So much depends – lecture series at Reference Point (London, UK)
So much depends is a series of five morning gatherings hosted by Leonie Herweg (GROTTO, Berlin) at Reference Point (London, UK), inviting artists to share a work by another artist that has, over time, shaped, unsettled, or accompanied them. Each session unfolds as a conversation between past and present, self and other, tracing the resonances that form an artist’s lineage. What does it mean to find a kindred voice across time? How does art become a home, a site of recognition, or a quiet companionship? This series explores how we construct sensibility through what we inherit, admire, and can never quite shake off.
Artists Leda Bourgogne, Ghislaine Leung, Zazou Roddam, Rebecca Ackroyd and Nicole Wermers invite us into their dialogues with a painting, a book, a film, a sound – a work that knocked uninvited, lingered, opened a door and went on to shift their perspective. We consider the deep companionship of art—not only as influence, but as a shared terrain where refuge is offered and communion with the work of one’s peers found.
And so, in this space of attentive looking and listening, we ask: What do we carry forward? What carries us?
9.30-11 am
2 Arundel St, Temple, London WC2R 3DA
Leda Bourgogne on Violette Leduc's La Bâtarde (1964) – 27 March
Ghislaine Leung on Lee Lozano's Private Books (1968-1971) – 31 March
Zazou Roddam on John Smith's Blight (1994-96) – 7 May
Rebecca Ackroyd on Annie Ernaux's The Years (2008) – 20 May
Nicole Wermers on Robert Smithson's Hotel Palenque Lecture (1972) – 5 June
Special thank you to Lou <3
Design by Lucie de Bréchard
image 4: Leda Bourgogne by Amelie Amei Kahn-Ackermann