East Bedroom, Harewood House, Leeds, LS17 9LG
8th September – 19th October 2025
Mon – Sun, 10.30am – 4pm
Super/Market is an augmented reality artwork that reimagines the 18th-century Chinese wallpaper at Harewood House through a contemporary lens. While the wallpaper shows idealised scenes of rice, tea, silk, and porcelain production as symbols of labour and global trade in Qing-era China, the intervention explores the Chinese supermarket as a modern-day site of cultural and economic exchange. Created in collaboration with Chinese-speaking community groups in Leeds, Super/Market reflects on how everyday heritage is transmitted through seasonal food and festivals, within the context of a post-industrial British city. Visitors can view the intervention through their mobile device by scanning the QR code in the East bedroom. A set of augmented reality postcards and a printed catalogue highlight the themes and processes behind the work.
Project Space, School of Fine Art, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
23rd September – 3rd October 2025
Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm
Pictures of Tilling and Weaving showcases the participatory workshops and historical research behind the project. Through a series of creative activities, participants from with Chinese-speaking community groups in Leeds explored photography, collage, repeat pattern design, animation, and augmented reality to learn more about the different artistic processes involved in the creating the artwork and contribute to its development. Presented alongside information about the origins of the wallpaper, the exhibition invites audiences to consider how heritage can be reimagined through community art and digital interpretation. The exhibition also includes a set of augmented reality posters, as well as a digital wallpaper featuring images from the contemporary artwork combined with Chinese wallpaper motifs.
