smoothing logics

Public opening event: Thursday 12 November, 6-9pm Exhibition dates: 13 – 28 November Opening hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12-6pm Location: SET Vauxhall (Ground & 16th Floor), Camelford House, 89 Albert, Embankment, London, SE1 7TP Curator: David Weatherburn Admission: Free

Taking its name from a signal processing technique used to simplify chaotic datasets, smoothing logics considers how random noise, errors and volatility are removed in favour of clarity, usability and function.

Spanning the ground and sixteenth floors of Camelford House, the exhibition brings together active hauntings and interventions that disturb, reveal and resist the aesthetics of neoliberal culture and the visible and hidden technological systems that shape our everyday lives.

Connected through shared sensibilities and approaches, the artists have produced new works in response to the site, examining the flattened surface aesthetics that conceal expanding algorithmic and surveillance infrastructures.

Many of the works explore their own conditions of production and material histories. Some remix and reanimate everyday materials, language and memories; others take a more mechanical approach to image-making through the (mis)use of tools and systems. Elsewhere, works suggest boundaries and limits through acts of obscuring and resisting immediate visibility.

Contributing artists

Elliot Bottle William Brown Ben Fitton Anna Haywood Saya Hirayama Elliot Jeffries Sudiksha Jimi Joe Moss Luke Parry Tinatin Shaburishvili Sara Sternberg Romi Thornton David Weatherburn

About SET’s Associate Members Programme

This exhibition is presented as part of SET’s Associate Members Programme, which offers artists studio space, alongside access to project spaces and opportunities to independently curate or participate in exhibitions, workshops, and events.

The programme supports a wide range of practices, from performance and installation to music, sound, print, and textiles, and is designed to provide space, visibility, and development opportunities for early-career and underrepresented artists working in London.

Poster Image courtesy of David Weatherburn