Exhibition
RECALL: Catherine Hoffman, 'Wormhole of our Formation'
18 Oct 2023 – 18 Nov 2023
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 16:00
Free admission
Address
- University for the Creative Arts at Canterbury
- New Dover Road
- Canterbury
United Kingdom - CT1 3AN
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Travel from London Victoria to Canterbury East Station (1h 13-30mins), then by taxi or foot to the campus (10 minute walk). Canterbury West Station (which is a twenty minute walk from the gallery) is also served by trains from St Pancras and Waterloo (1h
Originally conceived as a live performance piece, this is the premier exhibition of Catherine Hoffmann’s new immersive Virtual Reality installation.
About
Touching on themes of crisis in the Anthropocene, mental health, austerity, aging and the environment; the work charts a personal journey across the UK during a series of ‘red alert’ storms, whilst falling apart.
This is a psychoactive, absurdist ride into the fragmentation of the self. A journey through breakdown Britain as Tetley tea bags pile up and scrambled eggs congeal.
It takes the audience on an initially mundane ride of bed and breakfasts, money concerns and motorway closures, until reaching a surreal & fragmented point of collapse & catharsis through transcendental shaking & elemental release.
The exhibition is an immersive installation featuring broken cars, storm simulation and a B&B dining room with free daily breakfasts.
Audiences are invited to wear Virtual Reality headsets and join us on a journey through Breakdown Britian.
The work was developed with support from Screen South & Arts Council England, Wysing arts centre and Cambridge Junction.
