Launching Thursday 8 June at Calton Hill from 12noon – 6pm
Travelling Gallery is pleased to announce the second season of its 2023 programme which takes a new approach to touring with environmental concerns and community partnerships at the heart.
Season two hits the road in June 2023 with the exhibition High on the Summit Ridge by Gabecare; a collaborative art project by Rachel Adams and Tessa Lynch which investigates the domestic mess of 21st century living.
Gabecare take their name from little known American inventor Francis Gabe who devoted much of her life to designing and building the world’s one and only self-cleaning home.
In an attempt to rid herself of the thankless, unpaid, and never-ending housework, Gabe used her own money and construction skills to develop and build a house that cleaned, rinsed, and dried everything from the dishes in the cupboard to clothes in the wardrobe. She eventually received a patent for her design in 1984.
Exploring the unpaid labour that goes into housework, Gabecare draw our attention to who carries out the care and maintenance at home (tidying is a task that is noticed when it’s not done but unnoticed when it’s done) while at the same time managing to embrace and even celebrate the continual messiness of our daily lives.
Taking inspiration from social history and the evolution of housework, Gabecare have created an enjoyable installation which provokes storytelling and memories from our own families while also digging deeper and questioning the economy around housework and care.
The exhibition will also include objects selected by the artists from Museums and Galleries Edinburgh‘s social history collection.
Launching in Edinburgh on Calton Hill on Thursday 8 June from 12noon – 6pm the exhibition will tour to the following locations:
- Western Isles, in partnership with An Lanntair
- Argyll & Bute, in partnership with talc
- West Dunbartonshire, in partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council
- Scottish Borders, in partnership with Borders Live
- North Lanarkshire, in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council
- Falkirk, in partnership with Falkirk Community Trust
- Edinburgh, in partnership with Edinburgh Art Festival
Claire Craig, Curator of Travelling Gallery, said: “We are so excited to take Gabecare’s exhibition to audiences across Scotland. Tessa Lynch and Rachel Adams have made a really enjoyable exhibition which also raises important questions around unpaid labour and care.
“I can’t wait to discuss the artwork and themes with our visitors.”