Event overview
The Null/Void invite you to a double-feature show entitled 'Stockholm Syndrome'/'The Cargo Cult'. Both venues are situated in Peckham, in the immediate vicinity of each other.
In the field of tension between the two locations an overlap of concepts creates a powerful convergence of metaphors for artistic strategies in contemporary art. 'Stockholm Syndrome' is a term used to describe the positive bond some kidnap victims develop with their captor. From the 1970’s wealth celebrity turned revolutionary bankrobber, Patty Hearst (Grandaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst), to the recent revelations of undercover PC Mark Kennedy going native within the current militant activist movements, the Stockholm Syndrome continues to reverberate through radical politics into radical culture. Through live performance, video, fly posting, photomontage and collage this show will explore the territory of emotionaly manipulated shifts of ideological perception when isolated individuals respond to their captors and environments with strong emotional attachments and ultimately adopt the ideology of their extended family. In contrast, a Cargo Cult is a religious practice that has appeared in many traditional pre-industrial tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures. The cults focus on obtaining the material wealth (the "cargo") of the advanced culture through magic and religious rituals and practices. This reverberates with the expectation that art objects are believed to bring about an experience which has often been described as magical, mystical and sublime. The parallels in the fetishization of objects offers a way into looking at works of art through the lense of the phenomenon of 'Cargo Cult'.
Robin Bale / Thomas Bresolin / Ting-Tong Chang / Nigel Dunkley / Noam Edry / Zavier Ellis / Lauren Evans / Laura Oldfield Ford / Patrick Goddard / Thomas Johnson / Roman Liška / Nevine Mahmoud / Mark Mcgowan / Alexis Milne / Jeff Moerchen / Hannah Perry / Tom Poole / Anthony Williams
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2011 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | |
| 17 Mar 2011 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm | |
| 18 Mar 2011 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
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