arms blue, knees bare

Puer Deorum x Oitij-jo

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    Untitled Durational Performance at Les Urbaines, 2024, Photos by Cynthia Ammann

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Sat 22 & Sun 23 Feb, 11am-6pm

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arms blue, knees bare

arms blue, knees bare is a multi-media exhibition by artist Puer Deorum in collaboration with Oitij-jo, bringing together and complicating narratives around memory, archives, and intimacy.

Comprised of performance, sculptural installation, and 35mm film photography from their personal archive between 2016-2024, in arms blue, knees bare Puer Deorum plays on ideas of object (im)permanence and opacity.

Strung together within the former central reading room of the Whitechapel Library, they unfold the idea of a live object, considering alternative methods of archiving, storing memories, and (re)collecting intimacy through physicality, impressions and material choices. 

The exhibition will be closed to the general public from 1.30pm on Sat 22 February as it will be activated by two live performances from Puer Deorum – find out more and book your tickets here.

The exhibition will be open again as usual from 11am-6pm on Sun 23 February.

This exhibition is presented by Puer Deorum and done in partnership with Oitij-jo.

About Puer Deorum

Puer Deorum is an interdisciplinary artist whose work balances negotiations between weight and ephemerality, touching upon the omnipresent scope of mortality. Drawing out from their cultural context, and referencing psycho/socio political geographies, they question homogenous ideas around the experience of time, see-sawing between monochronic (linear) and polychronic (fluid) methods. Weaving incantations of love and encapsulating embodied feelings, they tease temporalities through endurance and duration, amplifying (inter)personal experiences through dream sequences and interpretive actions.

Selected sharings of their art include: Serendipity Arts Festival (Goa), Les Urbaines (Lausanne), REProduce, Dystopia Biennial (Berlin), Spitalfields Market (London), Hugo Boss (London), Whitechapel Gallery (London) and Instrument Inventors (The Hague). Solo exhibitions: Filet Gallery (London), Quench Gallery (Margate). Selected awards: Set Studio Prize, and Arts Council DYCP Grant. They curated and produced ELO MELO, a multi-media festival in London across Whitechapel Gallery and Toynbee Hall, with Oitij-jo Collective.

About Oitij-jo

Oitij-jo fosters collaboration among creative practitioners to boost British-Bengali interaction globally. Our mission is to drive social and economic progress by connecting cultures, fostering innovative narratives, and celebrating the rich heritage of the Bengali diaspora since 2013. 

  • Oitij-jo are driving positive social and economic change through connecting cultures which support innovative narratives.
  • Oitij-jo is providing leadership with an aim to enhance opportunities for talented British/Bangla creators & women for employment and entrepreneurship.
  • Oitij-jo are shaping strategic relationships through critical discourse which add value to long-term cultural developments.