Project presentations
The Original Cell at Maughan Library
Free entry, booking required.
The address is The Original Cell at the Maughan Library, King’s College London, Chancery Ln, London WC2A 1LR
Enter through the open gates on Chancery Lane, opposite the Law Society. The entrance to the building will be on your left. An Artangel front of house member will sign you in and direct you to the Maughan Library.
Enemies and Rascals is an audio work. For those with hearing impairments, large print transcript and exhibition guide will be available.
Wheelchair access to the Original Cell is not advised due to the nature of the site. Step-free and wheelchair access to the Weston Room is permitted by an access lift. If you require step free access to the Weston Room please contact foh@artangel.org.uk
“I began researching this history in 2023, yet the work arrives at a moment when the rhetoric surrounding this 18th century conflict – most notably the proffering of liberty, accompanied by the brutal reality of invasion – resonates with unsettling familiarity today.”— Terence Gower
Terence Gower
Canadian artist Terence Gower lives and works between New York, Mexico City, and France. Known for a research-driven practice dealing with archives, Gower has spent the past 15 years focusing on U.S. international Cold War geopolitics – an interest seeded by a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2010.
In 2024, The Power Plant Toronto presented EMBASSY, a survey show of Gower’s work on cold war geopolitics, featuring over a decade of research into mid-century US diplomatic architecture using sculpture, video, and archival documents. Gower presented two related architectural interventions in 2023; at Philip Johnson’s Glass House (New Canaan, CT), and at Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, both using installation and musical performance to examine the social and acoustical characteristics of each site.
Recent large-scale commissions include Project Etere, Bali; Six Formes, Geneva; SuperPuesto, and Noguchi Galaxy, New York; Workshop Pavilion, Léon, Spain; and Bicycle Pavilion, Mexico City. He has participated in the Gwangju, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Chicago (Architecture), Canadian (National Gallery), and Havana Biennials.
His video works have screened internationally at venues including the Stedelijk Museum, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, and film festivals across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Enemies and Rascals marks an important development in Gower’s practice: his first major commission in London, the first time Gower has used sources outside the twentieth century, and his first collaboration with a sound designer, audio director, and script developer.
Credits
Enemies and Rascals by Terence Gower is commissioned and produced by Artangel.
Presentation Partners: King’s College London.
This commission is supported by the Terence Gower Exhibition Circle, the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation and the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom.
Artangel is generously supported using public funding by Arts Council England and the private patronage of The Artangel International Circle, Special Angels, The Guardian Angels and The Company of Angels.
1) Thierry Bal, The Original Cell at Maughan Library.
2) Terence Gower, Lost Embassy, 2024. Film still.