Contemporary art institutions have long operated within a visible yet rarely questioned hierarchy–one that privileges fame, access, and institutional validation over lived experience and intuitive making. In such a system, artists from marginalised, untrained, or diasporic backgrounds are often excluded, their practices considered ‘not yet ready’, ‘unestablished’ or simply ‘invisible’. ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined seeks to confront and break down these curatorial and institutional hierarchies by offering an alternative framework–one that listens to, rather than frames, the undefined. ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined emerges precisely within this context. It is not only an exhibition but also a curatorial experiment aimed at challenging the hierarchical structures embedded in the art world. This exhibition is both a development and an extension of four prior exhibitions by London Art Collective (LAC). Each letter of the title ‘ArtEvol’ (E–V–O–L) reflects a core conceptual stage in this evolving curatorial inquiry. These meanings are not fixed, nor should they be dictated by the exhibition itself. Each viewer and participating artist is invited to interpret and reimagine what ‘ArtEvol’ signifies. These four exhibitions and form a curatorial arc towards ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined , creating a curatorial trajectory that moves from launching experimentation to expanding openness, from historical confrontation to collective exchange–each step redefining the boundaries of the art ecosystem. In terms of research direction, the exhibition draws on cybernetics theory to foster a more organic art ecosystem, recognising its groundbreaking influence on art practice in the twentieth century. If systems are capable of self-regulation and feedback, can the art institution itself function as an open structure, continuously reconfigurable? ArtEvol is not a static display but a curatorial practice that attempts a ‘systemic transformation’, aiming to discover mechanisms that allow ‘undefined’ groups to voice themselves genuinely.
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