I undertook a month-long residency with Norwich-based arts charity OUTPOST, examining how the pandemic distorted my emotional relationship with home. Previously a place of sanctuary, this slowly became dominated by tension, control and work. Over time, this evolved into an exploration of automatic mark-making, translations and abstracting the figurative. The culminating solo show Uninhabited brought together these processes, filling the space with new bodies of calico, soft chalk and folds of charcoal.

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Eager to start a wider discussion, I also spoke with other creatives and members of the public about their experience of home through COVID. These conversations will form a publication and a series of interviews; a resource to reflect upon our relationship with space and place.

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Arts review in the magazine Concrete here: https://www.concrete-online.co.uk/outpost-presents-uninhabited-eleanor-rodwell/

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September 2021