The Exploding Appendix Avant-Garde Art and Research Group + Related News and Events
The Exploding Appendix Avant-garde Art Practice and Research Group that cuppently meets on Zoom. The meet-ups start at 7.30pm regularly fortnightly on a Tuesday.
Our aim is to create a space where artists, intellectuals and others can meet to discuss ideas, issues and creative projects. Evenings tend to comprise of relaxed informal discussions about art, art projects and ideas, as well as a focal point. This might be a film screening, a live performance, an improvisation/creative session, a work in progress session, a reading group, a guest talk, an interview, a panel discussion, a debate, a workshop, an exhibition, live music or a party. This is all very flexible and can be built around the interests of the group.
The meet-up runs alongside the Exploding Appendix website, a multimedia online magazine that produces videos, podcasts, articles, interviews and visual essays exploring ideas and culture generally, and can be used as a platform for presenting projects related to the group.
Whilst drawing upon the history of avant-gardist and counter-cultural ideas, we aim to explore a wide range of issues beyond the narrow purview of conventional art discussion. We welcome people working within different disciplines, different artistic mediums and coming from very different perspectives.
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September 16, 2025
“Solidarity means changing the way the world works with those in crisis.” – Dr Ahmed Kamal Junina, The Guardian, 19 August 2025. Despite the deliberate devastation of educational […]
September 10, 2025
Dressing Dykes: A conversation with the Author Eleanor Medhurst of Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion A Slow Fashion Week special Presented by Exploding Appendix x Brighton Fashion Collective […]
September 2, 2025
In this salon we will not only explore the history of utopian thought but also invite participants to imagine and creatively map their own utopias. Together […]
September 1, 2025
A new season of Exploding Appendix begins! This autumn, will explore together the power of imagination across art, politics, and performance. From utopian visions of better […]
February 10, 2025
Exploding Appendix is back for our Spring season 2025 As always, all are welcome to our free sessions which take place every three weeks on a […]
February 8, 2025
What is a suit? What is its history? What is its symbolic value? How does the suit intersect with class, social status, gender, sexuality, and labour? […]
February 5, 2025
In early twentieth-century literature, scenes of reading offer a fascinating glimpse at how modernist writers viewed the act of reading itself and understood the challenges posed […]
February 5, 2025
Children don’t just read books—they gnaw at the edges, rip, tear, and colour them in. While reading is often viewed as a disembodied act, Victorian movable […]
February 5, 2025
Brighton & Hove is a city brimming with creativity, yet over the past decade, it has faced a series of crises—gallery closures, disappearing spaces, and increasing […]
February 4, 2025
Groove music is the music of our age. […] The sounds emanating from the earphones of the millions of iPods and other audio devices that are […]
February 3, 2025
“Whitehawk is one of the UK’s most deprived communities, but under the tarmac and Terrace houses lie the remains of one of the UK’s most important […]
February 3, 2025
. In 2018, Daniel & Clara’s films shifted from brightly coloured, alchemical, magical motion pictures to a focus on British landscapes and the figures that inhabit […]
October 3, 2024
In this session, we will be joined by Lucy Jefferies (Quiet Down there), Susie Deadman (Sew Fabulous), Jenny Staff (artist at the Phoenix), Kasia Zermon (The […]
October 3, 2024
. In this session, Bradley Tuck from Exploding Appendix will introduce the idea for a project to compile a selection of Manifestos for Brighton, Hove, and […]
September 6, 2024
. Exploding Appendix is back for our Autumn season 2024. As always, all are welcome to our free sessions which take place every three weeks on […]
September 6, 2024
In time-honored tradition, Exploding Appendix invites you to their sixth night of art, anti-art, participatory creativity, and revelry! Inspired by the legendary Dadaist nightclub, Cabaret Voltaire—founded […]
September 6, 2024
This week we will be diving into the surreal and visually cathartic world of renowned filmmaker, poet, theatre director, graphic novelist, tarot reader and psychotherapist Alejandro […]
September 6, 2024
. In the first session of our “Critical Concepts” series, we will explore the meaning of class. Through a conversational approach, we will blend personal anecdotes […]
September 6, 2024
. In 1929, after expelling Georges Bataille from the Surrealist movement, André Breton denounced him as an “excrement-philosopher.” As Benjamin Noys notes, “Bataille would have probably […]
September 6, 2024
. In this session, we will be joined by Esther Leslie and Sam Dolbear to discuss their new book, Dissonant Waves, which creatively explores the life […]