Cathy Mager

Night Bloom: Deaf-Led 360° Immersive Art Blooms in Plymouth’s Market Hall Dome — Plymouth Culture Discover Night Bloom, a deaf-led 360° immersive artwork in Plymouth’s Market Hall Dome. Cathy Mager shares the story behind this groundbreaking piece.

Thank you Plymouth Culture for this interview! tinyurl.com/3pedeckk

23.09.2025 08:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Artist Cathy Mager launches new sculpture etched with BSL at Bristol deaf schools A new artwork by Cathy Mager called Hand in Hand was launched in the reception area of two deaf schools in Bristol yesterday, featuring a pair of towering trees etched with British Sign Language. H…

Very proud of our new sculpture for Elmfield School for Dear Children limpingchicken.com/2025/09/11/a...

11.09.2025 13:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Three people stand within the centre of an 180-degree screen-based installation which has the projected image of three deaf performers on it

Deaf Heritage takes centre stage in @cathymager.bsky.social’s work, Finger Talk at Wellcome Collection.

Read @criticismism.bsky.social's review ↓
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26.08.2025 11:00 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Finger Talk 'Finger Talk' is a new British Sign Language (BSL) artwork by Cathy Mager that invites you to enter a space shaped by deaf perspectives.

Happy to share my new installation Finger Talk is now open at the Wellcome Collection until 17 October 2025! wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...

10.07.2025 13:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh thank you Laura! 😍

30.06.2025 19:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Earlier this year I was invited by @thespacearts to talk about what inspires me to make projection artworks. Here’s a sneak preview! Happy #deafawarenessweek

07.05.2025 13:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Shanghai, one week ago today, we staged Night Bloom a project by deaf & disabled Chinese/UK artists, a night of light, music and sign language. We are so proud of our team of pioneers @weareunlimited.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social @spectroscopestudio.bsky.social
🎥 Film by Walker Studio.

05.04.2025 08:20 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

You've got just over a month to go catch @cathymager.bsky.social @spectroscopestudio.bsky.social beautiful Night Bloom as part of a free exhibition - Vital Signs @scigallerylon.bsky.social running until Sat 17 May!

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02.04.2025 10:31 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Cathy Mager: Lighting up Liverpool with the world’s largest sign language projection (BSL) On a recent memorable night in Liverpool, my company Spectroscope staged the world’s largest sign language projection. The monumental projection illuminated the Cunard Building for Dada Fest Intern…

More photos and the story behind our big night in Liverpool! limpingchicken.com/2025/03/12/c...

13.03.2025 12:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We did it! Spectroscope lit up Liverpool with a giant sign language projection on International Women’s Day. Thank you Dada Fest! So proud of the team. 📸 by Charlie Swinbourne Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

10.03.2025 16:01 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

So proud to share Leaf Glow - Spectroscope’s beautiful new building projection. A climate change and cancer informed artwork using cellular plant imagery from Ham Green House gardens, North Somerset. Thank you to Penny Brohn UK, a cancer wellbeing charity for partnering with us on this #leafglow

24.02.2025 13:44 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you to Mark Sheeran @criticismism.bsky.social for this beautifully written and thoughtful piece, which gets to the heart of the story we’re seeking to tell

14.02.2025 13:07 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Whatever happened to the giant Fox? | CathyMager.com Cathy Mager reflects on the sustainability in the production of temporary art, the creation of the Urban Fox at the South Bank complex, and its subsequent journey to a new home.

When art gets binned is a subject I wrote about a few years ago www.cathymager.com/whatever-hap... #art #sustainability #recycling

27.11.2024 10:05 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

BBC drama Wolf Hall sets put to new use in green initiative The sets, weighing more than 23 tonnes, are passed on to local performing arts organisations.

The arts industry’s dirty secret. Creative waste ending up in landfill
needs to be talked about more. Good to see the recycling efforts here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.11.2024 10:00 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

VITAL SIGNS: another world is possible, new exhibition and events from 13 November 2024 — Science Gallery London Coming soon to Science Gallery London, 13 November 2024 – 17 May 2025, Science Gallery London’s new exhibition, Vital Signs: Another world is possible brings together artists, designers and researcher...

More info on exhibition london.sciencegallery.com/vital-signs

23.11.2024 08:57 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

Woman in black suit with shoulder length hair stands in front of projection screen with yellow sun, birds and two dancers in the background

A quick hello & first post! (and shameless plug). I’m a curator and artist. Founder of Bristol-based Spectroscope, disabled/deaf led creators of digital dreamscapes. We have an installation at Vital Signs, Science Gallery, London Bridge on until 15 May 2025 so go see! 📷 by George Torode

23.11.2024 08:56 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

Loved catching up with everyone thank you for making it happen!

17.11.2024 06:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0