A Simultaneous Agreement

23 Apr-18 Jul 2026

PV 22 Apr 2026, 6-8pm

Overview

A Simultaneous Agreement is Stanley Picker Fellow FRAUD’s (Audrey Samson and Francisco Gallardo) latest body of work which centres on the circulation of nutrients and infrastructures permeating the current UK water crisis. Examining the intimacy between the fertiliser mine and the treatment plant, the project asks, when minerals move across the earth what do they bring with them?

There are 4,929 bodies of water in England, all of which are currently deemed unfit for both human and more-than-human life. Like most English rivers, the Hogsmill, which flows either side of the Stanley Picker Gallery, contains dangerous levels of chemical substances stemming from agricultural run-off and sewage overflow. Water­­ – the stuff of life – now also harbours unevenly distributed violence. Through art- and design-based approaches rooted in spatial advocacy, the project aims to unravel the complexity of corporate, financial and governmental interests that have led to wide-scale water degradation.

Hogsmill Community Gatherings 28 April 2026 5-7pm

Kingston Arist Open Studios (KAOS) Exhibition Open Waters 9-16 May

Stanley Picker Gallery Late 15 May 6-8pm

Standing for the River  Public Performance 12 June 5-7pm

Bathing Request Public Consultation 16 – 20 June 11-5pm

Credits:

Wearable sculptures and costumes created by Isabel Castro Jung and designed in collaboration with FRAUD.

Choreography by Neus Gil Cortés

Dance by Juan Sanchez Plaza

Glass work by Jochen Holz

Sculpture design and 3D Reuben Truman 

Acknowledgments:

Rosa Busquets, David Haskell, Sandra Cavanagh, Silvia Padula, Kingston University

Seytkhan Azat, Satbayev University

Joaquín Silvestre, University of Alicante

Sergey Mikhalovsky, University of Brighton

John Leveridge, Aimer Products Limited

Staffordshire St Gallery
Launch Event Wed 22 April 2026 6-8pm / All Welcome!

Biography
FRAUD (Audrey Samson, Francisco Gallardo, and Gris Perla Amor) is a meute of artists, spatial practitioners and research-prowlers whose work has been exhibited internationally. Their artistic and investigative practice poses questions that aim to de-centre dominant legal and policy systems validating and perpetuating resource- and commodity-oriented relations. Somerset House Studios alumni, the group has also been selected for Artangel’s Making Time, as well as awarded the Stanley Picker and the HBK Braunschweig fellowships, and has been commissioned by Contemporary Art Archipelago, the Istanbul Design Biennial, RADAR Loughborough and the Cockayne Foundation. Audrey is a Professor in More-than-Computational Arts at l’École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels. Francisco is Studio Tutor at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL) and in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins (UAL). FRAUD’s work has been short-listed for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award and is part of the permanent collections of the European Investment Bank Institute (LU) and the Art and Nature Centre – Beulas Foundation (SP). Recent investigations are compiled in the publication EURO—VISION: Undergrounding the Critical Mineral, published in 2025 by K-Verlag and on the website frauds.site.

Jochen Holz is a London-based master glass maker. Specialised in lampworking, Holz transforms high quality glass tubes into one-off glassware, bespoke objects, jewellery, and neon light sculptures. By letting the process and materiality of molten glass play a central role in his practice, a high level of spontaneous decisions and intuition are present in his design.

Guillermo (Will) Rodriguez Lopez is one of the metal technicians at Kingston School of Art, he also helps to run the community forge in Surbiton which is part of The Community Brain.

Reuben Truman is a designer whose work moves between architecture, craft, and community. His practice combines hands-on making, from live builds to detailed models, with research into circular economy practices, exploring how industrial waste and natural materials can find new life through built interventions.

Isabel Castro Jung is a German Spanish visual artist and artist educator based in London, UK. She has exhibited internationally and her work focuses on immersive performance sculpture, participatory live art and creative workshops.

Neus Gil Cortes is a Spanish choreographer and dramaturg based in UK. With more than fifteen years of experience as a dance artist, Neus has danced in companies such as Hofesh Shechter Company, National Dance Company Wales and Dance Works Rotterdam, amongst others. Neus has choreographed from early on in her professional career, first supported by the different companies she was dancing in, and from 2009 as an independent choreographer, when she was selected for One Night’s Dance, a platform for young choreographers hosted by Dansateliers Rotterdam.

Juan Sánchez Plaza, originally from Spain, is a Professional Dancer, choreographer and teacher based between London and Barcelona. He works with Agudo Dance Company, Richard Chappell Dance company, Tom Dale Company, Richard Pye, Puntos de Partida, Flute Theatre, Persona Collective, alongside co-funding and creating for Nomad Dance Collective, touring ”The Renegade Master”, ”D(US)T”, “NOW-NESS” and ”Nomades” in the UK, Spain, Germany and Ecuador 2021-2024.