East, London
Iris Touliatou
Outfits
PeerPremises, flat shares, sublets, councils, ex-councils, tenants of, bodies, functions of, sex, security, shortage of, landlords, estates, benefits of, living together, living alone, chances of, interiors, furniture, types of, doors, frames of, locks of, maintenance, repairs, conditions of, emergency exits, escapes of, security bars, screws of, windows, view out of, cleaners of, brick walls, party of, house break ups, partitions, retrofits, the price of, waiting lists, time of, data sets, warmth of, local responsibility, complaints, revisions, institutions, statutes of, charities, lotteries, prizes, grants, nations of, poverty line, inequality, multiple deprivation, social progress, probability of, indexes of, general public, counter-public, behaviours of, social deviants, noise, blood, carriers of, questionnaires, answers of, funds, eligibility of, addresses, change of, names, change of, partners, change of, activities, change of, previous life experiences, forget of, jobs, reduced hours, number of, services, bills, debt of, companies, states, transfers, loops, exchanges, gates, servers, money, annual return of, friends, gardens, seasons of, care of, guard dogs, shit of, sculptures, proxies of, grand tours, class of, crime, normalcy, violence of, lewdness, Libby Adler, nightlife, light of, power, inheritance, uniform of, daily life, activities of, sleeping, eating, lovemaking, urinating, washing, texting, reparative reading, paranoid reading, aging, dancing, displacing, gambling, cigarette breaks, scratch cards, desire, object of, return of, outfits of. Peer presents, Outfits, a new commission and first solo exhibition in a UK institution by Athens-based artist Iris Touliatou. Working with sculpture and a series of organisational and architectural adjustments and interventions, Touliatou’s exhibition at Peer examines the various layers, memories and residues that constitute domestic life, exhibition making, institutions, artifacts, statutes and public space. As part of the commissioning process, a series of talks, events and workshops has been programmed in collaboration with Touliatou and run throughout her exhibition. Touliatou’s exhibition is part of Peer’s programme for 2023, which includes new commissions and exhibitions with artists Tanoa Sasraku, Jacob V Joyce and Rudy Lowe, as well as a survey exhibition that explores cultural, artistic, and experimental cooperative initiatives that took place in Hackney between 1971 and 1986. Iris Touliatou has recently held solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel (2023); Rodeo London/ Piraeus (2022); Grazer Kunstverein (2022); Exile Vienna (2020); Radio Athènes (2019). Her work has been included in the group exhibitions Siren (some poetics), Amant, NYC (2022); Driven by Desire, Rongwrong, NL (2022); the New Museum Triennial, Soft Water Hard Stone, NYC (2021); the 7th Athens Biennial, Eclipse (2021); Work and Leisure, Milan (2022); When I state I am an anarchist, Plato, Ostrava (2022); Anabasis, Rodeo London/Piraeus (2022); Lives of an object ARCH / Melas Martinos (2021); The Way In, Haus N Athen (2021); Anti Structure, Deste Foundation (2021); The Same River Twice, Benaki Museum, Athens (2019); Manifesta 12, 5x5x5 : Selected Projects, Palermo (2018) among others. She was an artist in residence at ISCP, NYC (2021) and at NTU CCA, Singapore (2019), an Artworks SNF Fellow (2021) and the recipient of Europas Zukunft /Τhe Future of Europe Prize from GFZK Leipzig in 2012. Iris Touliatou’s commission at Peer is generously supported by The Ampersand Foundation, and Foundation Foundation.