Hanne Peeraer: Soft Reset
15th January, 2025 – 8th February, 2025
Soho Revue
14 Greek Street
W1D 4DP
Soho Revue is pleased to present ‘Soft Reset’, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Hanne
Peeraer, running 15th January – 8th February. Soft celestial forms with spiked edges hang from the ceiling. Darts of colour slip through them, and as they gently twist, viewers are invited to sit and look up to watch the works drift above.
Grounded in research into neuroaesthetics, and an investigation surrounding the illusory nature of perception, Peeraer seeks out nuance. Rather than there being a divided and cold hard line
between ‘before’ and ‘after’ in our lives, the artist’s work deciphers how we may hold memory to
interpret and anticipate the future.
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Credit Ben Walker
The titular reference nods too to the pervasive presence of technology, going deeper into how
computation is not a cold circuitry but nature’s own method. Peeraer sees life itself as an ongoing process of pattern-recognition and subtle adaptation. Symmetries and paired forms throughout the exhibition trace these recurring patterns—cellular architectures, cosmic arrangements, neural pathways, abstract reasoning. In weaving these together, the work seeks to reconcile seemingly disparate realms of biology, philosophy, prayer, and embodied experience.
The central mobile Baby Universe aims to embody the hypnagogic space between waking and
sleeping; when consciousness softens and something else seeps in with gentle ease. Rather than
making grand proclamations about our future, the piece creates a protective bubble for wonder, like a drift that feels both vast and somehow safe. Flanking it, two paintings embody the grounding force of two personal relationships that have anchored Peeraer’s lived experience throughout her research. They are intimate, abstract portraits of human scale that serve as counterpoints to this collective human reaching the future
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‘Soft Reset’ asks how we may reconcile what we are forced to feel in these expanding horizons,
and what we can measure and name. Among these larger questions and ruminations on life
philosophies, we return to softness, and to the importance of holding space for our human scale
and needs.
Complimenting the themes of ‘Soft Reset’, The Revue Club launches their exclusive first event
‘Slow to Soften’ on Wednesday 29th January. Exhibiting artists Georgina Odell and Hanne Peeraer
welcome guests to bring in the new year in gentle, purposeful reflection in two parts, with a guided meditation led by Hanne in her exhibition ‘Soft Reset’, and then materialising these learnings with an interactive automatic writing practice with Georgina, taking inspiration from her exhibition ‘Childhood Souvenirs’. In line with the aims of the Revue Club’s mission to connect creatives with one another and art experiences in a new way, the first twenty minutes of the workshop will allow for meeting likeminded individuals. More information can be found here.
Hanne Peeraer: Soft Reset opens on the 15th of January, 2025 until the 8th of February, 2025 at Soho Revue
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