‘bingenTV’
27 October - 8 December 2023
Opening Thursday, 26 October
at Mimosa House, WC1X 8SP
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Laura Cobb
bingenTV is conceived by artists Naomi Woo and Sophie Seita, in conversation with The Hildegard von Bingen Society for Gardening Companions, and produced by Queer Art Projects.
bingenTV (1987) was a documentary-style talk show that was shot in the 1980s, never aired, and only recently discovered in a storage locker by researchers and artists Sophie Seita + Naomi Woo. The show immersed audiences in the world of the Hildegard von Bingen Society for Gardening Companions through interviews, musical interludes, and a healthy dose of gossip. With a charismatic host and a cast of queer characters (past and present), bingenTV embarked on a whirlwind jaunt through space and time, following some of history’s most insightful minds on interspecies and environmental care, plants, and healing.
Blurring the lines between fact and fiction, the exhibition includes three episodes from the TV show, elements of the original set, and an archive room featuring materials gathered across multiple decades of research, showcasing hidden & forgotten voices in queer history and beyond.
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Laura Cobb
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Laura Cobb
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Laura Cobb
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Laura Cobb
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Laura Cobb
Installation view, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, bingenTV, at Mimosa House, London.
Photo: Natalia Janula
still from BingenTVAlice Morgan-Richards as Gardenia
still from BingenTVSteffi Walker as Edith Winkle
still from BingenTV
Ishmael Kirby as Cornelia
Events as part of BingenTV:
11 November 2023, 5pm
Total Station, performance by Youngsook Choi
at Mimosa House, London
As a society, we are committed to community gathering. Here we list and document some past and upcoming events and collaborations.
If you’d like to propose a collaboration with us (online, in person, anywhere in the world), we’d love to hear from you.
If you’d like to propose a collaboration with us (online, in person, anywhere in the world), we’d love to hear from you.
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