Possible Damage

Possible Damage: The Inivators in collaboration with Tania El Khoury

Performance artist Tania El Khoury collaborates with the Inivators (Iniva's Youth Advisory Board) to present Possible Damage at Rivington Place, an exhibition and archive of London's recent student protests. Collectively they have investigated the construction of a social memory and the consequent realities. It provides a platform through which we can imagine the shared experiences, narratives and conflicts of those involved. The exhibition is accompanied by a series of events, including a public intervention and interactive performances.

Possible Damage is created in response to Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué's exhibition I, the Undersigned - The People are Demanding, also showing at the gallery (the title has changed in response to current events in the Middle East). It explores similar themes such as collective memory and questioning assumptions about truth and fiction.

"Shortly after the first of the student protests here in London, at Millbank, we realised that something had happened, something that had precipitated events that we found ourselves unsure of. Since this time, we have established ourselves as archivists and investigators of the realm of possible damage to come. The precarious nature of the objects and documents that have found their way into our hands have dubious and sometimes speculative origins." Inivators' statement

The archive brings together found, donated and created objects each contributing towards preserving a fragile memory of a particular event. The organising and indexing of the archive allows a subjective approach towards the present and recent past. Instead of presenting a set of truths, the material provokes questions about what is believable, revealing the delicate bonds of social narrative and forcing us to ask ourselves what we can trust.

Join the Inivators for Possible Damage: Re-Collection I, an experiential installation performance centred around a group the Inivators refer to as ‘the disappeared' (31 March, 6:30pm), followed in April by a public intervention and performance.Visit the website for details.