The Smallest Gallery in Soho is delighted to present a new seven screen installation by London based artist Freya Tewelde. ‘The Parable of the Seven’ adopts the use of video as a medium conveyed across a visual instrument towards the emotions and the senses, working through movements of time and memory with the use of mundane objects.
The artist is seen using these objects in various ways, from boxing to fighting oneself; untangling chains of lights; fitting into small shoes; suffocating with various layers of clothing; to rollerblading in the dark whilst wearing shoes. The work performs elements of fetishism, absurdity and self-questions through moments of belonging and dissociation in beauty that co-opts humour as a vehicle to express the endless cycle of futile actions.
Within the gallery you will see 3 old television sets placed on plinths and 4 smaller screens hanging from the ceiling showing these scenes, looping throughout the day.
About the Artist:
Freya Tewelde (b. Eritrea) was raised in Saudi Arabia and now lives and works in London. Completed MA Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Arts in 2018. Her research is informed by playfully revealing and questioning the notions aesthetics and domination through directly exposing contradictions, differences and singularities through the use of the body as an archive. Tewelde’s ways of investigating this theme is through history, memory, repetition and the distortion. She uses mundane objects and motifs to ignite a praxis of post-identity. www.freyatewelde.com
