Diasporas Now x Minor Attractions
Club Chimæra
10 October, 2024
Diasporas Now hosted Club Chimæra – a ceremony of performance art, experimental club music, and somatic healing on 10 October, over two storeys of The Mandrake for Minor Attractions’ artist residency across the hotel during Frieze London 2024. Both Minor Attractions and Diasporas Now champion the inclusivity of London’s wider cultural scene in the art world, with a specific focus on uplifting BIPOC communities.
The dynamic lineup featured a drawing and movement workshop by Lulu Wang to a sound bath by Diasporas Now director and event curator Rieko Whitfield, an improvisational movement workshop by Yen-Ching Lin, live music by Rieko Whitfield, and DJ sets by playbody’s HEZEN and Genesys’ DJ Nomad and Ib03y.
Club Chimæra Lineup
Diasporas Now co-founder Lulu Wang welcomed guests to Club Chimæra in the Mandrake hotel lobby, with a drawing and movement workshop accompanied by a live crystal bowl and electronic synthesiser sound bath by Rieko Whitfield.
Yen-Ching Lin, acclaimed dancer and rehearsal director for Akhram Khan and Theo Adams dance companies, hosted an improvisational movement workshop allowing participants to tap into hybrid states of being.
Diasporas Now director, Club Chimæra curator, and self-described “experimental pop witch” Rieko Whitfield performed a ritualistic and mesmerising live music set centred around her upcoming EP “Zakuro.”
HEZEN (playbody) / Genesys DJ sets DJ Nomad and Ib03y
Award-winning producer, singer-songwriter, and curator for the art / club collective playbody, HEZEN performed a hybrid live-DJ set, followed by club collective Genesys (DJ Nomad and Ib03y) who closed the night for a packed dance floor.
Minor Attractions is a week-long art fair hosted in The Mandrake hotel inviting global commercial galleries and not-for-profit art spaces that took place from the 8-13th October, 2024. The fair is designed as a space where art and nightlife meet, allowing the swells of international collectors in the city to mingle with the art workers and artists that make the art world tick.
The Mandrake is a multi-award-winning, luxury lifestyle property in the heart of London’s Fitzrovia. Every aspect of The Mandrake has been thoughtfully curated and designed to offer guests a unique, immersive and truly unforgettable experience.
Images by Isabelle Tilli