“Display Fever” is thrilled to announce its debut exhibition, The Fire, at MetaMorphika Studios in Hackney. Having operated as an online gallery since its inception last summer, this event marks the first time Display Fever’s artistic community will unite in a physical space. The Fire features a broad spectrum of mediums from 17 international artists including painting, sculpture, video, photography and installation. Accompanying the visual displays, the exhibition presents a public programme of tours, forums, performances, and workshops. 
Display Fever embodies an electrifying energy that elevates the body’s temperature with a passion to speak out and take action. With this inherently proactive concept at its core, Display Fever aims at fostering greater political awareness and collective action within the arts. 

The Fire introduces a new ideology and manifesto: Feverism. Feverism encourages artists to persevere despite the economic, emotional, and competitive pressures of the art market by championing collectivism and intimacy in artistic spaces. The manifesto champions self-belief, maintaining one's creative rhythm and passion for community sharing, rather than conforming to commercial pressures or adapting to competitive environments.

Feverism unites artists who are passionate about challenging biopolitical and economic structures, engaging in social practices, and forming close-knit artistic collectives. It stands in opposition to artistic isolation and self-deprivation, instead fostering community-building and prioritising open access. Feverism rejects art-washing and conflict, striving to create spaces that are as accessible and inclusive as possible.
In The Fire, Feverism serves as an overarching theme, driving a fervency to speak out and an attitude of political urgency. Feverism is explored through a variety of themes in the exhibition, including identity, gender, feminism, belonging, health, accessibility, sustainability, and climate crises. Each of the 17 participating artists contributes their socio-political and personal research, offering insights that exemplify the ideology of Feverism while deepening the exploration of these critical themes.


Manifesto of Feverism


Persevere as an artist. Believe in yourself and trust your instincts despite facing artistic hardships. Be unique and determined to persist, continue creating at your own pace and enjoy the process. Consistency and maintaining your fever are vital to overcoming imposed patriarchal structures. 

Tend towards working with experimental practices. Promote a diverse range of mediums; artists who are currently living and experiencing fever. Choose not to make art solely for monetary gain.                     

Feel hot and feverish. Create collective, equal and supportive spaces that welcome artists regardless of their identity, class, background or the success standards of the art world. 

Embrace a spirit of collaboration to counter the individualistic nature of the mainstream art market. Bring together different artistic collectives in one space. Be open to sharing your experiences.
Create intimate exhibition spaces. Create exhibition spaces that are peaceful, intimate, and collaborative, offering a remedy to the isolating effects of  white wall spaces. 

Express socio-political concerns. Indicate a fervent desire to address and communicate socio-political issues through artistic expression. Demonstrate an interest in current societal and environmental matters.

Respect and trust your peers and boycott bullying and racism; don’t tolerate harassment. Offer to resolve problems in a peaceful and calm way with open communication.

Be accessible, support international human rights, be multicultural, and reject apartheid policies. 

Engage openly with public audiences and strive to bridge the gap between art and the general public.

Take action against the status quo, advocate for the public, and unite communities.

Refuse to weaponise culture and philanthropy, reject artwashing, and refuse genocide and war.