Cold in Church - Sails of Anarchy

Sails of Anarchy

Sailing is merely conceptual; no mountain high enough ain’t!
 
An organisational structure of a ship known as a ‘hydrarchy’—literally ‘rule of the watersnake,’
while referencing the mythical hydra—functions as a multifaceted allegory for the collective
power of the oppressed. This seafaring resistance to land-based powers is more than a fantasy; it was a
legitimate possibility for a reversal of the world order. For every beheading, two more heads grow in its place. This principle of collectivisation informs our approach to art-making. Sails of Anarchy speculates on a transhistorical summoning of this spirit through pirate fantasy, radical imagination, and counter-hegemonic intrigue.
 
The exhibition occupies three interconnected rooms containing a multi-channel choral installation, colour-pencil drawings, and a painting and kinetic light installation, and runs for one month leading up to a Museumnacht performance on November 7th. Hidden between the maze of cables, speakers, and drawings lies an anarchic order that reveals itself through careful listening and immersion into the surroundings.
 
Cold in Church is first and foremost a performance collective and band, but through our rehearsals and commitment to collaboration, we’re weaving space for transness, existential ardour, betrayal fantasies, you name it, in which our vessel hosts multiple other vessels: 
 
Cold in Church teams up with curator Helena Julian and artist Mauricio van der Maesen de Sombreff.
 
Cold in Church: Jacob Dwyer, Cécile Tafanelli, Faysal Mroueh, Charlott Weise, Giovanni Giaretta, Danielle Vorthuys.