Future Selves exhibition at ORTUS

Cluster One, Image Courtesy of Ben McDade

Future Selves is currently showing at ORTUS, Denmark Hill from July 2022 - January 2023.

With heartfelt thanks to the team at Bethlem Gallery - Sophie, Ed, Mike, Ali, Heather and Shetha. Also ORTUS for hosting, the Maudsley Charity for funding, and the Mental Health and Justice project. I am so grateful to everyone who made this happen. 

Future Selves is the culmination of my three-year research project in dialogue with current research at King’s College London on advance directives and bipolar. The exhibition is a collection of textile sculptures, altered objects and drawings. Through making, I interrogate notions of control and care, and how we might make decisions for a future time when we are unable to look after ourselves.

What conversations would you have with your future self?

Torsion series, Image Courtesy of Ben McDade

Cluster series, Image Courtesy of Ben McDade

Tally of Days, Image Courtesy of Ben McDade

Bound Shears, Image Courtesy of Ben McDade