For our first event Purge Projects is organising an exhibition based around the Greek tragedy Antigone, where Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, struggles against King Creon for her dead brother’s right to a proper burial. We are interested in the dual readings of Antigone’s character - she appears strong minded, noble and heroic yet on the other hand she is irrational, crazy and somewhat obsessed with this notion of respect for her brother in her quite bizarre and unconventional family.

Antigone is a tragic yet inspiring account of a woman’s plight, which induces in the audience a collective experience of humanity. As curators we are interested in Nietzche’s ideas of Dionysus as a state of enthusiastic loss of control, lack of reason and sense of ecstasy and madness induced by wine or exemplified in Greek tragedy - a way to excite the audience into a “deep frenzy” through music and emotive entertainment which appeal to man’s instinctive emotional side. With the cooperation of other Artists, we will create a performative showcase, which is both a theatrical environment and an interactive exhibition.

CURATED BY ZOË MACDONALD & ANNA STEPHENS

15TH MAY 6:30 - 9:30 PREVIEW
15TH MAY - 15TH JUNE, 2009

Featuring work by: Annie Attridge, Adam Burton, Anna Chrystal, Dora Garcia, Patrick Goddard, Bruce Ingram, Matthew The Horse, Scott Massey, Catalina Niculescu, Herman Steinmeitz, Laurie Storey, Sophie Wiltshire and Carla Wright.

Plus live performances on 15th May

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