Zones of Estrangement
In Between Zones - A London Art Guerrilla Tour
Preface
As part of the scattered-site exhibition-event In Between Zones – A London Art Guerrilla Tour, Zones of Estrangement unfolds within Highgate Wood, an ancient woodland in North London. We approach this woodland not merely as a site but as an experimental ground—an interlocutor, a living stage upon which displacement, dislocation, and contemporary forms of spirituality are enacted.
The participating artists activate the woodland as a negotiated yet interstitial space, where the “parochial domain of ‘others’”[1] becomes sensorially tangible, relationally palpable and socially generative. The negotiation takes place between the artists and the more-than-human environment, while fissure signifies the precarious adventure of temporary spatial borrowing. The exhibited works frame displacement not as loss but as a condition for emergence; spirituality not as transcendence but as immanent encounter; and ecopoiesis not as restoration but as co-creation with the living forest.
by Nicole Zihua Zhang
Notes:
[1] Maarten Hajer & Arnold Reijndorp, In Search of New Public Domain (Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2001), p.116, quoted in Joshua Decter & Helmut Draxler (ed.), Exhibition as Social Intervention: ‘Culture in Action’ 1993 (London: Afterall Books, 2014), p. 19.
Artists
Amanda Moraes Teixeira (Brazil)
Bhawana Jain (India)
Bunga Yuridespita (Indonesia)
Po-Yun Kuo (Taiwan)
Siqing Zhan (China)
Curator
Nicole Zihua Zhang
Graphic Designer
Ning Jiang
Guerrilla Site
Highgate Wood, Muswell Hill Rd, London, N10 3JN
Date
2-7 pm, 26 September 2025 (Friday)
Opening with a picnic.
About Artists
Amanda Moraes Teixeira
Brazilian-born and London-based, Amanda Moraes Teixeira creates works that examine the relationship between body, materiality, and environment, focusing on how we experience displacement and navigate spatial boundaries. She views sculpture as fluid, interactive, and always in a state of transition. Working intuitively, she engages materials such as sandbags, tarpaulin, ropes, duct tape, and scaffolding through techniques like casting, sewing, and assemblage to create spaces that invite viewers to reconsider embodiment and forge new connections with their surroundings.
Amanda recently graduated with a Master’s degree in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins (UAL). She was awarded two graduation prizes: a Graduation Art Prize Exhibition at Tension Gallery, a solo exhibition, and the The Spike x Central Saint Martins Postgraduate Writing Prize (2025). Her work has been included in several exhibitions, including La Hora Loca at The Good Rice, London (2025); A bruta delicadeza at Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre (2025); TBF… at Hypha Gallery, London (2024); See it, Say it, Unsorted at Central Saint Martins (2023); Des.view in Brazil (2022); and the Poster Quadrennial Bardejov in Slovakia (2021).
Bhawana Jain
Born in 1998 in Assam, India, Bhawana Jain's practice unfolds at the intersection of ecopoiesis, embodied memory, and cultural reclamation. Working across installation, drawing, printmaking, sound, film, and performance, she explores ecological, social, and spiritual thresholds. Her work draws on feminist phenomenology, decolonial thought, and cosmology to examine how bodies—both individual and collective—are shaped by, and in turn shape, the world.
Jain recently completed an MA in Fine Art with Distinction at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, where she was honoured with the 2025 Graduate Award. Alongside her studio practice, she has over four years of experience facilitating creative workshops and community-based art education across India and the UK.
Bunga Yuridespita
Born in 1989, Indonesia. Bunga Yuridespita works across sculpture, painting, and moving image to explore the shifting relationship between body, space and time. Her practice transforms abstract ideas into immersive environments that heighten sensory awareness and unsettle conventional perspectives. Her installations propose spaces of potential, where transformation, disorientation and discovery are always possible.
Po-Yun Kuo
Po-Yun Kuo is a Taiwanese interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in London. Working across sculpture, video installation, performance, and documentary, her practice explores the intersections of body, mobility, and politics, revealing how shifts in space reflect power and social class. Through found objects and improvised site-specific public performances, she uses humor and irony to disrupt existing spatial orders and blur the boundaries between art and everyday life.
Her films focus on socio-political issues in East Asia, particularly women’s narratives and diary films, and have been shown at festivals including FOTOGENIA (Mexico City), VASTLAB (Los Angeles), and the Oregon International Short Film Festival.
Siqing Zhan
Siqing Zhan is a community-focused artist and historical researcher with a strong background in interdisciplinary collaboration. She is dedicated to creating supportive and inclusive environments by integrating textile practices, community engagement, and archival research, with the aim of empowering marginalised groups to connect with art. Her work centres on themes of decolonisation, diaspora, and gender intersections, weaving together traditional techniques and contemporary discourse. Through workshops and participatory projects, Siqing roots her practice in local contexts, fostering dialogue and collective exploration.
