We are delighted to present the sixth screening in this series with two works by artist Bea McMahon.
In the collaborative performance Dear Wattana, Sonia Kacem and Bea McMahon created a correspondence to Wattana, a Bornean Orangutan (living in the Apenheul Primate Park in the Netherlands) renowned for her skills in tying complicated knot installations which she later dismantles. The performance and its video documentation took place as part of Kacem’s contribution to the group exhibition Éloge du carburateur in Le Printemps de Septembre biennale in Toulouse 2018. Using Kacem’s habitual sculptural materials as devices of expression, during the performance the two artists interlace gesture and materials: how can objects catalyse movement? how can a body be regulated by an object? how do intuitive practices relate to discursive expression?
Thursday September 24th, 6-8pm Join us for a special opening event for The Conditions of Being Here, a group exhibition by the 2026 Student Forum. Reflecting the group’s exchange of ideas and perspectives throughout the year, the works reveal the ways that the members navigate, shape, and become influenced by their environments – urban and rural, […]
Friday 18th September, 7pm Miss Powder Vacuum 2026 is upon us and she’s summoning the most gifted and challenged to guide us through another year of the end of this world! The time has come once again to gather and groan over the absolute best and the absolute worst in search of our most powdered […]
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