BRIEF ATTEMPT

24 -25 May 2024

God’s House Tower, Southampton

'Urban Code', Concrete, Thermoplastic Tape, Rabia Raja

From left to right: 'I ran out of time so here's a clock', painting on canvas, Bryn Lloyd. 'Stretch', Paper, Acrylic Paint, Ellen Gillett. 'Dust Pan Gold', Photos, Found Objects, Bugs, Limestone, Threads, Dust, Sharlott Wardner

'Untitled (Squared Sketchbook)', A5 Sketchbook, Poppy Ash

From left to right: '(SKM 2,3) ft. Sewing machine (one day i'll make a dress)', CLS Timber, Plywood, Iroko, PLA, Steel, Sewing Machine, Cotton, Robin Price. 'Untitled', Oil, acrylic on canvas, Tom Stewart

'Nokia (Connecting People)', 100+ Phone Calls, James Hunter

From left to right: 'Kayak Continuum', Kayak, Wood, Spray Paint, Ladder, CRT Television, Kane Applegate. '(SKM 2,3) ft. Sewing machine (one day i'll make a dress)', CLS Timber, Plywood, Iroko, PLA, Steel, Sewing Machine, Cotton, Robin Price. 'I ran out of time so here's a clock', painting on canvas, Bryn Lloyd. 'Stretch', Paper, Acrylic Paint, Ellen Gillett

'Myths of The Near Future', Mycelium composite, Fibreglass, Concrete, Aluminium, Steel, James Hewins

'Post-human revelation', Ruderal plant vines, Reclaimed mirror, Lucie Smith

'Brief encounters', Digital Prints, Alice Louisa

'Desire Inverted', plastic waste, plastic wrapping, wax, clay, Net Warner

'Portsdown Chalk', Digital Print, Anna Marris

'Dust Pan Gold', Photos, Found Objects, Bugs, Limestone, Threads, Dust, Sharlott Wardner

'Kayak Continuum', Kayak, Wood, Spray Paint, Ladder, CRT Television, Kane Applegate

Following an abundance of change in 2023, ZEST Collective’s sixth exhibition instalment Brief Attempt proposes new and exciting possibilities. With six new members bringing in new energy, ideas, and possibilities, the exhibition promises an eclectic mix of disruptive interventions and playful artistic responses marked by time.

Through newly forged friendships and collaborations, Brief Attempt explores the effects that access and time constraints can have on our work. We invite you to simultaneously witness and participate in the exhibition through an offering of twisted metaphors, frenetic interferences and hidden narratives.

Taking place in the iconic space at God’s House Tower, this exhibition featured new work from 16 ZEST artists:

Ellen Gillett, Net Warner, Lucie Smith, Alice Louisa, Bryn Lloyd, Poppy Ash, Rabia Raja, Kane Applegate, Anna Marris, Tom Stewart, Robin Price, Jim Elston, James Hunter, Alex Sutherland, James Hewins, and Sharlott Wardner