Seventeen

Events at Seventeen

• A Plea for Tenderness at Seventeen

  Art

  12 Jan 2012 to 25 Feb 2012

  I want to make a show that tries to illuminate the space that exists between sincerity and irony, or between apparent honesty and the techniques used to convey or convince people about the truth of what they are being told. I want to look at the romanticism of the direct address, the idea that presenting something with no frills is an effort to not present it at all, but to allow it to be seen. Or the sensation of seeing something that feels true precisely because it is in the most manufactured of environments. I want to make a show that contains works about which I am absolutely certain precisely because they make me feel so unsure.

• Time Out First Thursdays at Seventeen

  Art

  Recurring event

  Numerous exhibitions across East London are open until late on the first Thursday of every month.