Unfolding Helen Chadwick: Becoming the Body of Thought

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.

Exhibition Curator: Vincent Lian
Show Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Mon – Fri, 15 Aug – 19 Sep