Please join us Saturday, 19th March from 5-7pm for an Artists’ Reception of Force Majeure. The exhibition includes the work of five artists – Deborah Brown, Tierney Gearon, Beryl Odette, Scarlett Rouge and Tasya van Ree. In French force majeure literally means “greater force”. It is related to the concept of an act of God. In legal terms it is a phrase used in commercial contracts to describe events possibly affecting a contract that are completely outside either parties' control such as a hurricane, fire or pandemic. In poetic terms the phrase is much more desirable - a divine act that is beyond human control - an irresistible compulsion. The curation of the exhibition is intended to sway between these two definitions- raising questions and rousing aesthetic inspiration. According to Investopedia (a legal and finance journal) currently it is being debated that the term force majeure should be redefined as “acts of god” have been so perverted by human intervention that a natural disaster is more than often no longer an act of god but the result of human behaviours. The twelve works in the exhibition reflect on homo sapiens worship of gods, (that old question) one's own mortality and humans presence in their environment. With these five artists ever watchful eyes bringing our attention to the beauty and wistful nature of life.