Brass Art Recreates Virginia Woolf's Writing Shed in Manchester Exhibition
The exhibition 'rock, quiver and bend' is on display at Home in Manchester until 1 September, presented by the collective Brass Art, which includes Chara Lewis, Anneké Pettican, and Kristin Mojsiewicz. A key feature is 'this voice; this life; this procession' (2024), a two-channel video installation that digitally reconstructs Virginia Woolf's writing shed located at Monk's House in Rodmell, East Sussex. The artists utilized 3D scanning to capture both the shed and its garden, merging their figures with the digital model. This project continues their investigation of literary locations, following earlier works at the Freud Museum (2015) and the Brontë sisters' museum (2012). The exhibition also showcases an immersive soundscape by Annie Mahtani, along with photographs, videos referencing Florine Stettheimer, large sculptures inspired by Woolf's 'The Waves,' and various preparatory pieces.
Key facts
- Brass Art's exhibition 'rock, quiver and bend' is on view at Home in Manchester through 1 September.
- The collective includes artists Chara Lewis, Anneké Pettican, and Kristin Mojsiewicz.
- A key work is 'this voice; this life; this procession' (2024), a two-channel video installation focusing on Virginia Woolf's writing shed in Rodmell, East Sussex.
- The artists used 3D scanning to capture the shed's interior and garden, creating a digital model combined with images of their bodies.
- This project is part of Brass Art's decade-plus examination of historic literary sites, including the Freud Museum in London (2015) and the Brontë sisters' museum in Haworth (2012).
- The exhibition references Woolf's 1929 essay 'A Room of One's Own' and her 1925 novel 'Mrs Dalloway.'
- An immersive soundscape was created by electroacoustic composer Annie Mahtani using recordings of rustling cellophane.
- Other works include the 'Apparition' series (2014–24) referencing Florine Stettheimer and sculptures titled 'torrent of things grown so familiar' (2024) inspired by Woolf's novel 'The Waves.'
Entities
Artists
- Chara Lewis
- Anneké Pettican
- Kristin Mojsiewicz
- Virginia Woolf
- Sigmund Freud
- Florine Stettheimer
- Virgil Thomson
- Gertrude Stein
- William Hogarth
- Annie Mahtani
Institutions
- Brass Art
- Home
- Freud Museum
- Brontë sisters' museum
Locations
- Manchester
- United Kingdom
- Rodmell
- East Sussex
- London
- Haworth