Décalé

Looking back at our most recent Décalé with a full house at @standalone_london ; Thank you so much for your support! Featured artists: Larry Achiampong Ain Bailey Zara Joan Miller Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby Willow Swan & Ellis Berwick @decaledecaledecale  at @standalone_london  took place on Friday 23 May 2025 and was programmed by @leilaarenou  @chooclytan  @kadeemoak 
 upon invitation by @florayinwong

Looking back at our most recent Décalé which took place at
@standalone_london  and featured a live set by Ain Bailey. Bailey performed a composition derived from sonic postcards sent from the artist’s friends outside of the UK. @ain.bailey @decaledecaledecale  at 
@standalone_london  took place on Friday 23 May 2025 and was programmed by @leilaarenou  @chooclytan  @kadeemoak 
 upon invitation by @florayinwong 📸videostill and videoexcerpt documentation of Ain Bailey’s performance + full room for her performance

Looking back at our recent Décalé which took place at
@standalone_london and featured a sonic performance with self-made organs by Willow Swan & Ellis Berwick @a_village_idiot @willow___swan 

@decaledecaledecale at @standalone_london took place on Friday 23 May 2025 and was programmed by @leilaarenou @chooclytan @kadeemoak upon invitation by @florayinwong Video by Marc Trojanowski

Looking back at our most recent Décalé which took place at
@standalone_london and featured a screening of ‘Ph03nix Rising: The 3rd Son’, a short film and coming of age story by artist Larry Achiampong. The work explores how Achiampong shaped his identity from the media and video games that he and his brother consumed. Courtesy of @luxmovingimage @larryachiampong @decaledecaledecale at 
@standalone_london took place on Friday 23 May 2025 and was programmed by @leilaarenou @chooclytan @kadeemoak 
 upon invitation by @florayinwong

#Décalérecap Looking back at our most recent Décalé which took place at
@standalone_london featuring a screening of Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby’s film: SOUTH FLORIDA SKY The film reimagines the comic hero Swamp Thing through animation and neural network imagery, here read as a vessel for envisaging new and radical modes of collectivity. Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby are represented by Niru Ratnam Gallery. @helloo0o0o0oo0oo0oooo00o00o0o @louisnewby @niruratnamgallery @decaledecaledecale at 
@standalone_london took place on Friday 23 May 2025 and was programmed by @leilaarenou @chooclytan @kadeemoak upon invitation by @floraytw

#artistspotlight
 LARRY ACHIAMPONG 
screening as part of Décalé this Friday | 23.05.25 @standalone_london 
 Larry Achiampong’s solo and collaborative projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance and sound to explore ideas surrounding class, cross-cultural and post-digital identity. With works that examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between pop culture and the postcolonial position, Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of ‘the self’ by splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal entrenched socio-political contradictions in contemporary society. For Décalé, Larry Achiampong will screen 'Ph03nix Rising: The 3rd Son', a short film and coming of age story that explores how Achiampong shaped his identity from the media and video games that he and his brother consumed. @larryachiampong Image: still from 'Ph03nix Rising: The 3rd Son' courtesy of @luxmovingimage @decaledecaledecale is programmed by @leilaarenou @chooclytan @kadeemoak 

 Friday 23 May 2025
7pm - 11pm
Standalone, 160 Dalston Ln, London E8 1NG Tickets 🔗 in bio 
@standalone_london is situated in the new creative hub @160dlstudios

#artistspotlight
 LAILA MAJID & LOUIS BLUE NEWBY
screening as part of Décalé | 23.05.25 @standalone_london 

 Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby’s shared practice is a space for the artist duo to explore the way images gain meaning through being shared and distributed between individuals both privately and through social media and the public sphere. The duo collate images from many sources, both printed and online that range from magazines, porn sites, online forums and comics. The source images are mostly fast-moving and disposable, part of the constant flow of visual information that surrounds us. Majid and Newby’s practice slows these images down by destabilizing or de-anchoring the image through processes such as scanning, drawing and layering. For Décalé, Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby will screen ‘south florida sky', a film that reimagines the comic hero Swamp Thing through animation and neural network imagery, here read as a vessel for envisaging new and radical modes of collectivity. Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby are represented by Niru Ratnam Gallery. @helloo0o0o0oo0oo0oooo00o00o0o @louisnewby @niruratnamgallery Image: still from 'south florida sky' courtesy of Niru Ratnam Gallery. @decaledecaledecale is programmed by @leilaarenou @chooclytan @kadeemoak 

