Installation: 62 Group + Gavin Osborn

Free Event

still making, still learning is an installation showcasing the outcomes of a collaboration between musician Gavin Osborn and seven textile artists from the 62 Group, developed during their exhibition Making as Learning.

Each textile piece is paired with a corresponding sound work, composed by Osborn in close dialogue with the artist and designed to be heard alongside the artwork itself. The installation invites audiences to explore the tactile, material, and sonic processes of making – how texture becomes sound, and how listening deepens seeing. The range is purposely broad: from contained, quiet, & intimate to brasher cityscapes; from reflections on the experience of rain in a garden in Japan, to experiments with paper or with found objects.

The collaborations include:

Eszter Bornemisza Delve and Discover / Gavin Osborn beneath the city is the city, above the city is the sky
Ealish Wilson Paper Trail/Architectural Notions / Gavin Osborn relying solely on her hands
Emily Jo Gibbs Rain / Gavin Osborn between the drops the spaces
Lucy Brown Loss (Ball ‘n’ Tress) / Gavin Osborn in silence, presence
Vanessa Rolf Deconstructed / Gavin Osborn strata
Debbie Lyddon Findings / Gavin Osborn the activation of speech by touch
Claire Barber Shimmer Effect / Gavin Osborn sharpened glitter

Most of these collaborations are newly developed for this project, with the exception of Osborn’s ongoing partnership with Claire Barber, which continues their years-long exploration of the relationships between textile making and sound.

The installation will open with a live performance by Gavin Osborn at 3.30pm on Wednesday 26 November, expanding on the textures, rhythms, and material resonances of the exhibited works.

Commissioned by the 62 Group of Textile Artists, with funds provided by the Audrey Walker bequest