A thousand-pointed star marks the exciting launch of Teaspoon Projects, a dynamic curatorial initiative dedicated to exploring the intricate layers of contemporary storytelling. An exhibition spanning painting, drawing, video, sculpture and mixed media, alongside a diverse cross-disciplinary programme, A thousand-pointed star is an exploration of the self as a richly woven tapestry, not unchanging and pristine but instead an amalgamation of every thread that has touched us – the lives we’ve intersected with, the impressions we’ve left, and those left upon us.

Curated by Gigi Surel, the exhibition takes its title from Clarice Lispector’s novella The Hour of the Star, which explores the fragmented self through storytelling, radical uncertainty, and the tension between glimpsed identity and the barely known. As such, the self, as told through the artists’ various narratives, is not a fixed, hidden pearl. Shaped by countless hands, it is as much a reflection of others as a manifestation of our own instincts, desires, and dreams.

Exhibiting artists: AlOn, Jacob Clayton, Nina Gonzalez-Park, Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell, Ya Hsuan Hsiao, Jennifer Jones, Eva Merendes, Mariette Moor, Joe Moss, Aliya Orr, Ellie Wyatt, Shinhye You.

As a human sees a star composed of countless points, so is the self. This intimate installation invites visitors to traverse these points — artist to artist, medium to medium — capturing the star’s radiant, multifaceted essence at a single moment in time. In an age of relentless information, each piece of data we consume, and every interaction, becomes another strand in the complex web of our identities. A thousand-pointed star reflects this vast, fluid terrain, capturing the interplay of transient moments, lasting connections, and the intersection of physical and digital impressions that define modern identity. At its heart, this exhibition delves into the loneliness of the “I” – yet art and literature provide refuge. To share a moment with an artist or writer is to find solace in shared thought: someone else has felt this, someone else has questioned this. Through brushstrokes, materials, words, and sounds, we reach out across our solitude, connecting point to point, soul to soul.