SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires @ Patriothall Gallery

Six months after the first SEEP experience, Cachín Cachán Cachunga! present SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires.

Curated by award-winning interdisciplinary artist Sandra Alland and with the technical support of Ariadna Battich, the exhibition focuses on intersectional identities, as well as the relationship between self and community. Opening on 19 September with a live performance by Andra Simons, SEEP II brings together fifteen local and international artists from intersectional backgrounds, and, like its predecessor, features a mixture of visual art, film, performance and installation. 

SEEP II: Mirrors and Mires showcases various work – from gender variant internationally acclaimed artist Del LaGrace Volcano, mixed-media and video artist Karen Miranda Augustine, to exciting, local emerging artists like Glasgow's Steadfast, described as "QPOC multidisclipinary artist dropout, dropping back in." The purpose behind this is to explore the tension between the individual and community, reflection and repulsion, self-examination and self-obsession. There is also a writing and performance workshop with Andra Simons, recipient of the Bermuda Arts Council's Founders Award and a Creative Writing Visiting Lecturer at the University of Greenwich.

The exhibition intends to highlight work from minority ethnic, migrant, working class, and deaf and disabled LGBTI artists. This diverse approach is also reflected in the care given to attendees; there will be BSL interpretation, film subtitling, audio description, Braille and large print programmes, and wheelchair access. With the variety of artists, media, and disciplines, this promises to be an even more intriguing and mind-stretching endeavour than the previous SEEP. [Eric Karoulla]