A collaboration between artist Sunil Pawar and photographer Gavin Watson. Watson’s photography series famously captured the energy of the warehouse party scene of the late Eighties/early Nineties in England. Pawar’s twelve ‘remix’ artworks tell their own stories from the same viewpoint, but providing an alternate future aesthetic, building on Watson’s bold monochrome imagery providing the photos with a heightened tenacity, returning the portraits ‘back into the dance’.

“I was obsessed with pirate radio stations in the early Nineties, so hearing the same tunes but on a 100K sound system rig at a warehouse party in East London rather than a small JVC tuner with a coat hanger for an aerial, blew my mind....”

‘A NEW HAPPENING’ SERIES OF SHOWS

01. BETA SHOW LAUNCH The series of artworks were unveiled to an invited audience of strictly thirty people at the Bureau space in London. All communication was handled by texts from a dummy phone, with the location being revealed only 20 minutes beforehand.

02. LOCKDOWN 01 was a web based exhibition that was held in the first week during the global lockdown, exclusive to registered viewers through whatsapp and email. The digital location was only revealed 2 minutes before launch and lasted just 48 hours before disappearing. The show saw over 1000 people attend in the first hour..

Alongside exclusive artworks to view, there was also a short talk by the artists, recorded from our secret location in East London pre shutdown, downloadable artwork and tracks by the original super sharp-shooter DJ Zinc, for time sensitive free download. The show received widespread coverage including BBC Arts.

03. FAD MAGAZINE, An instagram takeover which featured remix and additional works took place over a weekend in July, the event was featured by CNN Worldwide.

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