Journal

Our journal includes interviews and articles documenting and providing insight into our collaborators, artists, guests, events and the artworks which we are honoured to exhibit.

Oliver Laric – Rock Hyphen Orchid Wasp
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Oliver Laric – Rock Hyphen Orchid Wasp

‘Rock Hyphen Orchid Wasp’ extends from Oliver Laric's ongoing exploration of metamorphosis and the anthropomorphisation of animals. In this latest project, Laric moves beyond a single morph dimension for the first time to reveal a non-linear, decentralised and interconnected relationship between classical categories.

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Interview: Malgosia Stepnik
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Interview: Malgosia Stepnik

Upon the installation of her new piece Sea of Life, on view until the end of September 2024, Malgosia Stepnik sits down with curator Alexa Munemann to discuss the philosophy in her practice, working with local artisans to produce limited prints, and giving a glimpse into the upcoming dinner Malgosia will be hosting for Shoreditch Arts Club members on September 26th 2024. 

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Interview: George Henry Longly
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Interview: George Henry Longly

George Henry Longly is the recipient artist of Shoreditch Arts Club’s next moving image commission. His video works ISIT (Zero G),  ISIT (Deep Sea), and We All Love Your Life, are curated by the club’s long-time collaborators Tony Tremlett and Ruth Waters, and will be shown on our prominent screens throughout April, coexisting with the artist’s other physical works in the space.

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International Women’s Day 2024 – The World We Live In
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International Women’s Day 2024 – The World We Live In

Shoreditch Arts Club had the pleasure of putting together a week-long programme of empowering events leading up to International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, with the help of new and long-time collaborators spanning across film, fashion and art sectors.  

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Interview: Jennifer Pattison
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Interview: Jennifer Pattison

Jennifer Pattison’s work Eggs & Stones #I is part of her ongoing series, Burnt Eggshells & All The Things I Left Behind (2017-2023 wip). The photograph of a shell-less egg nested in frosted grass was one of her daughter’s science experiments from school, documented by Pattison during the starvation of social interactions of the pandemic – the frozen potential of life. 

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Daniel Burley – Untitled (clown shaped speaker)
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Daniel Burley – Untitled (clown shaped speaker)

The work Untitled (clown shaped speaker) is conceptualised and originally displayed by the artist Daniel Burley, as a speaker, playing Cook In The Slaughterhouse; an audiobook written and recorded by the artist. It is part of Shoreditch Arts Club’s most recent rotation of artworks, situated above the large projection wall when entering the club, its presence looming overhead…

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Omer Ga’ash — NudeTexture
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Omer Ga’ash — NudeTexture

To send off Shoreditch Arts Club’s inaugural year we are pleased to welcome multidisciplinary artist Omer Ga’ash as the recipient of our Winter moving image commission, with the work titled NudeTexture, curated by Tamara Admoni.

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Ellipsis Prints… A Platform for Equality
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Ellipsis Prints… A Platform for Equality

Shoreditch Arts Club is excited to house a collection of limited edition prints by Ellipsis Prints, an art initiative which addresses gender inequality in the contemporary art world by commissioning new prints from women and non-binary artists in the UK.

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Casting the spotlight on Chisenhale Editions with Zoé Whitley
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Casting the spotlight on Chisenhale Editions with Zoé Whitley

Shoreditch Arts Club are to present a curated selection of fantastic editions created to support their ongoing programming and maintain free access to their art space.

Ché Zara Blomfield, curator at Shoreditch Arts Club, asked Chisenhale Gallery director Zoé Whitley a few questions about the importance of supporting their programme through art editions.

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Zethu Maseko — Where There Is Love and Water, Life Will Live
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Zethu Maseko — Where There Is Love and Water, Life Will Live

Zethu Maseko is one of several emerging artists taking the spotlight as the Autumn season starts at Shoreditch Arts Club. Where There Is Love and Water, Life Will Live, 2023 by Zethu Maseko is a tapestry exploring the relationship between mind, body, creativity, water, and justice.

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Interview: Libby Heaney
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Interview: Libby Heaney

Libby Heaney is the recipient of our autumn moving image commission curated by Tony Tremlett and Ruth Waters. The installation, titled slimeQrawl, marks Heaney as the first artist to use quantum computing as an artistic medium.

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Interview: Tia O’Donnell – I Want a Refund
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Interview: Tia O’Donnell – I Want a Refund

Tia O’Donnell’s university education was thoroughly disrupted by Covid, forcing students to produce and showcase their work online with no compensation offered. Read about her protest at her graduation ceremony and how it has now become a movement all across the UK.

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Interview: Nina Cristante
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Interview: Nina Cristante

Nina Cristante is an artist and musician, who has recently started exploring the world of filmmaking. Her practice investigates themes of exchange, especially how bodies interact around various forms of health, including physical and mental trauma, and how contemporary, globalised lifestyles embody and transfer these forms.

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Land Days and Dance Nights – Our Screens with Daata
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Land Days and Dance Nights – Our Screens with Daata

Two thematics explored, Land – which lights up the club until 5pm – and Dance, which welcomes the darker hours and extends from the summer moving image commission by Ndoho Ange, curated by Ruth Waters and Tony Tremlett in our ongoing collaboration with Daata.

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Interview: Ndoho Ange – Who’s Fear Death
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Interview: Ndoho Ange – Who’s Fear Death

Ndoho Ange is the recipient of our summer moving image commission running from June until the start of September 2023, curated by Tony Tremlett and Ruth Waters. The installation, titled Who’s Fear Death, encompasses five new video works exploring identity through dance, poetry, moving image and digital aesthetics. 

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Summoning the Senses With Our Summer Cocktails
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Summoning the Senses With Our Summer Cocktails

Welcoming long London days, and warm summer nights, our cocktail list takes shape as a handbook filled with fruity refreshments. Discover our summer cocktails which make perfect aperitifs, with divine drinks for friendly meetings and seasonal gatherings at the club.

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Interview: Lulu Wang
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Interview: Lulu Wang

Lulu Wang (she/her) is an East London-based Chinese interdisciplinary artist. Through her visual creation and performance, she sees the body as a vessel and a shifting space that shapes human identity.

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Oliver Laric – Sun Tzu Janus
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Oliver Laric – Sun Tzu Janus

Oliver Laric is among the most innovative and influential artists of his generation. Known for his work exploring questions of authorship and originality in the age of digital reproduction, his artwork started to be shared on blogs and websites in the early 2000s, associating him with what became termed Post Internet Art.

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