The Occasionnale
Opening 21 November,
Figure and Ground with Sarah Pager and Louisa Mahony
6 - 9 pm and all weekend, then until January 31st by appointment.
The Occasionnale, based at Milton Court Farm in Sussex, launches its new project space with Figure and Ground, a conversation between painting and sculpture by artists Sarah Pager and Louisa Mahony. Conceived as a platform for dialogue between disciplines, The Occasionnale seeks to create a space where the language of painting and sculpture can be freely exchanged. Each artist begins from a single work — a painting or a sculpture — presented without prior association, allowing ideas to unfold through process, encounter, and discussion. Free from constraint, judgement, or inherited ideologies, the project space will retain its shape as a forum for language, material practice, and the porous boundaries between them.To mark the opening, writer, theatre director, and poet Fiona O’Connor will perform a reading that acts as a conduit for language and a gesture toward the conversations to come.The Occasionnale welcomes proposals that respond to these ideas and will issue open calls for future projects in 2026.We look forward to many fruitful exchanges please watch this space for updates.
THE OCCASIONNALE
The Occasionnale is celebrating Salad Days!
Although planning an interlude, this summer is so glorious we wanted to celebrate it and what better way than a seasonal mixture of art and sport.
A banquet of activities over the course of Saturday and Sunday: Artist versus Critic events, including badminton, sack races and splat the rat. No country rats will be harmed in this exercise. Camping and campfires with marshmallows and music is planned for the evening, as well as a foraging walk on Sunday. Other surprises are sure to feature on the menu throughout the weekend.
Salad Days would be a bit tasteless without a Side Salad exhibiton. All guests are welcome to bring their own or make an artwork on site with supplies from the Ocassionale market stall. Artworks can be any media, must be able to fit within the dimensions of a salad bowl, be self supporting, and will be shown in the small gallery space. There is a go bananas, think outside the box option—but if it doesn’t fit in a salad bowl, it's just not side salad material, and will need to find its own space.
If guests wish to send artwork in advance, please email the_occasionnale@outlook.com or dm us for details on Instagram. Once artwork is received, it will be featured on our Instagram account. Artists will need to personally collect their work at the end of the show as we can’t take any responsibility for returning it.
We would love help from anyone wishing to volunteer over the weekend. Volunteers will be rewarded with effusive thanks, positive karma, and a place to sleep.
Ingredients also welcome to make salads—real salads!—for the Saturday evening feast.
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