Description:
SEAS was founded in 2016 by Dr Gil Mualem-Doron , operating across Brighton & Hove, Worthing and Sussex. SEAS worked with underrepresented sectors, including global majority communities, LGBTQ+ migrants and refugees, being led by artists with lived experience of intersectionality.
SEA Studio is a collaborative platform for creating new social art through fundraising, commissioning new work, collaborations between SEAS' collective of artists.
Some highlights from SEA Studio are shown here.
1. California Dreaming
An interactive installation in which visitors were invited to take selfies imagining they are on a sunny winter break holiday and post them on social media. The installation was created by the exhibition's curator Gil Mualem-Doron and during the LGBTQ History Month event the photographer Soham Joshi took photos of visitors who were then given Polaroid-like prints on the spot. The event included also a discussion about the visitor's ideal "Queer beach". More about the event can be viewed by clicking here.
2. The Social Art Network [SAN] assembly
On November 26th, 2022, SEAS hosted the Social Art Network [SAN] assembly with the SAN's hub leaders from all over the country. The assembly discussed future collaborations, and the various challenges social artists face, especially the crisis of art funding in the UK. Rishi Sunak dropped by for a visit [well, his cardboard replacement] to hear why funding the arts is vital to artists, communities, and the nation. Artwork concept: Gil Mualem-Doron Photography: Pierre-Yves Monnerville
California Dreaming
Social Art Network [SAN] assembly
