Amaal Said

Between Here and Elsewhere Amaal Said Forma, 15 Bermondsey Square 26 February - 7 June 2026 Forma is delighted to announce the launch of its next exhibition at Forma, 15 Bermondsey Square: ‘Between Here and Elsewhere’ by Amaal Said. Opening 26 February 2026, 7-8pm at the gallery followed by refreshments at FormaHQ. RSVP 🔗 in bio Grounded in Said’s lived experience, the exhibition reflects on complex questions around identity and belonging - exploring a sense of dissonance and dislocation felt by first and second generation migrants living in Britain. It brings together Said’s recently commissioned film - ‘Open Country’ (2025) - in dialogue with a new photographic installation that unfolds across the length of Forma’s window gallery. In the film, the artist asks what it means to yearn for a connection to a place and to others, whilst exposing the vulnerability that can arise through difference and prejudice. The recurring images on the gallery walls depict the characters caught in moments of reflection, echoing the architecture of the space and relaying a quiet tension in Said’s work. ‘Open Country’ was originally co-commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, Forma and Three Rivers, as part of a multi-partner project titled ‘The Open Road’. Presenting Said’s moving image work alongside these newly conceived photographic elements in Bermondsey holds particular resonance as, set just beyond the Old Kent Road and near to the artists’ home, the gallery lies on the historical route of pilgrimage from London to Canterbury where the journey of the film begins and ‘The Open Road’ series draws its inspiration. We welcome this moment to celebrate Amaal’s work with friends, family and our neighbours here in Southwark, and invite you all to join us at the opening event on 26 February. RSVP 🔗 in bio Image: Amaal Said, ‘Open Country (I)’, 2025. Digital photograph. © and courtesy the artist. Funded by Arts Council England. Supported by Film and Video Umbrella, Forma and Three Rivers.

Missing Madinah ♥️

Some moments captured in Doha 💓

Scenes from Kuala Lumpur & Singapore last Spring. 🌞

some joy! 1) me with my first disposable cam 2) little cousins and sister on the trampoline 3) hooyo macaan 4) family tape from 2005 (!!!) 5) scene of a girl newly obsessed with cycling

me by @nahwandjaff 🍂🌾

Sarah Lasoye 🍃

Zanzibar, 2019

Rachel Long ❤️

scenes from Rome on 35mm film, 2019. 🌞

Istanbul on 35mm film, 2019. 🥰

Eid moments ✨