Mnemonic City: Moving Streets

Moving Streets is the latest in a series of exhibitions by 'Magma Collectiveâ€ under the project title 'Mnemonic Cityâ€, which refers to the City as a place of history and memory.

The pieces and performances in this show find inspiration in a series of walks and meetings by artists from the collective in and around Ridley Road Market in Dalston, London. The pieces on show are a direct response to this particular Market and the artists' perception and interaction with the trade taking place at the market.

The starting point of Moving Streets was to present the market as a question to the participating artists that seems simple when viewed as a single system - as a place of exchange. However, in the course of the group's interaction it revealed itself as a complex organism, which reflects and contains an archetypal world of trade.

The cultural differences, which form the unity of Ridley Road Market, the idea of a place of trade versus a public place, and the basic needs that preserve the market's existence, all contribute to an artistic response which is an exploration rather than an answer. Moving Streets presents the immediate perception of the market in an emotional response that attempts to question ideas of the 'spectacle' as a central mechanism of society.

Works by:
Yuri Pirondi, Anna Burel, Rupert Jaeger, Pascal Ancel Bartholdi, Ines Von Bonhorst, Max,Julien Thomasset, Jaime Valtierra, Yasmine Dainelli, Rodrigo CÃ©sar and Ken Flaherty.

Performances by:
Ines Von Bonhorst, Lucia Tong / Yuri Pirondi, Michael Picknett, Jaime Valtierra / Rodrigo CÃ©sar / Mikail Baur / Pascal Ancel Bartholdi / Riccardo Attanasio Mataklas