Excuse Me: Private View
The Cafe, 6pm to 9pm. Private view of a moving image exhibition featuring Iván Argote and four London based video artists.
‘Excuse Me’ is an exhibition that aspires to challenge perceptions of London as an unfriendly, isolating environment. ‘Excuse Me’ showcases the elements of community that can be found where we least expect it, particularly in brief moments of interaction between strangers.
In response to Iván Argote’s early playful video performances, Altruism and Birthday, artists Emre Ataman, Alex Ford, Daniel Greenfield-Campoverde and Aysha Leach position the urban and self as a map of relations and encounters. Through the duality of the subjective lens, time and setting are warped, lag, and open up.
A constellation of videos subvert social expectations, daily performance, and moments of revelation within familiar, mundane spaces. From library halls, underground clubs, to the intimate moment of a kiss, the exhibition invites the public to engage with these works and reflect on the city that so many call home.
Private view: Tuesday 24 November, 6pm to 9pm. Please RSVP via Eventbrite.
Image: © ADAGP Paris, 2026. Iván Argote, still from Altruism, 2011. Courtesy of the artist.