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Intermission of ’Stage‘ opening event,
Sara Sternberg & Joe Smith ‘Work Hard Play Hard/Fading into Hard Rhythm’,
Fan Bangyu ‘Practice Love series’ & ‘Treat You to Candy, would you fancy it? series’,
Photo by René Lazový, 2025 © The Afterpiece





Installation View,
Roman Sheppard Dawson ‘Performance Site’,
Fan Bangyu ‘New Angel series’,
Photo by Clio Lai, 2025 © The Afterpiece







 Opening Event:

9th (Fri.) May, 6-9 PM

Open:

12th (Mon.) - 30th (Fri.)
12-6 PM

Address:

Project space (4th East block), SET Woolwich, Beresford St, London SE18 6BU On May 9, 2025, the exhibition Stage opened at SET Woolwich in London. Curated by The Afterpiece—a collaborative initiative founded by artists Mengmeng Luo and Karl Xinghao Liang—the exhibition challenges the conventional static model of art display, presenting contemporary art through a performative, immersive approach. With a unique spatial design incorporating light, sound, and interactive elements, Stage reimagines the relationship between artwork and audience, offering a new format for contemporary exhibitions.



Stage brings together 9 artists, including Abbie Coombs, Fan Bangyu, Jorge Jobim, Liangqi Yao, Miya Kosowick, Roman Sheppard Dawson, Sarah Duffy, Sara Sternberg, and Joe Smith, in collaboration with six invited artists: Engin Eskici, Hamish Ford, Henry Glover, Paloma Moniz, Xiao-Wan, and Xixi Wang. Their contributions span installation, moving image, and performance, intertwining themes ranging from tensions between nature and industry to urban alienation, sensory conditioning, and personal experience. Each artist contributes a distinct voice to this polyphonic ensemble.



The exhibition features several recent works by the nine core artists: four live performances during the opening night, a durational three-week-long performance, three video works, and seven static installations. Set within a darkened space choreographed by sound and lighting, the exhibition invites visitors to follow a loosely guided sequence through these various mediums.



From Miya Kosowick’s installations, which explore the collision between natural environments and industrial transformation, to Liangqi Yao’s video work, addressing the pressures between mobile identities and urban space; from Sarah Duffy’s films, blending magic, history, and theatricality, to Roman Sheppard Dawson’s dual-screen film, challenging the boundary between physical space and cinematic perspective—the works in Stage do not seek to resolve a singular thematic inquiry. Instead, like a roadside picnic, the exhibition begins with a broad conceptual frame and gradually flows toward intimate, individual perspectives.



Stage runs from May 9 to May 30, 2025.





Programme

'Kata’

Miya Kosowick
'False Ground in Interstice (2025)’

Fan Bangyu
‘New Angel Series (2024)‘, 
‘Absent (2024)’, 
‘Practice Love Series (2024)’ 
‘Treat You to Candy, would you fancy it? Series (2024)’

Act 1
'Ring'

Fan Bangyu & Xixi Wang
'Sine of Smoke (2025)'

Liangqi Yao & Xiao-Wan
‘Tom Tom (2025)'

Film ‘Night Breezes’ by Liangqi Yao
Live Sound：Liangqi Yao & Xiao-Wan

Joe Smith & Sara Sternberg
'Work Hard Play Hard/Fading into Hard Rhythm (2025)'

Co-performer：Paloma Mo

Act 2
'Sing'

Jorge Jobim & Hamish Ford
'Shougang Group (2025)'

Abbie Coombs 
‘Dear Question Mark (2025)’

Sound by Engin Eskici

Roman Sheppard Dawson
'Performance Site (2024)'


Artists rehearsaling in the space,
Photo by René Lazový, 2025 © The Afterpiece