Nowhere Less Now

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Drawing connections between a 19th century Tin Tabernacle chapel in London, the birth of her great great uncle, George Edwards, the birth of Mina Bergson, artist and sister of French philosopher Henri Bergson, and her own birth exactly 100 years later to the day, Seers and Sargent explore image-making mediums, sea-faring and migration. ArtHouse Jersey is delighted to present the eighth chapter of this episodic work after previous iterations including London (Kilburn Tin Tabernacle, Hayward and Whitechapel Galleries), Sharjah, Swansea, Tasmania and Margate, and which here concerns the history of Jersey. One event leads to another in a world where coincidence takes on the character of necessity. The discovery by Seers of a family photograph of great great uncle Edwards, taken whilst serving with the British navy in Zanzibar, took her in his wake to the islands off Africa’s east coast. Many things came to the surface in this archipelago, considered to be the seat of witchcraft in East Africa; from an Arab princess and a young English sailor drifting in the currents of Empire, to an inscription on a centuries old Baobab tree. Combining photography, performance, video and animation, Nowhere Less Now is symptomatic of Seers and Sargent's relentless search for truths that remain elusive as they slip through the lens. Free / no booking required.

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