Alexandra Santos Her practice is concerned with the disruption between culture, nature and the the notion of nature as other. On one hand interested in the relations between the idea of idealisation of nature and its disruption through scientific knowledge, on the other hand the interpretation of nature through psychoanalytic symbols.
Alexandra's main inspiration comes from film noir, surrealism, dada, the futurists, oral story telling, fairy tales, myth and poetry. She has been actively exhibiting in the UK and Europe since graduating from art college in 2000. Recently she has been dabbling in the fluid realms of performance... and has been a core member of R.V.C.C from the beginning of time...
Robin Bale and Nicola Woodham have only recently started performing together but this pairing is destined for great things! They worked with The Red Velvet Curtain Cult in Dec 2009 at the Whitechapel Gallery. Their GoodDick/BadDick performance had viewers questioning if they had been involved in illicit behaviour or an underground crime. They are interested in commenting on contemporary urban living and the place where the everyday becomes strange. They are both artists and writers based in London.<o:p>
Alice & Jo Woodhouse Joe is fascinated by the illusory nature of the spaces we inhabit. He produces artwork that refers to these models; the cinema, digital landscape and simple perspectival systems. The methods of production are contrasted with the laborious (and often monotonous) business of manufacturing work, with the aim of making something sublime, creating a tension. The works with Alice have involved these landscapes becoming occupied.
Alice’s recent series of drawings insert a nomadic presence on the landscapes reminiscent of the shapes of smoke and cloud. Within these billowing shapes the drawings reveal subtly suggestive form, cartoon like characters, seeping pipes, tooting orifices and phallic shaped features. In this way the works implicate both artist and viewer and mirror the activities of new societies and settlements. These drawings focus on ideas of consumption, creation and destruction, the creative practices of the artist.
Jennifer Wolf Jennifer Wolf explores different materials and enjoys the tactile side of the working process. This sculpture stems from experimentation with different resins and the development of a new technique whilst trying the appearance of rose quartz crystal. She was awarded the Bentley Chemicals Award for outstanding technical achievements.
Sculpture represents an active way of interrogating the world and a catalyst for heightening our sensitivity to it. ‘I was attracted to a beautiful face and wanted to sculpt it, but also wanted to reveal the inner process that often remains unseen’. To question the deeper levels within rather than merely draw attention to beauty. The quality of contemplation about awareness of the material world requires drastic improvement. The material world seen as an immediate extension of oneself, and if not oneself, then an immediate extension of the communal social effort, the cultural effort that we are part of.