 Friday 23 May 2025
7pm - 11pm
Standalone, 160 Dalston Ln, London E8 1NG Tickets 🔗 in bio 
@standalone_london is situated in the new creative hub @160dlstudios

#artistspotlight
 WILLOW SWAN & ELLIS BERWICK
performing as part of Décalé | 23.05.25 @standalone_london 

Willow Swan (they/them) is a sound artist based in London. Their work blends experimental organ music, field recordings, and electronic textures to create immersive sonic environments rooted in memory, identity, and ritual. Drawing on a multidisciplinary background and continuing to explore the boundaries in sound. Ellis Berwick (he/him) is an artist, engineer and musician from London (UK), who unites all three disciplines in his sculptural practise. Inspired by the effect of monumental public sculpture, simultaneously ignored and mythologised, Berwick works with heritage musical instrument parts through assemblage and automation to explore their enduring symbolic and sonic power. 
For Décalé, Willow and Ellis will present a sonic performance using self-made organs, which have previously been showcased at venues including the ICA and the Teat Dept Foundry Show.
 @decaledecaledecale is programmed by @leilaarenou  @chooclytan  @kadeemoak 

 Friday 23 May 2025
7pm - 11pm
Standalone, 160 Dalston Ln, London E8 1NG Tickets 🔗 in bio 
@standalone_london is situated in the new creative hub @160dlstudios

#artistspotlight AIN BAILEY presenting an experimental sound performance by Ain Bailey at Décalé on the 23rd May; the work is derived from sonic postcards sent from the artist’s friends outside of the UK. 💫 Ain Bailey is a composer, artist and DJ. She facilitates workshops exploring identity, memory and sound.  Past exhibitions include ‘The Range’ at Eastside Projects, Birmingham; ‘RE:Respite’ at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, a solo show at Cubitt Gallery, London: ‘And We’ll Always Be A Disco In The Glow Of Love’ (2019). In 2020 Bailey and Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski created a composition and print entitled ‘Remember To Exhale’ for Studio Voltaire, London. Bailey was commissioned by Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, to create the exhibition ‘Version’, and composed ‘Atlantic Railton’ for the ‘Listening To The City’ programme in the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion. For 2022, Bailey created the moving image/sound work ‘Untitled: Our Wedding) for the ‘Black Melancholia’ exhibition at CCS Bard, New York, USA and ‘Trioesque’ for Bruckenmusik 27 in Cologne, Germany. Bailey’s most recent commission was for FACT Liverpool’s ‘Resolution’ research project, for which she created the installation ‘Four’ (2024). She was the 2022-23 Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge. Bailey is a 2023 recipient of Awards For Artists from the Paul Hamllyn Foundation, and was shortlisted, together with Camden Arts Centre, for the Freelands Foundation Award. Forthcoming in 2026 is a solo exhibition with Camden Arts Centre. @ain.bailey @decaledecaledecale programmed by @leilaarenou @chooclytan @kadeemoak 🗓️Friday 23 May 2025 7pm - 11pm Standalone, 160 Dalston Ln, London E8 1NG 🎫Tickets 🔗 in bio 📸Image Credit: Katarzyna Perlak @standalone_london is situated in the new creative hub @160dlstudios

#artistspotlight ZARA JOAN MILLER performing as part of Décalé | 23.05.25 @standalone_london Zara Joan Miller is an artist working across poetry, performance and film. Her work often plays with movement and sound as a way of reimagining a body’s rhythm. She is the author of BLUE MONDAY (JOAN Publishing, 2022), which was released as a duo LP with cellist Ute Kanngießer on Reading Group in 2023.  Her work has recently been presented at Les Ateliers Claus, Cafe OTO, Barbican Centre, XYZ Gallery, Default Den Haag and has appeared in Motor Dance Journal, Fieldnotes journal, Hotel, Another Gaze and Worms Magazine. 💫For Décalé, Miller will perform a reading of ‘Ice’ - a long poem written in dialogue with Anna Kavan’s novel of the same name, with a video work made in collaboration with Billie Liminal. @decaledecaledecale  programmed by @leilaarenou  @chooclytan  @kadeemoak 🗓️Friday 23 May 2025 7pm - 11pm Standalone, 160 Dalston Ln, London E8 1NG 🎫Tickets 🔗 in bio 📸Image Credit: Crystabel Riley @standalone_london is situated in the new creative hub @160dlstudios

