Keiken In Conversation

Artist Collective Keiken will be in conversation with Vickie Fear, Curator/Programme Manager at Aspex on Wednesday 16 March, 6–7.30pm, to discuss the development of their practice since their residency at Aspex in 2020 and the work in their latest exhibition, Player of Cosmic ༄ؘ ° Realms.

Marking the collective’s first solo exhibition in the South of England, Player of Cosmic ༄ؘ ° Realms is on at Aspex from 19 January until 27 March 2022. In this free evening talk, Keiken will provide an insight into the two works presented in the exhibition – The Life Game, an interactive CGI film series; and Bet(a) Bodies, a wearable technology designed to stimulate empathy and a physical simulation of the experience of pregnancy – with the opportunity for you to experience these first hand in our gallery space.

They will also share how their practice has developed since their residency at Aspex in 2020, which concluded in a new digital commission in collaboration with Ryan Vautier, titled We Are At The End Of Something. Set inside a CGI Metaport (subverted airport), the moving image episode re-imagined experiences of travel in a post Covid-19 world, asking questions about surveillance and capitalism. As with many of Keiken’s artworks the piece has since evolved and been presented as a fully immersive 360° projection in Barcelona, online with the Yerevan Biennale and also shown in Brazil and Berlin. During this event there will also be an opportunity to see the work. 

Keiken are the winners of the 2021 Chanel Prize, and have exhibited nationally and internationally including in Berlin, Shanghai, Yerevan, Barcelona and Liverpool. They will be 2022 residents at Somerset House Studios.

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