ASC x hinterconti: Exchange-Channel – An International Artistic Dialogue

ASC x hinterconti: Exchange-Channel – An International Artistic Dialogue

We are thrilled to announce ASC’s first exhibition partnership with hinterconti, Hamburg! Exchange-Channel brings together four ASC artists from London with two artists from hinterconti, marking the first stage of an exciting international exchange programme. This initiative aims to foster dialogue, collaboration, and visibility for artists from both the UK and Germany.

The exhibition’s title, Exchange-Channel, is rich with meaning. Beyond its literal sense of connecting two places, it evokes the act of narrowing, focusing, and, quite literally, channeling. In English (channeling) and German (kanalisieren), the concept speaks to concentration within complexity—a focus that emerges through exploration of glitches, gaps, and the in-between. The exhibition is about making the unknown familiar, and the act of seeing and being seen: “What we see looks back at us” (G. Didi-Huberman). Across borders, both physical and digital, the participating artists illuminate moments of translation, fracture, and revelation.

The exhibition features:

• Darren O’Brien – Playful visual “glitches” merge Apollo moon-landing imagery with constructed, analogue-feeling compositions.

• Ilsa Brittain (Croydon) – Images hover between surface and depth, submerged, elusive, and alluring.

• Georgia Salmond (Bow) – Sculptural works carry residues of place, fragments of memory and material presence.

• Luke Bacon (Brixton / Handbag Factory) – Raw, gestural, manga-infused physicality, charged with imaginative force.

• Stefan Mildenberger (Hamburg / hinterconti) – Scans of film stills fracture narrative, turning movement into porous, static frames.

• ANna Tautfest (Hamburg / hinterconti) – Collage-like compositions elevate the peripheral, overlooked, and marginal into ornamental abstraction.

About hinterconti: An artist-run space in Hamburg focused on experimental, interdisciplinary, and community-oriented practices, hinterconti offers an open platform for exhibitions, performances, and cultural exchange, emphasising independent and emerging voices.

About ASC: A London-based arts charity celebrating over 30 years of supporting artists through affordable studios and exhibition opportunities, ASC continues its mission at ASC Gallery, now in its third venue at The Handbag Factory, Kensington.

We warmly invite our community to experience this unique international dialogue in person and engage with the works of these six remarkable artists.

Exhibition Details

📍 Venue: Balduinstr. 24 | 20359 Hamburg
🗓 Exhibition Dates: 12–14 December 2025

Vernissage:
Friday, 12.12.2025 | 19:00–22:00

Open Hours:

• Saturday, 13.12.2025 | 16:00–20:00

• Sunday, 14.12.2025 | 16:00–20:00
  Artist Talk: 17:00

Come and immerse yourself in the world of contemporary art and creative exchange.

Come and explore Exchange-Channel — a meeting of minds, places and artistic visions.