An evening of performance, music and dance to mark the end of Angel Zinovieff’s Material Archive: UKG Cosmology
Delve into the themes and sounds of SDS’s third Material Archive from Angel Zinovieff: UKG Cosmology – a collection of works made between 2014-2023 that explore personal and social collective histories of the UK garage rave scene of the early 2000s.
A two-part performance will happen twice across the evening. Beginning with an experimental lecture and guided tour, Angel will lead us through the exhibition elaborating on its themes of collective memory, erasure, madness, and persistence. Angel will then be joined by Siin Lee in a collaborative activation of the building, moving with and through the ‘heart space’ as a carrier of history and a place of potential.
You are also invited to dance, dance and dance to Angel’s (incomplete) electronic music archive which takes us through Larry Levan’s synth experiments, the beginnings of house, into UK Garage and beyond.
Installed in throughout the studios since March 2024, UKG Cosmology surveys sonic, choreographic and social histories of the UK garage rave scene. Across eight works it maps themes such as joy in collective movement, transcendence, madness, the power of the imagination and the division of time. Find out more about Material Archive: UKG Cosmology here.
This exhibition is part of Artist Archive, a programme that questions what an archive can be and who gets to have one.
On the Ground and First floor
Event Schedule
5 – 6pm | Performance 1
6 – 7.30pm | Dancing and drinks
7.30 – 8.30pm | Performance 2
8.30 – 9.30 | Dancing and drinks
Tickets
Pay what you choose
£5 – £12 / Kids go free
There will be a designated Quiet Space in the building.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Angel Zinovieff
Angel Zinovieff is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance, film, music, collage, and writing. Their work is interested in social spheres, spheres of time, the body and it’s inheritances. The micro of an individual life, into the many macros of our existence: relational, sociopolitical, our time on earth, and out into the cosmic unfathomable.
ACCESS AND AMENITIES AT SDS
Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible, with lifts to all floors. There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website). Our main door is power assisted.
Amenities include:
- Changing facilities*
- Communal showers*
- Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets
- Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, and microwave
- Snack Bar: We have a small selection of bars, drinks and food available to buy from the front desk.
- Shops: The closest shop is Superway Supermarket on Garden Row (4 min walk), the closest supermarket is Sainsbury’s on New Kent Road (7 min walk). We also recommend the Art Cafe which serves sandwiches, jacket potatoes and meals (3 min walk).
* Our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.