void that irrigates and cleaves; a crevice and cleft that differentiates matter and ruptures the plane...it is a line devoid of a mark’ (Small, I. V. (2024), The Organic Line, New York: Zone Books). The artists in this exhibition playfully explore the creation of internal facets and thresholds in their own works as well as respond to the architectural insides of Outpost Gallery.
Alice Browne, Gabriela Giroletti, Lauren Godfrey and Pia Pack
OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich, 10B Wensum St, Norwich NR3 1HR
7 - 29 June 2025
PV Saturday 7 June 3pm - 7pm
Insided is a group exhibition presented by artist collective Binder of Women. The exhibition brings together
the work of Alice Browne, Gabriela Giroletti, Lauren Godfrey and Pia Pack at OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich, UK.
About OUTPOST Gallery
OUTPOST is an artist-run charity, based in Norwich, committed to the uncompromising presentation of
contemporary art. The charity runs a gallery which currently facilitates a programme of 5 exhibitions per
year, alongside a series of offsite projects, events, and artists editions. www.norwichoutpost.org
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