ROOMS
April 2020
BRIDE
BY AUTHOR AND POET MAGGIE SMITH
How long have I been wed
to myself? Calling myself
darling, dressing for my own
pleasure, each morning
choosing perfume to turn
me on. How long have I been
alone in this house but not
alone? Married less
to the man than to the woman
silvering with the mirror.
I know the kind of wife
I need and I become her:
the one who will leave
this earth at the same instant
I do. I am my own bride,
lifting the veil to see
my face. Darling, I say,
I have waited for you all my life.

All of us are eager to leave our houses and continue with life as we knew it before this all started, however, there can be comfort to be found in the home.
This exhibition brings together fifteen works that depict the domestic environment of artists we discovered online. Divided into three rooms: Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom, each section showcases the work of five different artists. We want to prove that we can still use tools such as the internet to connect.
‘Rooms’ can be visited online, from your own phone or even better on your laptop, where the details of each work can be truly appreciated.
Invited artists by alphabetical order:
Maddie Yuille, Matt Macken, Ellie Pratt, Mandy Hudson, Nettle Grellier, Luke Silva, Alexander Basil, Serpil Mavi Ustun, Angus McCrum, Charlie de Voet, Richard Baker, Prudence Flint, Minyoung Choi, Gareth Cadwallader and Henni Alftan.