Cities of the Night
The Royal College of Art at RIBA
1 June to 29 July 2023
RIBA hosts the Royal College of Art for a second year, showcasing three artists Rut Blees Luxemburg, Alisa Oleva, and Chooc Ly Tan in this multi-media exhibition.
First Floor Gallery, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Free exhibition
Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm (Tuesday, 10am to 8pm)
What if the night, often neglected and underestimated when thinking of cities and architecture, is actually what holds the keys to our everyday experiences? Could the night be a transformative space, that lets us dream our collective future?
In collaboration with the Royal College of Art, this multi-media exhibition brings together three artists who re-present and reinhabit the urban night: Rut Blees Luxemburg, Alisa Oleva, and Chooc Ly Tan.
The artists explore the urban night and its potential via large scale photography, a video live archive made collectively across the global community from Mariupol to Ho Chi Minh City, and a commissioned DJ set to take us into the night.
Rut Blees Luxemburg
Rut Blees Luxemburg has a long relationship with nocturnal London and her photographic works emphasise the night as a time and location for poetic immersion and transformative perception. Her work is held in numerous collections including the Tate and Centre Pompidou and her photographic tableau London Dust has been shown at the Museum of London.
Alisa Oleva
Alisa Oleva is an artist working in the spaces of the city, exploring urban choreography and urban archaeology, traces and surfaces, borders and inventories, passages and cracks. Her interactive situations, performances, movement scores, personal and intimate encounters, and walk-shops have taken place most recently in Cairo, Mariupol, Belgrade, Felixstowe, Vilnius, Minsk, and Luxembourg.
Chooc Ly Tan
Chooc Ly Tan is a multidisciplinary artist, DJ, and voyager who works across moving images, DJ sets, radio podcasts, and club nights. She creates new visions of reality by subverting and repurposing systems and tools we use to understand the world around us, such as concepts and methodologies from physics, politics, and music.
Please note that the display may on occasion be inaccessible due to private events. We encourage you to call us on +44 (0)20 7580 5533 before planning your visit.
Contact exhibitions@riba.org for more information about this exhibition or to plan your visit.
This exhibition is part of the 2023 London Festival of Architecture
A month long celebration of architecture and city-making, taking place every June across London.
