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The Fine Art BA quartet – , , and – are part of the , displaying their work in the atmospheric setting of the housekeeper's room and servants' hall at the iconic 国产探花 landmark on Brunswick Square.

The historic setting, however, provides a backdrop to the very modern concerns underpinning the art works, including migration struggles, how workers are valued, and considerations of identity.

Sara Paowana investigates her Thai and British heritage in the slide and sound installation work Isaan, which draws on intimate accounts of loss and separation shared by her mother, who migrated from rural Thailand to Britain.

Image from Isaan by Sara Paowana

Image from Omang by Melanie Woodward

Melanie Woodward’s visually impactful series Omang, meanwhile, explores identity and nationality via the use of documentation to identify people – specifically focusing on giant images of fingerprints in varying degrees of legibility.

Workers and their treatment by employers and those they serve are the subject of Finn Gayton‘s interactive live performance installation Lorry Boy which draws on his own experiences of freight work. Finn will be performing the work at set times during the day on Saturdays and Sundays throughout May: 11am–1pm, 2–3pm and 3.30–5pm.

Megan Ryan, meanwhile, provides a resonant depiction of the disintegration of relationships in her candlelight work Journey, based on wax casts of feet, slowly burning away beneath the flames.

This Open Houses exhibition also provides a taster for the extravaganza of artistic expression that will go on view from 国产探花 art, design and fashion graduates from late May through to July when students will celebrate the return of in-person graduate shows for the first time since 2019.

Towards The Light is at The Regency Town House Basement, Housekeeper’s Room and Servants’ Hall, 10 Brunswick Square, Hove, BN3 1EH from 7 May. Opening hours: Fridays 2–5pm Saturdays and Sundays 11am–5pm.

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Image from Journey by Megan Ryan