This is the booking page for: The Screening & Q&A of 'The 13th Zodiac' by John Costi & Rhett NichollJoin us for a screening and live Q&A between artists John Costi & Rhett Nicholl and the Art Programme Managers at the Swiss Church, Diane Chappalley & Lizzy Drury. General Opening Times to the Installation & Film: 25 - 27 October 2024 (10am - 6pm) (Free) Other Events and Performances: Thursday 24th Oct 2024: Private View and Live Performance (6pm - 9pm) Saturday 26th Oct 2024: Live Performance (6pm - 8pm) *Please note: This exhibition & accompanying events are free and open to all. So that we can monitor capacity for the accompanying events and performances, please book via the relevant links. Trigger warning: This exhibition includes references to sexual assault and drug use. 'The 13th Zodiac' by John Costi & Rhett NichollThe Swiss Church London presents ‘The 13th Zodiac’, a multimedia installation and live performance by long-time collaborators and 2024 residency recipients John Costi and Rhett Nicholl, AKA ‘EvilTwin’. They invite the audience to explore the intersections of art, trauma and healing, rewriting narratives of complex, toxic masculinity and scrutinising wider systems of societal oppression, including class and criminal justice systems. The title references both artists’ birthdays, which fall under Ophiuchus, the rarely acknowledged 13th sign of the Zodiac. Also known as the serpent bearer, a god of medicine and so adept in the art of healing, he could return souls from the underworld. This ability was learned from a snake on the river Styx, the main river leading to Hades. These are fitting themes for Costi and Nicholl, whose personal journeys have involved battling addiction, navigating prison and seeking redemption through art. The multimedia installation, including a film and accompanying performances, traces a spiritual journey of surrender and transcendence, with elements drawn from the 12-step recovery model, the Zodiac, and pantheistic traditions. The film's protagonist, ‘E.T,’ embodies the struggles and dualities that both artists have faced. In a quest to find himself and ‘reset the zodiac’, E.T speeds through interdimensional spaces, meeting mythical characters along the way. He confronts past trauma, including a powerful scene set in a North London council estate where Costi experienced a life-altering sexual assault. By reclaiming the location as a  Museum of Injury”, the artists turn pain into a poignant symbol of healing. EvilTwin’s residency at the Swiss Church culminates in a 4-day showcase featuring live musical and theatrical performances that utilise the Swiss Church’s unique architecture and acoustics. John Costi Born after a spiritual awakening during a 6-year sentence for armed robbery, Costi’s practice accesses inherited versions of ‘masculinity’ and criminal sub-culture. Through lived experience, he scrutinises class and the justice system to make sense of his past. Preserving real life to occupy art settings, the gallery acting as support group or showroom, experience and emotion are the charging forces. Social work is at the core. Costi also heads crime diversion groups in probations and prisons. He is interested in dismantling hierarchies of art experience, turning passive audiences into active participants. Often improvised and informed by chance, Costi creates sculptures, installations, paintings and performances. The fallout forms maps of life, as art, the trails of destruction, or fruitful adventure, all to keep a mission firmly in place. ‘I make art to transport me, literally and metaphorically. Art has changed my surroundings externally, as well as my internal beliefs and blocks. It’s saved my life in doing so, providing me a golden ticket out of a past life, a privilege most do not have where I come from.’ – John Costi www.johncosti.com Rhett Nicholl Having spent almost two decades in a cycle of chaotic addiction and offending, Nicholl spent the last four signed to RCA Records, writing, recording and producing music and music videos. He has subsequently transitioned to a vocation in health and social care. Nicholl is now a support worker at a complex needs supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness. He is also studying to be a counsellor specialising in substance use disorders with an emphasis on the integration of the arts into psychosocial treatment modalities. www.rhettnicholl.com About the Art Programme at the Swiss Church is a community and artist-led art programme, based in the historic, building of the Swiss Church in Covent Garden. Our core mission is to provide a safe environment for creative ideas to grow, foster a critical contemporary art dialogue in a sacred space and engage and inspire communities through artistic projects. We support the work of emerging and mid-career artists, those who do not identify as artists yet, and practitioners who seek to strengthen community impact in the arts. We also provide creative opportunities for people who have less access to artistic programmes. We do this through residencies, exhibitions, academic collaborations, networking events, workshops and projects in collaboration with the church’s longstanding communities. www.swisschurchlondon.org.uk/art/

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