Spillâge

Standpoint Gallery

3 April - 26 April

Spill· âge ‘spi-laaj’ (n)
1 – suggests the ‘boiling over’ of a contain-ee from a contain-er
2 – embodiment of the joy in the mistake and loss of control

Standpoint is pleased to present Spillâge, a group exhibition curated by HAZE projects.

Spillâge has been created as a sniglet – a word made up to describe something for which no dictionary word exists. Bringing together eleven artists, this exhibition looks at the fluidity of language and interruptions from the familiar. It fills in the gaps for alternative expression, embracing the spontaneous and unknown.

The exhibition embodies the notions surrounding happy accidents and freedom of play, the loss of control and unconscious reactions. Within the exhibition, artists are encouraged to explore playful elements of their practice and step back from the preciousness of expectation. The place becomes a playground for experimentation. This show celebrates the artists’ ability to harvest their boiling over of intuitive reactions, exaggerating and pushing their mistakes and unconscious decisions into their own language, creating works which radiate other-worldliness.

Using the accent hat brings together a duality of languages in a subtle jovial form, the word Spillâge bridges together different territories and celebrates combined communication through different worlds in a fluid way.

HAZE is a curatorial project created by artists Camilla Bliss and Solanne Bernard. It came to fruition over a bowl of jellyfish noodles in 2021 and their shows have organically grown since as playful and curious, encouraging experimentation and freedom for the artists to have fun.

The curators often use sniglets when formalising an exhibition. These expressive words are catalysts in describing a specific atmosphere for the desired overriding feeling of each show. A common term used for HAZE’s curation choice is creep-intrigue – this is when a work immediately has something about it which absolutely captivates and emanates a sense of strange but welcomed emotion. Creep-intrigue is when the top end of the barometer screams red.

A new text by writer Lucy Cunningham accompanies the exhibition.

Previous HAZE curated exhibitions include ‘Fertile Laziness’ (2021) at Platform Southwark, ‘Peach fuzz’ (2021) at The Factory Project in collaboration with Thorp Stavri alongside ‘2 FOR 1’ (2023) and ‘Destructive Mollusc’, Staffordshire Street Studios (2022)