Is it Rude or Polite to Leave the Room?

The exhibition pulls together artists who use withdrawal and counterproductive labour as a powerful over-riding stance and questions whether retreat or loss of control can be an effective form of defiance.  Self administrative strategies respond to a range of today’s conversations around commerce, activism, ecology and health. The presentation of public displays of anxiety replace the mediated and hierarchical positions of protest, ranging from the quiet, to a more chaotic homespun subordination. Works range between performance, poetry and media, some either activated or leaving a trace.