Apocalyptic Yesterday
What if future never comes
Wednesday 19th March 2025 – Sunday 30th March 2025 , 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Private View | Wednesday 19th March from 6-9pm
Exhibition Times | 20-30 March 2025, Thursday to Sunday, 12-6pm
‘The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse.’
― Terence McKenna
We are living in the apocalypse, we’re exposed to life in hell as the results of our privileged, easy life; the burden of knowing we live with when many lives are suffering to make ours comfortable.
The world has seen the multiple world-ending dangers for decades, and we’re forced to live on, not knowing when the last tomorrow will come. The artists gathered by Hidden Keileon will go through a month of creative period in response to the theme of Apocalyptic Yesterday: geopolitical conflicts, global resources flow, mycelial inspired organising and working in a world where future is hard to imagine.
The exhibition uncovers the layers of this apocalyptic reality, exploring themes of decay, disillusionment and the human condition in the face of impending doom. A world perpetually teetering on the brink of collapse. It’s as if the apocalypse has already arrived, masked by the illusion of progress and prosperity.
We re-centre ourselves through collective creating and sharing, local organising, reconnecting with our immediate surrounding and finding solidarity in the despair of worldly burden. May we all find solace through the gatherings, regain agency of change and engage in culture making.
Exhibiting artists: Aiden Kwong, Angela Wai Nok Hui, Anne Verheij, Bettina Fung, Bonnie Chan, Deacon Lui, Ghost Chan, Iris Chan, Jane Lam, Jeffrey Choy, John Chan 元樟, Jon Chew, Sandra Lam and Vinna Law
Apocalyptic Yesterday runs from 20 to 30 March 2025 at Shaftesbury Avenue, open Thursday to Sunday, 12-6pm.
More about Hidden Keileon CIC
Hidden Keileon is a collective of six multidisciplinary artists, strategists, thinkers, researchers and curators focused on making change. We collaborate with people from migrant and queer communities like ourselves to imagine futures with justice and freedom for all. We dream up and lead community building and life-affirming cultural projects across the UK and beyond.
We build radical friendships to change the world. We demonstrate a fluid and non-hierarchical collaboration. We make use of the transformative power of arts and culture to create new possibilities and ideas. Our name ‘Hidden Keileon’ represents the mythical being that emerges in a peaceful world that never exists, and the promise of futures yet to be imagined.
Access Information
Shaftesbury Avenue has step free access throughout from street level, including to an accessible toilet. The upper floors are accessible via lifts. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email shaftesbury@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a seat near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!
Transport Information
Nearest train station(s): Picadilly Circus (Picadilly, Bakerloo), Tottenham Court Road (Elizabeth Line, Central, Northern)
Bus: 9, 12, 14, 22, 23, 24, 29, 19, 38, 88, 94, 139, 176, 453
Parking: No parking available.
Bike: No bike shed on site.
