The artworks of Carla Åhlander and Aaron Amar Bhamra invite us to pause. To be sluggish with an area; to dwell within the air of an area, that “border between all the pieces and nothing” to cite Aaron, be this one remodeled by spatial gestures (Aaron) or one made newly out there by photographic sequence (Carla).

A dialog by creative affinities, “Holding Locations” has emerged by the artist’s shared pursuits, be these formal or conceptual. From pedestrian refuse to walkways, right here supplies are approached in essentially the most honestway, permitting the time and area held inside sure topics to maneuver and migrate, naturally making a “chain of associative ideas” to cite Carla. The introduction of instances had elsewheres into the gallery’s encompass accentuates this sense of parallel movement. That’s, this assembly creates a harmonious accord, a path past thresholds, the place the sound of our personal steps are welcomed.

On the face of issues, the artworks on this exhibition converse in silence. However, as John Cage reminds us, “There is no such thing as a such factor as silence,” silence begets sound. Certainly, as a generative noise, silence invitations us not solely to attune to all that’s at all times already there (or not) however, as a bodily state, silence establishes a room or place the place the writ guidelines of quick motion slowly rework inviting evocation.

Silence is a spot which listens. An open and welcoming pause (f)or breath.

The sense of conviviality on the coronary heart of this exhibition is calm, its gestures subtly mucking-up the logistical administration of time, permitting new factors of departure, distances and horizons, to tip-toe all rose-footed into view. (Certainly, to leak out once more.) This visioning doesn’t suggest loss or closure, because the differing inventive our bodies in “Holding Locations” display. Right here, cut up nutshells and sights of stairwells create a proximate area, all resonant, held open, a spot unencumbered by shared pondering.

—Toby Üpson, 2024

at Belmacz, London
till September 27, 2024