Seyi Adelekun: (un)drowned
Somerset House, North Staircase, New Wing, WC2R 1LA , [Venue Details]A new multi-sensory performance echoing the connection between London’s forgotten wells and the systemic neglect of Black health in the UK.
Rooted in Black feminist theory, Adelekun’s work asks: what does it mean to be submerged, yet remain undrowned? To survive in deep waters, to breathe beneath the surface, and to reclaim one's voice?
(un)drowned draws from Black Mary’s Well, a source of the River Fleet once tended by Mary Wollaston, a 17th-century Black well keeper in Clerkenwell. Once a site of public healing, ancestral technology, and a collective resource, the well is now polluted and buried. Its untold history becomes a lens to express how colonialism and its legacies continue to devalue certain bodies, human and more-than-human, rendering them unworthy of care.
Set in the New Wing Stairwell, this immersive ceremony is performed by Wellkeepers, a live experimental vocal group, weaving water percussion, movement, and breathwork with hydrophone recordings and shared testimonies to amplify voices of the unheard and unseen. Adelekun invites us to draw from our inner wells and engage in practices that replenish our collective well-being.
Wellkeepers: Chloe Filani, Christine Bramwell, Hillarynx, Seyi Adelekun, and Vee Belinga
Sound design in collaboration with Eden Alero.
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Admission: To be confirmed
Special: Pay What You Can
Concessions: No
Performer name: Wellkeepers
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Seyi Adelekun: (un)drowned
Saturday, 28 Mar 2026 @1.15pm
Somerset House, North Staircase, New Wing, WC2R 1LAMore Information
A new multi-sensory performance echoing the connection between London’s forgotten wells and the systemic neglect of Black health in the UK.
Rooted in Black feminist theory, Adelekun’s work asks: what does it mean to be submerged, yet remain undrowned? To survive in deep waters, to breathe beneath the surface, and to reclaim one's voice?
(un)drowned draws from Black Mary’s Well, a source of the River Fleet once tended by Mary Wollaston, a 17th-century Black well keeper in Clerkenwell. Once a site of public healing, ancestral technology, and a collective resource, the well is now polluted and buried. Its untold history becomes a lens to express how colonialism and its legacies continue to devalue certain bodies, human and more-than-human, rendering them unworthy of care.
Set in the New Wing Stairwell, this immersive ceremony is performed by Wellkeepers, a live experimental vocal group, weaving water percussion, movement, and breathwork with hydrophone recordings and shared testimonies to amplify voices of the unheard and unseen. Adelekun invites us to draw from our inner wells and engage in practices that replenish our collective well-being.
Wellkeepers: Chloe Filani, Christine Bramwell, Hillarynx, Seyi Adelekun, and Vee Belinga
Sound design in collaboration with Eden Alero.
Admission: To be confirmed
Special: Pay What You Can
Concessions: No
Performer name: Wellkeepers
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