LULL
Laura El-Tantawy
There are sounds that tell us where we are before we open our eyes.
In Brighton, the gull is one of them.
LULL is a sensory portrait of Brighton, shaped by the presence of its gulls and the rhythms of a seaside town I have come to call home.
A cry overhead. Wings cutting across the sky. The pull and retreat of the sea. Pebbles turning beneath water. Wind, weather, voices. Sounds repeated until they become so familiar we almost stop hearing them.
Moving between still photography, moving image and sound, LULL follows these rhythms as they appear, disappear and return. It asks how a place slowly enters us through repetition and whether belonging might begin not only with what we see, but with what we learn to hear.
Co-curated with Laura Summerton.
Artist
Laura El-Tantawy
Laura El-Tantawy is a British/Egyptian artist whose work moves between the intimate and collective, exploring memory, belonging, identity and our relationship to place. Shaped by a life lived between cultures, her practice weaves photography, moving image, sound and the book into layered, sensory narratives where documentary encounters memory and lived experience. An award-winning artist and author of six monographs, she recently made Brighton her home, where she continues to explore how place becomes part of us.
Locations
Opening times
Saturday 3 October 2026 Friday 16 October 2026
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Free admission. No booking required. The exhibition includes photography, moving image and sound.
