TAA's are free, open access art exhibitions that take place in disused and reclaimed spaces throughout the UK.

Reclaiming space that has no other immediate purpose, we will be repairing, making safe and improving the building we use before transforming it into a vibrant, organic, artistic statement.

We want the people of Brighton to come together to create a cultural, interactive autonomous space where people are free to be, free to create and free to express themselves.

Artists, musicians, writers and performers who otherwise would have no outlet, are invited to display their work uninhibited by the normal constraints placed on the current artistic climate. The space is used respectfully and intelligently, for genuine community development, creating fields of opportunity for a future at no cost or harm to anyone else. We want to exhibit all forms of artwork; drawings, paintings, sculptures big and small, photography, installations and more. Showcasing poets and vocalists, films and performance, words and concepts born out of the free party underground movement. These spaces of reclaimed freedom have been making a significant contribution to an alternative art world.

The event will run for four days from Wednesday through to Saturday. Opening from midday to midnight. We aim to offer a exhibition space, workshops, a cinema/film evening, cabaret, junk fashion show and live music. We welcome people from all backgrounds to come and get involved. So if you want to contribute in any way at all please get in touch.

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History of TAA

Temporary Autonomous Art Events and Exhibitions were born in London in 2001 to the Random Artists collective. Taking influence from Temporary Autonomous Zones that believe in building fleeting pirate utopia's, TAA utilises DIY culture tactics to create space for art and expression outside of the establish art world elites.  Reclaiming and reusing derelict urban spaces TAA’s host a hotbed of emerging arts crossing all disciplines, fusing and collaborating between traditional and contemporary media. The artwork has a dark and ominous undertone, whilst sharing a hope and beauty unified through the use of free space.

After several years of building successful and growing networks of artists and audience in London, the Random Artists collective began to tour TAA exhibitions to Eastern Europe. Over the years we have been to Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Berlin, Italy, France and Spain.

In 2004 Random Artists helped the Insurgent Arts collective to facilitate a TAA in Bristol, it exploded and they began their own regular events. Since then Manchester (Forbidden Arts), Edinburgh (Free & Reactive Edinburgh Arts Kollective - FREAK) and Brighton (Subterranean Art Brighton) have bloomed their own arts collectives and have held successful TAA events. The TAA network is a growing family and new groups are always welcomed.

Random Artists and a host of other TAA participant collectives have also worked together on Ground Zero – an electronic arts show at the 2004 Liverpool Biennalle, Fuse - a multidisciplinary collaboration and The Plot Thickens I and II – two exhibitions based on a short story, as well as presenting a short archive of work at the ICA.