a solo exhibition from Luisa-Maria MacCormack
Private View: Thursday 12th September 2024 16:00 - 20:00
Opening Hours: Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th September 2024 12:00 - 18:00
Location: Nunhead Cemetery Chapel
BOOKING IS NOT ESSENTIAL
UPDATE:
Due to the wind forecast for Wednesday we have had to push the opening of ONLY ETERNITY LASTS FOREVER by a day to Thursday.
What will people be drawn to do when a standing stone circle appears overnight in a chapel, in an overgrown cemetery, in South East London, with no explanation? Carved with strange bodily, flowering entities—things that could be part plant, part human, or perhaps neither.
‘Only Eternity Lasts Forever’, is a celebration of the impenetrable, the unassailable, the blankness that opens up around silent places, as they become spaces of personal spiritual projection. Of the weird and inexplicable things that humans do in spaces that sit in the borderline between our world and another. A celebration of the resolute inaccessibility of the past, of reasons and lines of logic that can never be recovered, a speculative future archaeology, exploring the spaces between what could have been, and what might still be.
Situated within a ruined chapel resonant with historical complexities and a dynamic ecology, ‘Only Eternity Lasts Forever’ conjures a space of projection—an open canvas for the collective imagination to explore the idiosyncrasy of spirituality, the strange, and the silent.
Rather than providing answers, the exhibition and accompanying text invite visitors to contemplate the role of sacred spaces in our collective consciousness and the sometimes strange and private rituals we enact in response to the unknown. The exhibition's deliberate ambiguity encourages a personal journey through the stone circle, navigating the intersections of posthuman feminism, grief, ecology, and our own speculative future archaeologies.
EVENTS:
In the spirit of "Only Eternity Lasts Forever," the exhibition space will serve as a blank canvas for a diverse lineup of artists, writers, dancers, and performers. Over the course of the show, these contributors will use the chapel to host installations, workshops, and events that explore the peculiar and varied ways humans interact with sacred places. Each event is a unique extension of the exhibition’s theme, further blurring the lines between art, ritual, and space.
For a full list of events and ticket information, please visit https://feministlectureprogram.com/curatorial-program
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The Director of The Feminist Lecture Program, Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her) studied Textiles Design at London College of Fashion before turning to Fine Art and studying at the Royal Drawing School in 2014. A practicing artist as well as lecturer, Luisa has recently completed her MA at City and Guilds of London Art School. A founding member of the London Drawing Group since its inception in 2016, Luisa teaches drawing, and Feminist Art History classes across London, as well as exhibiting regularly in solo and group shows across the country.
WEBSITE: https://www.luisamariamaccormack.co.uk/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/luisamariamfineart/?hl=en