Event overview
This is an exhibition focused on British Artist Helen Chadwick - yet it is not about her. It is about becoming — how a body of thought perpetually forms, moves, and reforms.
In April 2025, while working in the Special Collections reading room at Goldsmiths Library, I noticed a trolley bristling with books on Helen Chadwick — heavy with bookmarks. An independent researcher — visual artist Miriam Rafael Sampaio— approached me and explained she was working with these materials. Casually, she opened a book and showed me images of Piss Flowers.
“She’s making artwork with piss,” Miriam said.
That moment struck me — not because of shock, but because of the affect I felt in the composition of the encounter: a late artist scattered across books and images, a living artist in active dialogue with her, and myself — a passing witness, unknowingly folded into the conversation.
Inspired by the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, I came to realise:
It was never only about Helen Chadwick.
It was about a body of thought — fluid, relational, alive — unfolding across artworks, philosophical theories, visual language, and corporeal expressions. This body of thought is becoming — before, through, and beyond Helen’s life.
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 18 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 19 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 20 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 22 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 26 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 27 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 28 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 29 Aug 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 1 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 2 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 3 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 4 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 5 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 9 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 10 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 11 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 12 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 13 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 16 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 17 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 18 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | |
| 19 Sep 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm |
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