A new exhibition at Tangent Projects reflects on movement, memory, and the tension of in-between states.
From April 10th to May 8th, Tangent Projects presents The Sun’s Northward Journey, a solo exhibition by Sejal Parekh, curated by Zoé Boutte.
Taking its name from Uttarayan—from the Sanskrit ‘uttara’ (north) and ‘ayan’ (movement)—the Hindu solar transition from winter to summer, the exhibition reflects on cycles of renewal, but reframes them through a more complex lens: what happens when movement is interrupted, suspended, or displaced?
A space between movement and stillness
Rather than presenting transition as a smooth progression, Parekh focuses on the fragile space between motion and stillness.
The gallery becomes an immersive environment—almost an echo chamber—where time stretches and forward movement feels suspended. Visitors are invited to inhabit this in-between state, where clarity dissolves and the body begins to process what language cannot yet articulate.
Through installation, sculpture, and printmaking, the work navigates dislocation, fractured geographies, and the tension between materials and meanings.
Turmeric as material, memory, and contradiction
At the center of the exhibition is turmeric, a recurring material in Parekh’s practice.
Traditionally associated with healing, ritual, and care, it appears here as:
- a proxy for the sun
- a marker of value
- a carrier of embodied memory
At the same time, the work acknowledges how these meanings shift in diasporic contexts—where turmeric can become a signifier of otherness or be absorbed into Western wellness culture.
Material histories and hybrid identities
The exhibition enters into dialogue with herman de vries’ earth museum, rethinking acts of collection and material inscription.
Parekh works with turmeric-stained Khadi paper and fabric—materials historically linked to resistance during India’s independence movement—transforming them into unstable, relational surfaces that resist fixed meaning.
Her approach traces hybrid identity through sensory memory, drawing on the concept of hiraeth: a form of longing for a place or state that may never have fully existed.
The Sun’s Northward Journey aligns with a growing shift toward slower, more introspective exhibition-making. Rather than offering resolution, the work holds space for uncertainty—inviting viewers to pause, recalibrate, and sit within contradiction.
About the artist
Sejal Parekh is a British-born, Indian multidisciplinary artist working across sound, sculpture, and installation. Her practice explores how power structures shape the way we move, listen, and remember, often through feminist, diasporic, and decolonial frameworks. Her recent work focuses on how memory is encoded in the body and transmitted through space. She has exhibited at institutions including MACBA, Somerset House, Loop Video Art Festival, and Museu Tàpies, and is part of the 2025–2026 residency program at Experimentem Art Barcelona. More of Sejal’s exhibitions >
About the curator
Zoé Boutte is a Barcelona-based art historian and cultural practitioner whose work explores how visual culture and embodied practices shape collective memory and sociopolitical imaginaries.
Exhibition details
Exhibition: The Sun’s Northward Journey
Dates: April 10 – May 8
Opening: April 10, 7pm
Location: Tangent Projects, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
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