On Sunday night, the bright lights of London’s cultural scene gathered at 180 Studios for a private dinner to celebrate the launch of Paradigm Shift: new dimensions in moving image, a major new exhibition curated by Jefferson Hack in partnership with Ray-Ban Meta.
Paradigm Shift draws upon five decades of moving image works, from the 1970s to the present day, and spans the worlds of avant-garde cinema, TV, music video, performance, fashion, gaming and internet culture. From legendary figures like Andy Warhol and Nan Goldin to a younger generation of cutting-edge creatives, the exhibition provides a bold, diverse and expansive look at the moving image and its continuously evolving role within the culture. Alongside iconic works of art, it features several new works commissioned by 180 Studios.
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Acclaimed chef Mateo Zielonka – known to his nearly one million Instagram followers as The Pasta Man – provided guests with a curated menu, which featured Shredded Green Kale, Celery, Apple & Walnut Salad, Mateo’s Tagliorini Slow Cooked Tomato Sauce and Braised Organic Spello Lentils, Salsa Verde Greceburn.
Several of the artists featured in the exhibition were in attendance including Gilian Wearing, Mark Leckey, Julianknxx, Josèfa Ntjam, Arthur Jafa, Sophia Al Maria and Babak Radboy, along with an array of big names from the art world: artist Marc Quinn; musician and conceptual artist Fatima Al Qadiri; designer Ben Kelly; choreographer Holly Blakey; gallerist Sadie Coles; Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries; Bengi Ünsal, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts; Edward Gillman, Director of the Chisenhale Gallery, and Josef O’Connor, Founder and Artistic Director of CIRCA, all made an appearance.
The worlds of fashion, music and film were also well-represented, with guests including producer Stanley Buchthal; actresses Amybeth McNulty and Bel Priestley; models Alva Claire and Adot Gak; designer Jenna Fletcher; musician Leo Stay Trill; stylist Avena Gallagher; set designer Ibby Njoya, Fashion East Founder Lulu Kennedy; Founder of Mason & Fifth Benjamin Prevezer; influencer and musician Sabrina Bahsoon and content creator AYAMÉ. Flying the flag for Dazed were Ted Stansfield, Jack Sunnucks, Emma Davidson and Emily Dinsdale; AnOther Magazine’s Susannah Frankel, Katie Shillingford and Alex Fur, and Another Man’s Ellie Grace Cummings.
Paradigm Shift: New Dimensions in Moving Image will be open from 15 October – 21 December 2025, 10am – 7pm, Wednesday- Sunday (closed Monday and Tuesday) at 180 Studios, 180 The Strand in London.