Sting by ZEST Collective 

Launch Event: Friday 12th June, 6pm – 10pm

Exhibition Dates:

• Saturday 13th June, 11am – 5pm
• Sunday 14th June, 11am – 5pm
• Saturday 20th June, 11am – 5pm
• Sunday 21st June, 11am – 5pm

Location: The Old Sail Loft, Building 3, Shamrock Quay, Lower William Street, Southampton, SO14 5QL

Full access information for the Old Sail Loft will be coming soon. We apologise for any inconvenience. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email enquiries@aspacearts.org.uk.

ZEST Collective presents Sting, their ninth exhibition and second instalment in a series of two. This group show brings together 18 artists in an exploration of resilience and creative survival.

The exhibition title, Sting emerges from the emotional impact of rejection, a shared experience which many artists navigate when sustaining a creative practice, whilst also drawing parallel with the literal definition of the venomous sting of the Auger sea snail.

Highlighting the intersection between professional adversity and biological defence the show asks the question: what happens after the sting? Do we retreat, or do we respond?

If the sting is inevitable, Sting asks what it means to answer back.  From systemic barriers of   rejection from unanswered applications, loss of funding and the erosion of accessible creative spaces, to the physicality of being stung, this exhibition offers a collective response.

Encompassing works which confront the brief directly and others which reflect more subtly on the theme of defiance and transformation. Sting holds this question open, inviting responses that are personal, political, and provocative.

More details coming soon.