7/9/2012
Lindsay Seers
Artangel, London
Nowhere Less Now. From the unlikely connections between the chapel, 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 has created a journey across time.
The Tin Tabernacle
12-16 Cambridge Avenue
Kilburn
London NW6 5BA
Open Wed - Sun
Tickets are £7 (£5 concessions) from Thursday to Sunday. Free Wednesday tickets are sold out. Booking is essential on all days - details below.
'An important work by an artist of stature.' - Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph
Conceived specially for an arresting 19th century corrugated iron chapel in Kilburn, known locally as The Tin Tabernacle, Nowhere Less Now is an ambitious new installation by British artist Lindsay Seers.
From the unlikely connections between the chapel, 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 has created a journey across time. Entangling global histories with intimate stories, the work explores image-making mediums, sea-faring and migration.
One event leads to another in a world where coincidence takes on the character of necessity. The unfurling narratives project forward as well as backwards, from the present to a future when dates have become irrelevant and photography redundant.
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’ relentless search for truths that remain elusive as they slip through the lens.
The Tin Tabernacle is a Grade II listed building in Kilburn, London. Erected in the 1860s as a place of worship, for the last 70 years it has been home to the Willesden & St Marylebone Sea Cadets. It is one of the last surviving corrugated iron chapels in England.
Nowhere Less Now is commissioned and produced by Artangel with the Sharjah Art Foundation and MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Hobart, Australia. The presentation in London is supported by The Henry Moore Foundation.
Nowhere Less Now is included in The Artangel Collection.
Artangel is supported by Arts Council England, Special Angels and The Company of Angels.
Image: Lindsay Seers, Monocularý, 2012, an Artangel commission
For further information please email Emily Bromfield or call Emily on 020 7713 1400.
emily@artangel.org.uk
Artangel
31 Eyre Street Hill - London EC1R 5EW
Nowhere Less Now can be experienced by a maximum of 25 people at a time.
Viewings begin on the hour and last for around 40 minutes.
Tickets must be booked in advance and cost £7 (£5 concessions) except on Wednesdays, when entry is free.
To book a paid ticket, Thurs - Sun, please click HERE
Free Wednesday tickets are now sold out
Viewing times are as follows:
Wednesday, Thursday 13.45 – 19.00
Viewings begin at 14.00, 15.00, 16.00, 17.00, 18.00
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11.45 – 19.00
Viewings at 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00, 16.00, 17.00, 18.00
Visitors are advised to arrive no later than 10 minutes before their allotted time.
Latecomers may not be admitted and may have to wait for the next available viewing.