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Benjamin Baud, 1840
The Chapel, Brompton Cemetery, SW10 9UG
An exhibition of work by artists Flora Hunt and Lac Milan at The Chapel, Brompton Cemetery. This grade II listed, domed 19th century chapel at one of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries will be open for the weekend, hosting an exhibition exploring urban space, nature, anxiety, local history and community, featuring drawing, sculpture, film and a participatory communal singing project.
Earl's Court, Fulham Broadway, West Brompton
Imperial Wharf, West Brompton
14, 414, 74
The Chapel is a short distance from the cemetery gates via a flat, paved pathway. The closest entrance is the south gate on Fulham Road.
The space is quiet, with low lighting, but is echoey and may be noisy at busy times e.g during our opening event.
The Chapel, listed grade II* for its significance, was built in 1842 from cream coloured Bath stone. Inside, there are eight giant Corinthian columns arranged in a circle below the dome. The ornate ceiling is decorated with marigolds, and there are acanthus leaves around the edge of the dome.
The Chapel was beautifully restored in 2017 but is not usually open to the public. This exhibition will be a chance to see inside the space, and as part of our opening event visitors will get to experience singing together beneath its echoing, domed ceiling, during a participatory performance. This will be a unique way to experience the space, by feeling your voice bounce off the walls!
Let These Fabulous Hands Be the Guide is an exhibition of new and restaged work by Flora Hunt and Lac Milan. The artists will explore shared thoughts about navigating life, anxiety, being in a city, our relationships to nature, and the boundaries of the self.
Spanning sculpture, drawing, sound, video, text and performance, the work shares an approach which employs narrative, figuration, humour, and pathos to investigate the role of the individual within the collective.
Touching on local history and stories such as that of the 2006 Thames Whale, and recent instances of escaped military horses, as well as feminist urban theory and psychology, the work will explore various ways we might understand the local area, and urban space in general.
The opening event will feature a communal singing project developed in collaboration with Tegwen Rattray and Mallika Joy.
Lac Milan (Lachlan McFeely Bolt) is an artist and musician. This exhibition marks an attempt to bring together both his music and visual practice, which encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture and video. Previously more distinct entities, his music and visual output have recently begun to tread similar ground; elevating and playing with everyday experience as potential for growth, change and acceptance. Through bringing recognition to the ordinary, Lac Milan looks to highlight the act of living as inherently creative and a process of constant becoming. He embraces an approach that values play, feeling, humour, intuition, and self-reflection; drawing inspiration from nature, psychology, outsider art, rap, comedy and his work with children and families in Early Years therapies.
Flora Hunt is an artist and educator who makes sculpture, writing, sound, video, and participatory events rooted in celebration and make-believe. Her installations explore a desire for collective experience, often returning to themes of the weird and enchanted, and communal settings such as parties and clubs. Flora is interested in how altered psychological states and storytelling can affect our understanding of shared spaces and their ownership. She draws from speculative fiction, folk art, philosophy, and theory about public space to think through these topics. Recent shows include I Should Coco at Staffordshire Street Gallery, London, Dancing in the Gamma Garden at Gallery 32, Bexley, Leighton in Collaboration, at Leighton House, London, FUN!, at GRAFT, Lancaster, and Draw out the figure you will make, at EMBASSY, Edinburgh. Alongside her art practice she works as a technician and tutor at nearby Morley College.
