Perdita Phillips and Tom Sevil: Subduction

Subduction takes its name from a geological process: the slow, slipping of one tectonic plate beneath another. It is a movement that is largely unseen, felt only through pressure, fracture, and eventual transformation. In this exhibition, Perdita Phillips and Tom Sevil (aka Civil) draw on that idea as both method and metaphor.

Their work explores ecological strain and anticolonial histories – forces that operate over time, shaping landscapes and lives long after the initial impact. What is pushed below the surface is never gone; it stains, compresses, mutates, and re-emerges in altered form. Subduction also murmurs with other words: seduction, subversion. There is an invitation here, but also a refusal. These prints ask viewers to attend to what lies beneath, to notice the quiet weight of what has been displaced, exploited, or rendered invisible.

Opening night celebration is Thursday 5 March, 5pm-7pm.