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Coming next: Imogen Stidworthy, Skydde
30 Sep-22 Nov 2026
PV: Sun 27 Sep, 2-5pm
Wed-Sun, 12-6pm
Co-commissioned with Chapter, Cardiff, this newly devised installation is the second part of a two-stage project initiated in spring 2026 with 'In a thread of air'.
What is at stake in being between ‘I’ and ‘we’? The installation engages with different forms of communication with self and others through a therapeutic group practice, Primary Work, developed by Swedish practitioner Iris Johannson. Her practice is shaped by her autistic perception and lifelong sense of connection with ‘the primary’ dimension of existence, beyond conventional therapeutic or neurotypical frameworks.
As a child Johansson had no sense of inner life or social connection. ‘I am not into feelings, you are into feelings, but I have to rely on my inner sight.’ She recalls moving fluidly between physical and immaterial being, between the ‘ordinary reality’ and the ‘real reality’, where she would play with two friends – boys, who appeared as pieces of silk flowing in the air. Skydde, the title of this exhibition, is a Swedish word and also the name of one of the boys.
Accompanying the exhibition are six responses to the installation given by artists Immanuel Adelowo, Saja Altamimi, Louis Caseley, Vicki Hawkins, James Heath, Sonny Nwachukwu and Delson Weekes, developed through Radical Audio Guides, a co-creative project evolved through a series of workshops held at Matt’s Gallery with the artists over 2026. Their responses are voiced through word, non-verbal utterance, gesture, mark-making, dance and music. Each response is offered as a guide along a unique path into the work.
Radical Audio Guides is supported by Wandsworth Borough Council. It is a London Borough of Culture legacy project developed in partnership with ActionSpace and BLINK Dance Theatre. With thanks to National Lottery Players.
The exhibition is co-commissioned with Chapter, Cardiff and supported by Arts Council England, Freelands Foundation & Liverpool John Moores University.
@stidworthyimogen @wandsworth_council @chaptergallery
30 Sep-22 Nov 2026
PV: Sun 27 Sep, 2-5pm
Wed-Sun, 12-6pm
Co-commissioned with Chapter, Cardiff, this newly devised installation is the second part of a two-stage project initiated in spring 2026 with 'In a thread of air'.
What is at stake in being between ‘I’ and ‘we’? The installation engages with different forms of communication with self and others through a therapeutic group practice, Primary Work, developed by Swedish practitioner Iris Johannson. Her practice is shaped by her autistic perception and lifelong sense of connection with ‘the primary’ dimension of existence, beyond conventional therapeutic or neurotypical frameworks.
As a child Johansson had no sense of inner life or social connection. ‘I am not into feelings, you are into feelings, but I have to rely on my inner sight.’ She recalls moving fluidly between physical and immaterial being, between the ‘ordinary reality’ and the ‘real reality’, where she would play with two friends – boys, who appeared as pieces of silk flowing in the air. Skydde, the title of this exhibition, is a Swedish word and also the name of one of the boys.
Accompanying the exhibition are six responses to the installation given by artists Immanuel Adelowo, Saja Altamimi, Louis Caseley, Vicki Hawkins, James Heath, Sonny Nwachukwu and Delson Weekes, developed through Radical Audio Guides, a co-creative project evolved through a series of workshops held at Matt’s Gallery with the artists over 2026. Their responses are voiced through word, non-verbal utterance, gesture, mark-making, dance and music. Each response is offered as a guide along a unique path into the work.
Radical Audio Guides is supported by Wandsworth Borough Council. It is a London Borough of Culture legacy project developed in partnership with ActionSpace and BLINK Dance Theatre. With thanks to National Lottery Players.
The exhibition is co-commissioned with Chapter, Cardiff and supported by Arts Council England, Freelands Foundation & Liverpool John Moores University.
@stidworthyimogen @wandsworth_council @chaptergallery
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