The Outside is Inside Everything We Make

The Outside is Inside Everything We Make was a group exhibition conceived by Glasgow-based artist Laura Aldridge. Aldridge explores collaborative ways of working to challenge the limiting systems of value that are imposed upon creativity. The title of the exhibition was a found text from product packaging. It speaks to the impulse to acknowledge the profound influence of our lived experiences and daily interactions with people and materials.

Alongside new sculptural works by Aldridge, the exhibition included objects methodically wrapped in layer upon layer of fibre by Judith Scott (1943 – 2005) and painted mantras and slogans by Leanne Ross that describe specific moments remembered from the artist’s daily routine. This group presentation offers a way of exploring power and empowerment beyond that of established structures of experience.