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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/seema-mattu-local-superstar-ii/
SUMMARY:FACT: Seema Mattu: Local Superstar II
DESCRIPTION:Music is at the heart of so many of our lives\, whether it's so
 mething we listen to\, create or experience together. LOCAL SUPERSTAR II
  explores this idea through music\, sculpture\, film and digital animatio
 n in a new installation by artist Seema Mattu. The exhibition follows the 
 formation of Saheli\, a sonic entity of five South Asian queer women: Lagn
 ajita Mukhopadhyay\, MANI JNX\, Ushara Dilrukshan\, Zahrah Hutton and Seem
 a Mattu. The work’s focus on sonic joy\, musicality and collectivity ste
 ms from Seema’s personal experience of musical congregation as seva - 
 Sanskrit for selfless service.\n\nWithin the gallery\, we are invited to b
 oard a tour bus. Inside the bus\, a series of films follows Saheli from au
 ditions and rehearsals to interviews and jam sessions\, as well as introdu
 cing us to a wider cosmology of different worlds\, deities\, and a sonic c
 ouncil. At the front of the bus\, interactive instruments invite us to mak
 e music alongside the band through a new game\, joining Saheli on their jo
 urney and helping to create an evolving sonic landscape. Pick up a gallery
  guide to explore Seema's wider creative world\, where she explores and s
 ubverts systems of caste\, queer desire\, and the ways technology continua
 lly reshapes identity.\n\nLOCAL SUPERSTAR II marks the mid-point of this 
 journey\, as Saheli explore what it means to make music together. The exhi
 bition offers music as a space for creativity\, collaboration and congrega
 tion\, while revealing the complexities of working collectively: from deci
 sion-making and care to creative freedom. For Seema\, ‘superstardom’ m
 eans much more than typical global fame - instead\, it is the magic of bei
 ng close to ideas as they brew and spark at a local level\, specific to th
 eir environment and the people who nurture them.\n\nTogether\, the group c
 reates an ever-growing musical archive shaped by everyone who takes part\,
  reflecting the many identities\, experiences and perspectives that make u
 p a community.\n\n\n\nCo-commissioned by FACT Liverpool\, Eastside Project
 s and Focal Point Gallery. Made with the support of QUAFF\, a Crossover La
 bs initiative. Funded by Arts Council England\, Birmingham City University
  and Henry Moore Foundation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeader image: Seema Mattu\, LOC
 AL SUPERSTAR (2026). Installation view at Eastside Projects\, Birmingham.
  Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Ashley Carr.\n\n\n
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