TEXTILE TEMPORALITIES, held at Manningham Art Gallery, was a participatory exhibition exploring the temporal nature of craft, human connection, and sites of intimacy. A central table hosted sewing workshops with Manningham residents, where participants unpicked garments of personal significance while sharing stories of transition and change, reflecting on how clothing marks lived experience.

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The unpicked garments were arranged across two pieces of black hessian to evoke curtains and titled Community Wall Piece: Ode to Transitions. The work celebrates the multiple ways women come together to share and support one another while reflecting on delicate moments of transitions.

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Remnants from the curtain were used to make oversized necklaces. Referencing jewellery as a traditionally feminine form, How to Be Seen emerged from conversations about visibility and clothing’s ability to both conceal and reveal the body. It offers a response to Hito Steyeri's work, How Not to Be Seen.

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The exhibition also included previous blankets and weavings made from discarded clothing, alongside a public table inviting visitors to share their own experiences of clothing and attachment to textiles.

 

Presented at Manningham Art Gallery

November/December 2025

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Shannon would like to extend a special thanks to the women who generously shared their clothing, stories, ideas of craft and how they feel about the shifting experience of being in the world. 

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Images courtesy of Manningham Art Gallery. Photo by Charlie Kinross.