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Needless to say we’ve sold off all our principles along with our own grandmothers and anything we said last year was probably a lie.
The Unfair Party celebrates, propagates and interrogates the descent upon London of the remaining art fairs; Frieze Zoo and Year07 in mid-October. (You smart art gossips would have caught the implication of the last sentence…)
This year’s outing affords us the extra opportunities to celebrate the release of Unfair Party veterans SaltPeter’s new single, “I’m Not Gay But…” ( Fred Label) and the pre-launch excitement of the thinking fashionista’s glossy quarterly, Wound Magazine. Come and raise a glass or fingernail in celebration of these exciting new adventures.
In the spirit of the new London in which you have to smoke outside and non-existent ‘local residents’ are cited as a reason to moan about live music (once the councils have creamed off the profits of the cultural economy), we welcome you to “New Puritans”. The new circumstances aside, it’s still Hogarth in Hoxton. We will have fun if it kills us. And we’re happy to take you with us.
Back to our Hoxton roots to juxtapose poverty-stricken artists with collectors who will never buy their work; nouveau riche entrepreneurs and posh birds with eating disorders; couture-clad intellectuals and club survivors of the past two decades. In short, some of you who can’t even dance might even get to go home with someone who is way out of your league before you go back to the salt mines of contemporary art in the morning. Welcome to New Puritans. Keep it behind closed doors. But feel invited to party with us first.
Wives optional
Sounds
In keeping with its (lack of) status as — originally — the bastard brainchild of the doyenne of Trailertrash, Hannah Holland and DJ Cliché the sounds of the Unfair Party will still churn up the electro-batty-bass-ting sound. If you don’t know what that is, Daddy-O, bring your kids.
For this soiree, DJ Cliché is joined by the Dukes of Hazzard, the original sound of the Antwerp underground. We don’t mean 80’s retro, kids, we mean the ones who were laughing at the sounds you now think are cool. Are they doing the retro tip? I think not!
Sights
Jemima Brown and rom and son’s evolving epic of party-specific interactive art will offer us some “Party Puritans”.Work by Caron Geary will also be trolled out for your delectation.
When….?
Thursday, 11 October. (this year, obviously)
Club space open from 21:30 until the management come and chuck everybody out.
Where…?
Hoxton, innit?
In the club space at...
Underbelly @ Zigfrid’s
11 Hoxton Square
London
N1 6NU
The Damage
You are the potentially the damage, so it’s not about the money. List ensures you get in, otherwise you’d better hope you’re with the person who’s got what most of the people are after whilst pretending not to care. Or, that you are, at least, very pretty.
For you very, very important people, please email memememe@theunfairparty.co.uk
If we agree with your self-assessment of your own importance, we’ll put you on the list.
Please note, if you're on the list, you're on the list. We don't guarantee you entry if you don't get your bum through the door into the club space soon enough. Take it up with the husky guy in the black suit if you’re not happy about it. But I wouldn’t suggest trying to impress him with how many Santiago Sierras or Joerg Immendorfs you have in your collection. He no care!
Of course, if you turn up too late or you're just too damaged from sucking champagne off price lists all day, you can always flop out in the bar upstairs or come on to someone who runs a boutique in a street with a rat problem….
We would like to thank (AND YOU SHOULD TOO!!) the following for their support:
The Agency (London) Alice Day (Brussels) Colony (Birmingham)
Centrifugal Projects (London/Antwerp) Fred (London) Rokeby (London)
Showroom MAMA (Rotterdam) Vegas Gallery (London) & Wound Magazine ( Paris/London/Shanghai) |
