In Bathing, Bask
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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.