Bailee Lobb
8 - 29 May
Bailee Lobb’s new exhibition In Bathing, Bask considers how spaces can act as a supportive environment for stimming, sensory processing and soothing the nervous system.
Disabled artist Bailee describes living with a highly sensitised central nervous system like ‘living with the volume turned up on all your sensory inputs’ – everything is too loud, too busy, too much. She has created a series of undulating textile spaces for Toi Pōneke Gallery, transforming it into a stimulatory playground for interactive fun, sensory play, and self-regulation.
Gallery visitors are invited to enter and explore the inflatable spaces. Bailee describes being inside these spaces as like bathing in pure hue – everything is filtered by the colour of the hand dyed textile shell. There are no corners; floor, walls and ceiling melt into one another, and the light is diffused. The gentle hum of a fan dulls outside sounds. In Bathing, Bask presents sensory information as intense and uncomplicated. In effect, the active and simplified stimulation starts to turn down the volume.
associated events at toi pōneke
yoga in big blue with sonsie elliot
wednesday 19 may, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
folding patterns workshop - dying with shibori
saturday 22 may, 10:30am - 1:30pm
