Temporary Autonomous Art LONDON
Respect ~ Solidarity ~ Community - FOR THE WEIRDOS, BY THE WEIRDOS ... DIY OR DIE !
TAA: Thurs 8th - Sat 10th October 2026
What is a TAA?
TAA is an underground festival of creativity that has been taking over venues across the UK since 2001. It was an initiative by Random Artists to make use of unoccupied and often derelict buildings and turn them into temporary arts and social spaces.
TAA exhibitions are creative spaces that are organised and constructed by the artists themselves. They operate under an open-access policy, meaning everyone is free to exhibit their work or perform.
Time-honoured art forms sit comfortably amongst digital work, sculptures, installations, films, performance and music. We encourage artists and audience to find their own level of creative involvement and believe that all of our voices are equally important.
This not only opens the doors to a no-cost space to exhibit within but also encourages first-timers and the artist within us all. All contributions are welcome and there is no celebrity here – our aim is to break free of the sterile nature of traditional galleries and instead create a space which removes barriers between art, artist and audience.
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Previous events...
Tiny TAA: Sat 28th March 2026
TAA: 11-13 December 2025
TAA Summer Cabaret: 26 July 2024
Headfuk x TAA: Saturday 7th September 2024
TAA: 20-22 October 2023
TAA: 28-29 April 2023
6-8 October 2022
TAA: 7-9 October 2021
Here's an awesome documentary made at the 2021 20th anniversary event:
TAA: 26-28 September 2019
Tiny TAA - Saturday 22 June 2019
One-day Temporary Autonomous Art event in London!
2-6 May 2018
Random Artists, cohorts and comrades gathered in the Big Smoke for a freewheeling open-access art festival extravaganza. It was stressful but also rewarding, and a crazy time was had by all!
Random Artists present 'Home': 28-29 October + 1-4 November 2017
The Random Artists collective presents an opportunity to be part of a new and themed art show inspired by the universal term HOME.
HOME is where the art is!
29 March – 1 April 2017
Random Artists present... 9-12 November 2016
Twin events in Bristol – May 2016!
VIVA LE METAMORPHOSIS: Wed 18 – Sat 21 May 2016
R A V E – Random Audio Visual Exhibition: Fri 20 May – Sat 21 May 2016
The Island, Old Bridewell Police Station, Bristol BS1 2LE
Contact / Questions
We have an email address (london@taaexhibitions.org), but bear in mind that response times (and replies in general) are handled by volunteers who try their best, but may miss some emails, or not have time to respond quickly. If you need a
quick response, or have not heard back, you'll likely have more luck
reaching out via the
Signal Group.