Conditions, London
28 June - 10 August 2025
From 28 June - 10 August 2025, Conditions in Croydon will present the free exhibition HARDCORE / LOVE. For the first time, Arthur Jafa’s Love is the Message, The Message is Death (2016) will be shown alongside Mark Leckey’s Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (1999) - widely considered as two of the most important moving-image artworks of the past thirty years. The exhibition will be held within a former electronics shop in the Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon.
Founded in Croydon in 2018, Conditions is an independent project, run by artists, for artists. Conditions provides studio space and structured critical conversations to develop each artist's work. It also foregrounds the importance of sociability and makes a space for artists to connect, via talks, exhibitions and events. Since its founding,
Conditions has supported over 170 artists and is committed to providing an alternative model to the increasing
cost of both studio space and education for artists in London.
The premise of HARDCORE / LOVE emerged from a conversation with art dealer Gavin Brown, who grew up in Croydon and wanted to help support the future of Conditions. The organisation is currently raising vital funds to achieve long-term security on its studio building.
HARDCORE / LOVE will offer visitors a unique chance to experience two landmark artworks which combine video, music and montage. Made over 15 years apart, both works use the emotional and physical experience of music, along with a process of video editing that cuts fragments of images to create artworks that are social, political and
personal.