Between The Seams expands the concept of ‘interstices’ beyond its basic definition as an intervening space. For the exhibitions, the curators view interstice as a framework that could take the the form of a social construct, a personal ideology, a mechanism by which we engage with art or a descriptor for an aspect of an artwork itself. Ossei-Mensah and Smith endeavour to utilise the idea of interstices or the in-between spaces as a forum to interrogate notions of hybridity, memory, migration, colonialism, culture, identity, peronal narratives and the seen and unseen.
An interstice may also refer to a physical or geographical space. Situated in the frenetic, cosmopolitan milieu of central London, the artworks featured in Between The Seams articulate the nuance and complexities of what it means to coexist in an environment teeming with intertwined cultures, histories and ideas.
22nd September – 31st October, 2023