Formative

Formative is a compilation of exhibitions, temporary installations and film screenings which looks at ways in which contemporary artists work with form and formlessness, presented in relation to Dark Materialism, the first solo exhibition by London-based artist, Ula Dajerling. Her exploration of form and the transformation of matter from one state to another are central to her process.

To recreate the sculpture Amnesia and Oscillation, Dajerling re-enacted a fortune telling ritual still used in her Polish homeland today, which involves pouring hot wax into cold waer. The shapes that emerge are used to predict the unpredictable and illuminate that which has not yet formed.