This new body of work, presented as her first solo exhibition in London, draws from lived experiences across coastal Kenya, Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Mexico. It explores spiritual worlds where the visible and invisible coexist—where water, sky, shrines, and ritual spaces are not passive landscapes, but inhabited realms of exchange between humans, ancestors, and unseen forces.

From childhood memories of the Kenyan coast—where the ocean is understood as a spirit-filled threshold—to encounters with Vodun priestesses in Benin, Makhandia traces the presence of intermediaries: ferrymen, oracles, sacred birds, and hidden beings who sustain cosmic balance. Rituals of offering, prayer, and passage recur throughout, reflecting belief systems in which life, death, and the beyond remain in constant dialogue.

Blending personal memory with mythology and observation, the work forms a spiritual cartography—mapping transformation, protection, and the unseen forces that shape existence.

Alongside the exhibition, Christian Cassiel of Seed Archives presents a curated reading area featuring texts that expand on the exhibition’s themes, offering space for reflection and context.