Miscellanea: an exhibition of art and books

Bookscapes Collective is a group of six artists with a particular focus on working with museums, private collections and at places of historic interest, to create site specific bodies of work with the aim of re-awakening lost or little known histories through a contemporary lens. The Victorian and Regency Music Rooms at Strangers Hall will be the venue for their forthcoming exhibition 'Miscellanea' which explores various aspects of daily life and society during the Golden Age of Discovery and Invention. From celebrating the lives of prominent women writers to the sinister practice of baby farmers, from taxidermy to shell collecting and herbariums, the exhibition weaves a path through the abundantly ornate rooms, through ten individual works which reveal a dark, yet strangely beautiful glimpse of Victorian life.