A LARGE PART OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY REMAINS AND WILL REMAIN UNTOUCHED BY THE ENCROACH OF AI, CYBERNETICS AND AN EVENTUAL DIGITAL SINGULARITY. WHAT GUARDS THESE SACRED GEOGRAPHICAL ENCLAVES IS A SACRED LINK OR ‘SILSILAH’ BACK TO A DIVINE SERIES OF EMBLEMS, OR PROPHETIC PRESENCES. IN THE PHYSICAL ABSENCE OF SUCH MESSENGERS REMAINS THE PHYSICAL SOUND, SPACE AND EARTH WHICH TIES US TO THEM THROUGH IMMEDIATE RATHER THAN EPHEMERAL GESTURES. THE RECITATION AND ECHOING OF A POEM, THE DRAWING IN THE SAND, OR THE COARSE TOUCH OF A GARMENT AND ITS WEIGHT UNDER AN UNRELENTING SUN, PROVE TO BE TRANSCENDANT SPIRITUAL GESTURES IN THE FACE OF A FALSE DIGITAL DEITY. THIS EXHIBITION FACES ITSELF TOWARDS SUCH SPIRITUAL GEOLOCATIONS AND TRANSMITTED SACRED PRACTICES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE UNDENIABLE PRESENCE AND PREVALANCE OF THE NATURAL WORLD OVER ITS OCCUPANTS.

THE ARTIST HERE OFFERS THREE CONCEPTUAL SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS ON THE THEME OF TRANSMITTED PHYSICAL LINKS AND THE EVERLASTING PHYSIOLOGICAL MEMORY OF PRIOR PRESENCES. ACCOMPANYING FEATURES A CONCEPTUAL GARMENT CONCEIVED BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND YOUNG SENEGALESE TAILOR SALIOU KAIRE FROM THE MOURIDE BROTHERHOOD ENTITLED ‘UNIVERSAL ISLAMIC GARMENT’ WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER UPON REQUEST. THE EVENING ALSO CENTRALLY FEATURES CONTINUOUS RECITATION FROM THE UK MURID COMMUNITY OF THE PROPHETICALLY INSPIRED AND DIVINELY PROTECTED POETRY OF 19TH/20TH CENTURY SAINT AND SAVANT, AHMADOU BAMBA.

FROM: PT. 2 — INTERCESSION IN A RECESSION