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‘Mutter Matter – murmurings from the Drawing Room table’

Mutter Matter is a collaborative installation project by artists Jane Fox and Irene Mensah. ‘Murmurings from the kitchen table’ was first seen in the kitchen at the Regency Town House, Brighton, during the House festival in May 2011.

In ‘Mutter Matter –murmurings from the Drawing Room table’ the artists weave together elements from their personal memories of their Grandmothers…the exuberant naughtiness of licking plates, a discreet hum or the handling of flour and utensils to create ‘perfection lemon pie’…. alongside their observations from research into the lives of Sir John Soane and his wife Eliza, who owned the property in the first decade of the 19th century.
It is not the details of these memories that the work reveals but rather a strange mix of mayhem and contemplation, surface and touch, presence and absence, and the impossibility of perfection that crosses generations of women.

‘Mutter Matter –Murmurings from the Drawing Room Table’ was shown at Pitzhanger Manor from 15th June to 29th July 2012

This included an artist’s talks with afternoon tea..
Sharing tales, tea, and homemade cakes, the artists asked people to bring a favourite domestic item or recipe book, which conjured up memories of family and friends.