An Audio Described tour of our Spring 2026 exhibitions
Join us at HOME for an exclusive Audio Description tour of our new solo exhibitions – I found the giant and he was dead by Gabriel Kidd, and Exercises in Knowing by Nicola Ellis.
Presented by Anne Hornsby of Mind’s Eye, this event offers a rich, immersive experience for blind and visually impaired audiences, bringing the exhibition’s intricate visual and emotional layers to life through vivid, detailed narration.
About the Exhibitions
Gabriel Kidd: I found the giant and he was dead
Gabriel Kidd’s new immersive exhibition at HOME incorporates soundwork and figurative sculpture made from silk, wool, latex and Japanese paper. Using queer tactics of parody, the work is inspired by local folktale, landscape, and medieval notions of time.
The relationship between interior and exterior worlds is explored, through the reimagined tale of two giants, Alderman and Alphin from the valley of Greenfield, Saddleworth. Figures convey gestures and signals performed in gay cruising culture - poised, slouched, or side-lying, they invoke a knowing desire, blurring a sense of individuality, empowerment, and destruction.
Nicola Ellis: Exercises in Knowing
Nicola Ellis’ has made new large-scale steel and plaster sculptures, and film, that that extends her ongoing collaboration with the steel enclosures manufacturer, Ritherdon & Co in Darwen, Lancashire.
She uses discarded or overlooked materials and substances, creating forms that retain the traces of their origins to explore their ecologies and legacies. The work asks how we relate to industry, materials, and labour, highlighting the role of sensory and tacit knowledge, as well as the ways such knowledge is communicated.
What to Expect from the Audio Described Tour:
Led by experienced describer Anne Hornsby from Mind’s Eye, the Audio Description tour will provide a guided, sensory-rich experience of the exhibition. Additionally, Clarissa Corfe, HOME’s Visual Arts Curator, will lend her expert knowledge of the artist and her work, offering deeper insights into the creative process and thematic elements behind the artists’ pieces. The team will offer detailed verbal descriptions of the artworks, textures, and spatial relationships, enhancing the experience for blind and visually impaired visitors. You’ll be transported into the heart of the exhibition, with every sound, shape, and mood conveyed through expert narration.
ACCESS
- Our Main Gallery offers step-free access, and the entire route is fully wheelchair accessible. · For more details on accessibility at HOME, please visit our Access Information page.
- If you have any questions or specific access needs, please don't hesitate to email us at access@homemcr.org
