FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2022
Maayan Sophia Weisstub Exhibits Evocative Installation The Bed at the Museum of the Home,
Raising Awareness about Domestic Abuse
London, UK – Interdisciplinary artist Maayan Sophia Weisstub exhibits a new installation, The Bed, to raise awareness against domestic abuse, as part of the Festival of Sleep at the Museum of the Home in London, July 5, 2022 – September, 2022.
The Bed is a thought-provoking installation that replaces the archetypal image of the bed with a mattress and pillows recalling bruised and battered skin. These signs of abuse and trauma interposed onto what is typically a symbol of home, security, and privacy, are meant to incite uncomfortable but necessary conversations about domestic abuse as well as encouraging treatment and healing for survivors.
“I want The Bed to be uncomfortable, to influence greater commitment to stopping acts of domestic abuse, and to encourage treatment and healing for survivors.” – Maayan Sophia Weisstub
Weisstub will be conducting a creative workshop with designer and educator Nirit Binyamini and educational psychologist Bat-Hen Shahar about sharing personal traumas through craft and collaborative making. The workshop will have participants sew a bed cover together and “scar” the communal blanket with stitches and personal stories. The concept of the workshops draws from historical traditions of diverse cultures where quilts and patchwork are used for commemoration, sharing burdens, supporting one another, and healing traumas. The workshop is suitable for a group of 15 participants and will be about 2 hours long.
Weisstub will also be working with Refuge, a charity that helps survivors of domestic abuse in the United Kingdom. Louise Rafferty from Refuge will host a short presentation and Q&A.
Exhibition Details
Festival of Sleep
The Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8EA
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 – September, 2022
Workshop Details:
The Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8EA
TBA September, 2022
About Maayan Sophia Weisstub
Maayan Sophia Weisstub (born 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist, graduate of the Royal College of Art.
Weisstub was included in the 24th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art and has shown at the Saatchi Gallery (London), Omer Tiroche Gallery (London) and Pavlov’s Dog Gallery (Berlin). Her work has also been featured in Whitehot Magazine, Kaltbult Magazine, Design Taxi and many more.
Website: www.weisstub.com
Instagram: @weisstub
About Museum of the Home
The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum, is a museum in the 18th-century Grade I-listed former almshouses on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, London. The museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with galleries which ask questions about ‘home’, present diverse lived experiences, and examine the psychological and emotional relationships people have with the idea of ‘home’ alongside a series of period room displays.
Website: https://www.museumofthehome.org.uk
Instagram: @museumofthehome
About Refuge
Refuge is a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic violence. It was founded by author and activist Erin Pizzey. Refuge provides a national network of specialist services, including emergency refuge accommodation (refuges), community outreach, independent domestic violence advocacy (IDVAs), culturally specific services and a team of child support workers. Refuge also runs the Freephone 24-Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline in partnership with Women’s Aid.
Website: https://www.refuge.org.uk/
Instagram: @refugecharity
