'Excuse Me'

Private View: A Moving Image Exhibition Featuring Iván Argote and Four London-based Video Artists Exploring Community in London

‘Excuse Me’ is an exhibition that aspires to challenge perceptions of London as an unfriendly, isolating environment. ‘ Excuse Me’ showcases the elements of community that can be found where we least expect it, particularly in brief moments of interaction between strangers.

In response to Iván Argote’s early playful video performances, Altruism and Birthday, artists Emre Ataman, Alex Ford, Daniel Greenfield-Campoverde and Aysha Leach, position the urban and self as a map of relations and encounters. Through the duality of the subjective lens, time and setting are warped, lag, and open up.

A constellation of videos subvert social expectations, daily performance, and moments of revelation within familiar, mundane spaces. From library halls, underground clubs, to the intimate moment of a kiss, the exhibition invites the public to engage with these works and reflect on the city that so many call home.

The exhibition will be open to the public until Friday 6th December, 2026, within Eastway Baths usual opening hours.

© ADAGP Paris, 2026. Iván Argote, Still from Altruism , 2011. Video HD, 1'20''. Courtesy of the artist.