In the Adjacent Possible is a response to sociologist Ruha Benjamin’s suggestion to “imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.”

Each of the five artists’ installations provides a vantage point for viewing the many potentialities that lie just beyond what we know. They conjure worlds that are not quite here, yet are within our grasp. They place us in the adjacent possible, a space where we can dream alternative ways of being in the world.

The exhibition forms a speculative architecture that explores myriad approaches to and understandings of proposed and promised strategies of living. These artists offer prospective blueprints of other worlds, often constructed from the remnants of our current one. Engaging issues of colonialism, feminism, queerness, identity, and stereotypes, In the Adjacent Possible suggests ways we can reimagine the present and explores the infinite horizon of opportunities at the boundaries of our reach.

On February 10, Hollis Taggart will open Herself as Another, artist Suchitra Mattai’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Mattai’s multidisciplinary practice explores, unravels, and re-imagines commonly understood and entrenched histories and cultural perceptions. With her newest work, Mattai brings her incisive critique to an examination of the way society “others” populations that it deems different, placing particular focus on the experiences of immigrants and those dealing with mental illness. Through more than a dozen mix-media paintings, fiber sculptures, and installations, Mattai grapples with the fears and mythologies that drive people to ostracize and the impacts those actions have on the “other.”

Unit London is proud to present a solo exhibition from Suchitra Mattai, titled Monster and curated by Rebecca Hart. Suchitra Mattai’s first solo exhibition with Unit London is an exploration of monsters in their various forms. Navigating spaces of myth, fantasy and memory, Mattai’s exhibition delves into how otherness and monstrosity intertwine.

In this group exhibition, artists Colby, Mattai, Dionis Ortiz, and Peguerro examine the tensions between self, place, and societal definitions. The collection of sculptures, paintings, and videos demonstrate that while aspects of home may afford for privacy, sanctuary, and identity formation, such provisions are always conditional and likely to be challenged by external constructs.