Grief Must be Love With Nowhere to Go is a collaborative project by Chris Alton and Emily Simpson. Having each been through a significant loss in their mid-20s, Chris and Emily found the English vocabulary for communicating experiences of grief and bereavement to be lacking. They began to invite conversations about loss through workshop facilitation and art making, in the hope of finding common ground.

Through a large textile installation, publication, and seating made from reclaimed materials, the exhibition brings together some of these words, transforming the gallery space into an environment for refection. Visitors can spend time within the space, where language becomes a shelter. The hope is that by going public with what living with loss can look like, we can better support each other through the inevitable.

Commissioned by Bloc Projects.