• In Praise Of Darkness

    ESPS off site in collaboration with Collected Fictions and Unit 2 Gallery

    In Praise of Darkness responds to the late, great Argentinian author, Jorge Luis Borges’ ‘Collected Fictions’.

    A great admirer of Lewis Carroll and arcane English scholarship, both real and imagined, Borges’ mischievous, meta-textual stories are a ’Through the Looking Glass’ experience. Nothing is real, everything is true. Immersive, dizzying and profound, Borges’ playful, allegorical texts tease with the infinite complexities of human consciousness and the unquantifiable mysteries of the universe.

    Yet he was blind, and he was blind. Mystery upon mischief.

    Colin Booth, June 2025

    Curated by @colin_booth_ and @nealewillis
    A list of exhibiting artists can be found HERE

    Private view: Friday 8 August
    Open across Unit 2 and Collected Fictions: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August, and continuing in Collected Fictions until September.

    UNIT 2
    8-10 London Rd, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN37 6AE

    COLLECTED FICTIONS
    6-8 London Rd, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN37 6AE

  • Bestial Delights

    Jude Montague and Rachel Williams
    A collection of beasts–bipeds and quadrupeds. Of monotypes and textiles. Of masks and paintings.

    Opening Friday 1 August 6 – 8pm

    Open weekends
    Saturday 2 August 12-4pm
    Sunday 3 August 12-4pm
    Friday 8 August 12-4pm
    Saturday 9 August 12-4pm
    Sunday 10 August 12-4pm

    Jude Montague @judemontague_
    Rachel Williams @rachelwilliamsart

  • wolfandwilding

    @wolfandwilding and friends Drawing Residency
    @landing_esps_ 29 July – 10 August

    Over the two weeks I’ll be working on ideas and concepts that I developed during my year with the @royaldrawingschool. At Electro Studios I will have the length of the upstairs gallery wall to work on, so expect large scale drawings in charcoal and ink and maybe some paint too. For the first week I will be joined by @charlieosullivanpainter and @stepmell.art. We worked with @carolinasardinha_studio and @meganlandesart on a 5 metre long drawing earlier in the year at the Royal Drawing School which will be on display too.

    During any day of the residency pop by, say hello, pick up a piece of charcoal, and join in the drawing fun. The more the merrier…