2024 Err and lean forward
Exhibition
Err and lean forward was presented at Puzzle Gallery in July 2024. The exibition was curated by and featured myself and Dani River King, alongside Harry de Vries, Alice Knight and Emily Ebbs. Our work engaged with how to endure or escape from the world,
and how we might imagine alternative (better, brighter, kinder) futures. Across mediums and varied practices, we asked what it looks like to be a small player in a damaged world, and how to move forward with hope, even while stumbling.
My work for this show is a continuation of my endless love of mending and maintainance. While a consumerist death drive feels more and more often like the only option, craft and care offer a much needed space for stillness, inviting objects into dialogue and relation. The scans of my partner’s tshirt, painstaikingly and almost invisibly mended over many hours, are a physical example of the care we can show the people and the objects we love.
[SCANS OF THE FLYER GO HERE]
Accompanying text for the exhibition was written by Maya Bartlett. To reflect the show’s title and mirror the uncertainty we were all feeling at the time — with Covid still fresh and Palestine under daily siege — the exhibition pamphlet was designed to be folded unevenly, a break from order, a reimagining, a lean forward.