Book Launch | Art Writing Group

A Finely Tuned Battery of Senses

14.07.2026
'A Finely Tuned Battery of Senses' Publication by Art Writing Group
Tuesday 14 July, 6pm to 7.30pm
 
Readings begin at 6.15pm, Please arrive promptly
Drinks will be served
 
Join Art Writing Group to celebrate the launch of A Finely Tuned Battery of Senses, a new publication produced in collaboration with Cell Project Space.
 
Throughout the evening, selected members of Art Writing Group will present live readings drawn from texts developed during past workshops, bringing the group's collective writing practice into the gallery. Copies of the publication will be available to take home, alongside a selection of self-produced badges made by the group. Founded by artist and curator Oli Mardon and artist Frank Wates, Art Writing Group brings together students and practising artists to develop and experiment with workshop formats that explore contemporary art in galleries across London. Through collaborative writing exercises, participants respond to exhibitions with personal reflections, encounters, and experimental texts that engage with the structures and material qualities of exhibitions, often combining images, annotations, notes, and fragments of text.
 
A Finely Tuned Battery of Senses brings together layered compositions of the group's writing, edits, found images, thought processes, and collective responses to LA Timpa’s solo exhibition Come Back, presented earlier this year at Cell Project Space.
 
The launch takes place alongside a special late opening of The Living River by Armineh Negadari, extending the exhibition's exploration of poetry and language.
 
<<<Founded and coordinated by Oli Mardon and Frank Wates, Art Writing Group creates spaces for collectively exploring writing as an artistic practice. The group's mission is to continue finding new ways of working with writing as a material while fostering dialogue around art writing and creating space for shared ideas beyond formal institutional settings.>>>>
 
The workshop was made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
 
For any additional access needs or enquiries, please contact Annabelle Mödlinger at annabelle [at] cellprojects.org.