We influence everything is an exhibition exploring the politics of language, censorship, and expression.
At the core of the exhibition is a single phrase, “we control nothing but we influence everything”, traced and re-traced from flyers collected at Palestine solidarity marches over the past two plus years. With collective resistance and protest movements in mind this phrase speaks to both doubt and defiance: a questioning of the seeming futility of grassroots resistance in the face of state violence, genocide, and the growing far-right narrative globally; and a defiant reminder that influence and change happen when we collectively show up and speak up, in whatever way we can.
Removing the content of the flyers and focusing only on the phrase “we control nothing but we influence everything” the work highlights the importance of repetition, the physical act of protest: people returning to the streets week after week, bodies repeating their presence as a form of resistance. An unrelenting demand for justice and visibility.
Cathy Scullion is a Belfast-based visual artist whose multidisciplinary, conceptual practice explores human emotion, lived experience, and societal power dynamics on both intimate and systemic levels. Her work is grounded in materiality and process, often incorporating ritualistic, meditative methods that prioritise time, tactility, and repetition. These processes serve as both a personal form of reflection and a means to investigate structures of control, resilience, and vulnerability. Her evolving body of work reflects a deep engagement with the emotional and political potential of making, revealing how repetition, rupture, and repair can shape both artistic and human experience.
- The Green Room at the Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA
- 4th June – 28th June
More information: https://www.blackboxbelfast.com/event/the-green-room-exhibitions-cathy-scullion/
