BTB25 – Lucy Orta Artist Talk Conversations in Creativity

Join artist Lucy Orta and BTB artistic director Laurie Peake, for a walk around conversation exploring her exhibition, Homo Mondialis, which crosses continents from the Antarctic to the Amazon, reflecting on humanity’s impact and relationship with the planet, at the centre of which is a major new commission for BTB25 – The House of Hair.

This is a FREE drop in event, no booking required.

In association with Creative Lancashire.

British Textile Biennial (BTB)

The British Textile Biennial (BTB) commissions and presents work inspired by the context and legacy of the textile industry in East Lancashire and its global impact.

This Autumn, BTB25 explores invention and innovation in textile production; through indigenous knowledge to space-age technology. Blackburn Cathedral is delighted to be hosting: Lucy & Jorge Orta – Homo Mondialis.

This survey exhibition of the work of Lucy and Jorge Orta, across continents over thirty years from the Antarctic to the Amazon, reflects on humanity’s impact and relationship with the planet.

This striking installation will occupy the Crypt, inviting us to travel from the South Pole through jungles, deserts and forests to reflect with them. At its centre, is a major new commission, House of Hair, which reimagines and reconstructs the traditional Bedouin tent as a speculative response to nomadic living in the extreme scenario of mass desertification.

For full details and opening times please visit the British Textile Biennial website.