Sophie Lisa Beresford : Mackem, Geordie Magick

11 Jun-3 Sep 2016

Overview

Sophie Lisa Beresford’s work intertwines pantheism, feminism, mysticism, and localism as part of a highly personal vision of how to we can make the world a better place through the power of art. She espouses the idea of liberation, trying to expand our consciousness and our social conscience. Her pair of new exhibitions reveal a brand newly commissioned series of seven monumental photographs. Each is a tableau showing her in a shamanistic persona in a location connected to her place of birth, and spiritual rebirth. The series spans places that are beautiful and brutal, with each treated equally as a space of potential transformation and becoming. Each exhibition is also framed by cloudscape murals that lull us into a sense of serenity – at least momentarily.