Thu 28 May 2026, 6.30-7pm
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11am–6pm |
| Wednesday | 11am–6pm |
| Thursday | 11am–9pm |
| Friday | 11am–6pm |
| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
Access requirements
Whitechapel Gallery is committed to making all of our events as accessible as possible for every audience member. Please contact access@whitechapelgallery.org if you would like to discuss a particular request and we will gladly discuss with you the best way to accommodate it.
Information about access on site at the gallery is available here https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/visit/access/
This includes information about Lift access; Borrowing wheelchairs & seating; Assistance Animals; Parking; Toilets and baby care facilities; Blind & Partially Sighted Visitors; Subtitles and transcripts; British Sign Language (BSL) and hearing induction loops; Deaf Messaging Service (DMS).
About This Event
This event takes place in the Assembly Room at Whitechapel Gallery, located on the ground floor.
This event lasts approximately 30 minutes. Attendees are encouraged to take as many breaks as they need during the event.
You must purchase a ticket to attend the event. If you require a Personal Assistant to support your attendance, we can offer them a seat free of charge, but it must be arranged in advance.
If the ticket price affects your attendance, please email tickets@whitechapelgallery.org to be added to the guest list (no questions asked, but dependent on availability).
This event is suitable for those over the age of 16.
We are unable to provide British Sign Language interpretation for this event.
We are unable to provide live closed captioning or CART for this event.
An audio recording of the event can be obtained by emailing publicprogrammes@whitechapelgallery.org following the event.
Transport
To the best of our knowledge, there are no planned disruptions to local transport on the date of the event.
Our nearest train station – Aldgate East Underground (1 min) is not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are Whitechapel (15 min), Shoreditch High Street (15 min) or Liverpool Street (15 min).
Free parking for Blue Badge holders is available at the top of Osborn Street in the pay and display booths for an unlimited period. Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.
Live Recording
Please note: we audio record all events for the Whitechapel Gallery Archive and possible future online publication via Soundcloud.
Attunement is a movement and sound performance by Seyi Adelekun exploring the body as both an instrument and site of healing – constantly listening, negotiating and realigning itself in relation to its environment.
Working with resistance bands as a system of tendons stretched across the space, the performance draws from Adelekun’s ongoing recovery from chronic pain through physical therapy and rituals of care.
Oscillating between support and release, strain and play, Adelekun’s interactions with the bands will set them into vibration, activating bells, shakers and acoustic materials to create a shifting sonic landscape accompanied by field recordings and resonant electronic frequencies. Attunement approaches healing not as resolution, but as a continuous embodied practice where tension, pleasure and relief coexist.
This performance has been devised in response to the themes of our current exhibition Senga Nengudi: Performance Works 1972-1982.
Seyi Adelekun is a London-based interdisciplinary artist of Yoruba-Nigerian heritage. Weaving together installation, performance, ritual, sound and social practice, their work serves as a medium for world-building liberatory futures by archiving and sharing ancestral wisdom. Drawing on principles of planetary healing, Seyi explores spirituality as a vital force in resisting environmental racism and ecological degradation. Their work engages diverse ways of knowing and relating through oral traditions, as well as embodied and land-based practices. In doing so, they create spaces for deep listening and collective care, honouring the interwoven lives of land, bodies and spirit.
Seyi Adelekun has exhibited at South London Gallery, London Festival of Architecture, KLA ART Festival, Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, and London Design Festival. They have undertaken residencies at Somerset House, The Place, G.A.S. Foundation, Iniva / Stuart Hall Library, and 32 Degrees East. They have facilitated workshops for the Barbican Centre and developed projects with Assemble Studio, Artangel, and Tate Britain.
