2024 EXHIBITION PROGRAMME

THE MICRO COSTS OF CLOTH

All artists submitted work under the brief ‘The micro costs of cloth’

We are delighted to share with you our programme for the year.

January

Agatha Smith

www.agathasmith.com

February

Flora OHartandi

https://floraoh.wordpress.com/

March

Eloise Dethier-Eaton –

www.eloisedethiereaton.com

April

Elly Platt

www.instagram.com/takeitupwearitout

May

Christine Sawyer

axisweb.org/christinesawyer

June

Sam Pickette

www.sampickettsomewhereelse2017.com

July

Anne Fromontreal

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CPt7ebzBx6Y/

August

Nerissa Cargill Thompson

www.nerissact.co.uk

September

Community Exhibition

October

Rachael Sewell

@rachael_d_brien

November

Laura Buckle

www.florabucket.com

December

TO BE CONFIRMED

Air Pollution: What Does it Look Like? – Previous Artists

January

Rosie Stronach

‘Thick Air’

Air pollution is considered ‘the largest environment risk to the public in the UK’ – gov.uk, Feb 2022.

This artwork has been drawn using a pen by Air Ink which isolates air pollutants PM10 and PM2.5 and recycles this waste into usable art materials.

The drawing itself maps the presence of Particulate Matter (PM) 10 and 2.5 in the UK. The artwork is made up of two individual drawings, to map each type of pollution separately.

Rosie’s goal was to make the invisible viable, highlighting the severity of the problem in an informative and aesthetically appealing way.

February

Marina Vitaglione

‘AIR’ (2020-2021) aims to visualise the the invisible killer: air pollution. Fine particle pollution is the biggest environmental risk of early death worldwide, taking 7 million lives a year.

Marina Vitaglione’s practice is research lead, gathering samples and monitoring levels of carbon, nitrogen and ozone sulphur dioxide on different dates across sites in inner and outer London.

These samples were then photographed through a microscope or digitally enlarged before being used for cyanotype printing

The results are abstract, but help give form to such an ambiguous subject

March

Sarah Strachan

‘The Air We Breathe’

Air is invisible, unknowable and undeniable, but how do we visualise this medium that connects us all? A phenomenon we are even more aware of since the impact of Covid-19.

Air quality is so intangible, often expressed through the air quality index (AQI) but what does this actually mean? How do we experience air quality? And what does our experience mean in terms of our perception now and in the future? These were all questions that prompted me to start the collaborative project – The air we breathe – with families all around the world.

The contents of the boxes record a generation’s diverse personal experiences of air quality in their local environment. The museum-like cabinet of curiosities makes reference to science’s endeavours to measure and categorise.