Visions Programme 2 led by Onyeka Igwe

15 Nov-21 Dec 2025

PV 14 Nov 2025

Overview

Programme 2 of Visions features Onyeka Igwe and 24 artists from across the globe

Onyeka Igwe’s Programme 2 presents her award-winning film the names have been changed, including my own and truths have been altered (2019), in which Igwe explores the story of her grandfather, the story of ‘the land’ and the story of an encounter with Nigeria from a single point in time, in a single place. The film throws the ordinary and the everyday within the archive into relief by daring to write and re-write the stories of diasporic African life against the grain of colonial history’s master narratives. Showing in the Nunnery’s cinema-screen set-up alongside 24 other artists’ works the show will interrogate themes of memory, narrative, identity and the archive.  

We are invited to bear witness to injustice and protest in Iran (Niyaz Saghari), trace the relationships between Guyana and Scotland through photographs, sewing and matrilineal lines (Maybelle Peters), and observe a vampiric trio facilitating the transition of a new host in the sacred mountain grotto of Mary Magdalene (Lou Lou Sainsbury and Gabi Dao) to name a few from the works hailing from 9 different countries. 

Selected from an international open call, Visions brings together artworks from across the globe, giving you a unique chance to discover different voices, ideas and perspectives through film and performance.  

Programme 2 Exhibiting Artists: Lucy Cash, Kate Clark, Jo Cope, Gabi Dao, Anna Doyle, Duck & Rabbit Projects (Arlene Wandera and Richard Zeiss), Tessa Garland, Onyeka Igwe, Sana Iqbal, Mark Jeffery, Emery Joan, Maria Joranko, Anthea Kennedy, Bo Lanyon, Maybelle Peters, Niyaz Saghari, Lou Lou Sainsbury, Kadie Salmon, Vicky Smith, Wilma Stone, Kialy Tihngang, Sasha Waters, Ian Wiblin and Sheri Wills. 

Programme 2 will be accompanied by an events programme featuring screenings and performances from: Dorothy Cheung, James Edmonds, Jeremy Fernando, Lauren Heckler, Umi Ishihara, Kamila Kuc, Laima Leyton, Ecka Mordecai, Simon Rattigan, Karen Russo, Shanzay Subzwari, Fanxi Sun, Dara Waldron and Kate Walters.  

Established in 1999, Visions has exhibited artists including Oreet Ashery, Tacita Dean, Ori Gersht, Dryden Goodwin, Susan Hiller, Mikhail Karikis, Tina Keane, Lawrence Lek, Uriel Orlow, Hetain Patel, Heather Phillipson and Nye Thompson, many at the very early stages of their careers.

Visions offers an informed overview of the provocative and quick-changing mediums of moving image and performance, presenting works from across the world. Each Visions presents two exhibition and event programmes and invites lead artists to head and inspire each one.

Visions in the Nunnery Programme 2 is curated by Onyeka Igwe, artist and selector Tessa Garland, and Bow Arts.