Décalé | 23.05.25 | Standalone, E8 1NG
 Join us for our next Décalé, an evening of experimental sound, moving image and live performance in the new artist-led space @standalone_london with works by: 

Larry Achiampong Ain Bailey Zara Joan Miller Laila Majid & Louis Blue Newby Willow Swan & Ellis Berwick
 Tickets 🔗 in bio @larryachiampong @ain.bailey @zarajoanmiller @helloo0o0o0oo0oo0oooo00o00o0o @louisnewby @willow___swan @a_village_idiot 

✴︎ About Décalé ✴︎ 
Décalé is a discursive artist’s platform and club night showcasing experiments in sound, art, performance and moving image. Décalé works to amplify marginalised and unrepresented artistic voices. Our programme holds space for accessibility, inclusivity and worldbuilding.
 Curated by Chooc Ly Tan, Kadeem Oak and Leïla Arenou.
@chooclytan @leilaarenou @kadeemoak Invited by Flora Yin-Wong @floraytw 
 🗓️Friday 23 May 2025
 7pm - 11pm
 Standalone, 160 Dalston Ln, London E8 1NG
 ✴︎About STANDALONE✴︎ STANDALONE is a members-based concept space situated in Dalston’s new creative hub, 160DL Studios, founded in 2025 as an independent artist-led space for interdisciplinary collaborations & conversations. With the aim of operating as an affordable new cultural location and platform, the gallery will provide room for London's emerging artists to experiment and connect in a multi-disciplinary way.
STANDALONE launches as an artist-led members community space this month with ongoing art exhibitions and bi-monthly events, leading up to weekly in future. Email [email protected] for more information. 
Accessibility:
 Seating available on request. Access to STANDALONE requires using three steps of stairs.
 No one will be turned away for lack of funds, please contact Décalé in advance: [email protected] 

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👀 Watch or listen back to yesterdays broadcast ⚠️ 📻 Décalé Radio w/ mellowdramatics (B.O.S.S) 🔥 🔊 Last month Décalé commissioned @mellowdramatics_ to produce an audio piece in collaboration with young people - making experiments in sound production, sampling and spoken word while learning new skills and discussing themes that feel urgent to them 🎶 📡 This broadcast is the work of the minds of an amazing group of year ten and eleven students at St. Saviours & St. Olave’s school for girls in Southwark, South East London. Brought to you through Soundtrap, y2mate.nu and voice memos, arranged by mellowdramatics 🎛️ 😘 Thank you to : Chaniah, Fatima, Jahnaey, Jenesis, Kaliyam, Lydia, Precious, Sali, Samantha and Zarah for your contributions. This wouldn’t exist without you. And thank you to: Chooc Ly, Kadeem, Leïla, Luana and Selene for all of your support on the day and in the run up 🙏 🗣️ mellowdramatics is a founding member of Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S) & crew member of Tanum Sound System her practice as a DJ & operator pushes to resist co-option through attempts at rebuilding, redistributing and sustaining space for those disenfranchised & marginalised, both within London and further afield 👀 🗣️ Décalé is a discursive artist’s platform and club night showcasing experiments in sound, art, performance and moving image. Décalé works to amplify marginalised and unrepresented artistic voices. Our programme holds space for accessibility, inclusivity and worldbuilding. ✨ Curated by Chooc Ly Tan, Kadeem Oak and Leïla Arenou. 📲 Audio and Video both available on the CCR Mixcloud & Youtube @cubitt_gallery @mellowdramatics_ @blackobsidian_soundsystem @decaledecaledecale @chooclytan @leilaarenou @kadeemoak 🌐 CCR Links ⬆️