Anousha Payne's Moth-Inspired Exhibition at Sperling, Munich

Sperling gallery in Munich presents the second solo exhibition by Anousha Payne, developed with sound artist Ushara. The show centers on the moth as a figure of transformation, exploring thresholds between interior and exterior, domestic and mythological. Payne uses wax circles, batik textiles, and sculptural elements to evoke themes of domestic labor, memory, and colonial histories. The narrative follows a protagonist enclosed in her home, transformed by the moth's presence, drawing on Virginia Woolf's 'The Death of the Moth' and Silvia Federici's 'Caliban and the Witch' to frame resistance within confinement. Ushara contributes a sound piece and a live four-act opera during the opening weekend, incorporating field recordings, organ, cello, and voice, with reinterpretations of Bach and Hildegard von Bingen. The exhibition runs at Sperling's new location in Munich.