POSTPONED - Superstitions and Speculations: Comedic Live Exhibition Tour

AboutHOXTON 253 is a London based non-profit artist run gallery and project space, providing an experimental platform to emerging and mid-career artists.Our aim is to nurture creative talents and to build a community of artists and local residents with the objective to provoke critical dialogue within contemporary culture and society.As a green and sustainability-conscious initiative, our passion lies in creating environments that question our communal and individual responsibilities in regards to our societal and political position in the world, while also dedicating particular attention to highlighting artistic voices that challenge the current untenable system and promote a healthier and sustainable future.Acting as a cultural bridge in the heart of Hoxton, we invite local, national and international creatives to participate in our diverse ongoing program, including exhibitions, experimental and educational projects, residencies, workshops, events and screenings. The space, founded in 2019, has already proven to be a valuable platform to artists including those with non-commercial focus, producing over 50 exhibitions, events, and projects.​Our doors are open to all art lovers, artists, the local community, as well as patrons and collectors.

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Witches, Scamps and Things Solo Exhibition programme: Superstitions and Speculations | A Comedic Live Tour with Jay Bennett

Join comedic performer Jay Bennett on an immersive journey around Witches, Scamps and Things , a multidisciplinary exhibition by artist Kelly Sweeney. Encounter Sweeney’s folkloric creatures, supernatural phenomena and otherworldly things as they linger around you, inhabiting the gallery space. Become enlightened by factual tales of the most fictitious kind laced with superstitious absurdity from real life encounters with Sweeney’s phantasmagoric pantheon. Expect fabricated myths, cures for bites and life-saving tips on who not to feed after midnight. Make an offering at the shrine, invoke a goddess or two and never cross the streams. The strange and peculiar are especially welcome. The performance has been commissioned by the artist exclusively for the show.You will also get the opportunity to watch Colour Me Pink, which premiered at the Horse Hospital in January, and meet artist Kelly Sweeney who will be joining us on our otherworldly trip around the show. The perfect way to start a weekend. Fly solo. Bring friends. Make new ones. Meet those who may not be all they seem.A finalist in London Cabaret Awards, nominated for Best Comedy Event at Buxton Fringe and as seen on BBC Three, Jay Bennett is a London-based comedian who most recently performed her hilarious multifaceted show; An Audience with Yasmine Day at London’s Soho Theatre. Having trained at the Guildford School of Acting, Jay combines comedy and cabaret to create engaging shows full to the brim with comedic dynamism. Jay is an experienced improviser and part of London’s Free Association where she performs weekly.Kelly Sweeney is a London-based multidisciplinary artist who studied at Nottingham Trent University and Chelsea School of Art graduating with an MA in 2014. Sweeney exhibits regularly, and has work in private collections in Europe, Asia, America, Canada and the UK. Witches, Scamps and Things showcases an Arts Council England supported body of work comprising film, sculpture and paintings. A text by curator and writer Linda Rocco accompanies the exhibition. The gallery is hosting a programme of events alongside the show. <a href="https://www.hoxton253.com/subscribe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Join our mailing list</a> for further details or discover the full programme here: <a href="http://hoxton253.com/kelly-sweeney" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">hoxton253.com/kelly-sweeney</a>The exhibition and associated programme is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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