The Manifold of Memory: Detail Within Detail, Bagri Commission

From The Whitworth

This autumn, step into a new immersive installation by artist Gulnur Mukazhanova - her first UK museum exhibition. Beginning with one small textile fragment from the Whitworth's collection as inspiration, Mukazhanova expands it into a giant felt environment inspired by the nomadic cultures of the Central Asian steppe. Felt is more than a material: it carries memory and symbolises home, nature and cosmology. For centuries, it's sheltered families, wrapped belongings,...