Resistance
No Format Gallery | 14 - 22 April 2012
private view: 13. 04. 2012 | 6 - 9 pm www.noformat.co.uk

Action
Son Gallery, Peckham | 27 April - 26 May 2012
private view: 25. 04. 2012 | 6 - 9 pm www.songallery.co.uk

No Fixed Abode will organise a program of
events, screenings and conversations
www.nofixedabode.org.uk

A project in two parts, The Function of the Oblique presents a series of artistic responses to the eponymous work of architectural theory by Paul Virilio and Claude Parent, in which they declare 'the end of the vertical as the axis of elevation' and 'the end of the horizontal as the permanent plane'.
The concept of the oblique was presented as a new mode of appropriating space, promoting continuous, fluid movement and forcing the body to adapt to instability. Approached from different attitudes, Resistance and Action, this two part exhibition takes place across two gallery's in South East London.

Resistance is set at No Format Gallery, Woolwich, and will be informed by an understanding of the oblique as resistance to gravity and its horizontal legacy.

Action will take place at Son Gallery in Peckham and analyses physical and architectural conditions favoring fluidity, alteration and constant change.

Through a series of experimental events created by intersecting fields of architecture, broadcast, film, installation and publication, No Fixed Abode will develop forms of shared critique and reflection. Initially a series of film screenings and performative talks are planned. No Fixed Abode is the artistic collaboration between Robert Quirk and Terry Slater.

In both Resistance and Action the artists use concepts of the oblique as a destabilising force, creating imbalance and unexpected outputs by employing a variety of media to challenge traditional conceptions of space.

Son Gallery opening hours: Friday - Saturday 12:00 to 18:00

For more information please contact Guy Robertson: guy@songallery.co.uk / 0044 7735 459614