Alter Us

Alter Us is a multidisciplinary collective that attempts to question and offer solutions regarding our contemporary context. The collective’s concerns relate to challenges presented by the Anthropocene, including sustainability, (dis)connection, individualism, capitalism and inequality, and the relationship between nature and new technologies.

Members: Nikos Akritidis, Balint Alovits, César Baracca, Lorenzo Belenguer, Lois Bentley, Alice Beuzard-Edwards, Nero Blake, Sofia Bonato, Susanna Brunetti, Áinne Burke, Tere Chad, Sarah Cunningham, Mandeep Dillon, Paul Hindle, Margaret Jennings, Orna Kazimi, Maritina Keleri, Jun Koya, Reggy Liu, M. Lohrum, Olav Lorentzen, Rafael MC, Mohini Mehta, Nathalie Mei, Jill Mueller, Naira Mushtaq, Parizad Nobakht, Tom Norris, Teresa Paiva, Christopher Pearson, Nadia Piechestein, Herman Ringer, Ben Robinson, Ana Luiza Rodriguez, Ania Sabet, Ludmila Sigismondo, Silvina Soria, Aleksandra Stanek, Olga Suchanova, Paula Turmina, and Giuseppe Mario Urso.

Alter Us Manifesto

Alter Us, an emerging, London-based artist collective, presents the declaration of their Manifesto. The exhibition includes works by members of the collective, ranging from collages to bio-art installations, which deal with issues surrounding the ecological crisis and human relations in the twenty-first century.

Is This Normality?

The exhibition hosted by the Alter Us Collective at Clerkenworks in London was a vibrant showcase of artistic talent, complemented by live music. This event, featuring the creative works of sixteen artist-members of Alter Us, took place in September 2020.

Artists: César Baracca, Lorenzo Belenguer, Lois Bentley, Tere Chad, Sarah Cunningham, Mandeep Dillon, Paul Hindle, M. Lohrum, Nathalie Mei, Parizad Nobakht, Tom Norris, Teresa Paiva, Christopher Pearson, Ana Luiza Rodrigues, Ludmila Sigismondo, and Giuseppe Mario Urso.

Ana Luiza Rodrigues, Christopher Pearson, Tere Chad, Giuseppe Mario Urso, and Sarah Cunningham

Is This Normality? Neo Norte Collective from left to right: Ana Luiza Rodrigues, Parizad Nobakht, Lois Bentley, Christopher Pearson, Tere Chad, Giuseppe Mario Urso, and Sarah Cunningham

Last Sunset / New Sunrise

Alter Us collective gathers to discuss about the exhibition entitled Last Sunset / New Sunrise, which takes its theme from one of the questions which form the collective's manifesto: Are we moving towards the last sunset or a new sunrise? Each participating artist has reflected on this question, exploring the complexities of our species' survival, made especially pertinent by the backdrop of a global pandemic. Panellists: César Baracca, Nathalie Mei, Ana Luiza Rodriguez, Giuseppe Mario Urso. Moderator: Tere Chad.

Lockdown Experience

The panellists speak from their perspectives as artists and professionals: Paul Hindle gives his perspective from the tourism sector, Parizad Nobakht, a BBC Persian journalist, describes how they have responded to the current pandemic, Ludmila Sigismondo expands on how the pandemic has affected people who work in hospitality, and Giuseppe Mario Urso narrates his experience about the impact of the lockdown over secondary education.

Moderators: Tere Chad & Nathalie Mei.

Alter Us Film Festival

The Alter Us Film Festival brings together a selection of film-based artworks created during the lockdown as well as a collaborative ‘film of films’, representing fragments of our experiences in quarantine and resulting enquiries into our new socially distanced realities.