Who is Next Door?
Valentine and Emeline are in the space next door to Theatre Deli, discovering the legacy of textile artist Mel Heneke Eliot. Mel left her art materials to her children when she died ten years ago and last year, her daughter Ruth entrusted Emeline these materials. Peek into the room where we uncover the precious dyes, pigments and silks that Mel used when she worked as a fabric designer. This installation is our documentation of the process of dying and printing with these pigments and silks. Through active and embodied research we ask ourselves: what can we learn from this artist? How do materials hold memory? What is the value of experimentation today?
Installation concept image. Including hanging dyed fabrics, materials, photography, pigment bottles etc. For Theatre Deli's 'Next Door' Space.
