Catherine Hoffmann 'Wormhole of Our Formation'

This exhibition was presented as a part of 'RECALL', a curated program of exhibitions & events from artists exploring Virtual Reality technologies to produce new works.

The exhibition was an immersive installation featuring broken cars, storm simulation and a B&B dining room with free daily breakfasts.

Audiences were invited to wear Virtual Reality headsets to travel on a journey through Breakdown Britain.

Touching on themes of crisis in the Anthropocene, mental health, austerity, aging and the environment; the work charts the artists personal journey across the UK during a series of ‘red alert’ storms, whilst falling apart.

A psychoactive, absurdist ride into the fragmentation of the self, a journey through breakdown Britain as Tetley tea bags pile up and scrambled eggs congeal.

The work takes audiences on an initially mundane ride of bed and breakfasts, money concerns and motorway closures, until reaching a surreal & fragmented point of collapse & catharsis through transcendental shaking & elemental release.

The work was developed with support from Screen South & Arts Council England, Wysing arts centre and Cambridge Junction.