Saturday 4 Nov 2006

Until 9 December

Focal Point Gallery, Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 6EX; Tel. 01702 534108

At a time when the world has witnessed dramatic and shocking events that have created an atmosphere of uncertainty and unease, this exhibition takes a universal and all-too-present theme and explores it through the work of international artists who set out to explore the essence of Paranoia as the deluded interpretation of events. Incorporating video, photography, performance, installation, drawing and digital technology, the exhibition includes artists from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, some of them from the world’s troubled areas such as the Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Serbia and Montenegro, as well as artists from the USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Turkey and France.

Independently curated by Predrag Pajdic, the exhibition has launched in Leeds in June before transferring to Focal Point Gallery in Southend. The exhibition will then transfer to the Freud Museum in London in January 2007, prior to an international tour. Supported by Arts Council of England.

More details on www.focalpoint.org.uk.