Soft Echoes Washing Over

In this collaborative exhibition, Holly Goodridge and Catey Felton weave together photography, video and knitting to explore the fluid regenerative qualities of water and its entanglement with women's labour.

Grounded in hydrofeminist thought, the project began with an inquiry into water's role in artistic processes: as it can both reveal and conceal, holding within it the power to preserve, distort and dissolve subjects.

Soft Echoes Washing Over invites viewers into multi-sensory environment where memory, care and domestic ritual intertwine.

 

Holly Goodridge is a neurodivergent artist working across wearable textiles, installation and participatory practices. Their work explores the embodied experience of neurodivergence and chronic illness through hand-knitted, embroidered garments and immersive environments that invite audiences to slow down, engage through touch and experience moments of connection.

Catey Felton, a visual artist and photographer whose practice spans both digital and analogue processes, explores the intricate relationship between memory and image-making. This work investigates how photographs act as vessels of personal and collective histories. Drawing from hydrofeminist theory, she challenges conventional associations of fluidity with dilution or weakness, instead embracing water’s power to reveal, sustain and transform memory.

Image: Nan's House, Catey Felton, 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.

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