The Myth Eaters at RuptureXIBIT, London

Kate Howe in Residency: 1 Dec - 1 Mar
Exhibition: 26 Feb - 1 Mar 12-6 pm
Workshop with Anna Johnson 4-6pm
Performances and Readings: 27 Feb 6-9 pm

RuptureXIBIT is an artist-run experimental residency program located in Southwest London. Rupture is committed to pushing the boundaries of practice, and as such, presents their first ever "writing show" with works by Kate Howe, Yumino Seki and Nick Parkin in collaboration, along with works by Sally Minns, and twenty authors, selected by Dr. Anna Johnson and Ashleigh Sean, winner of the Kingston University Master's Creative Writing award. We look forward to an unexpected evening showcasing the interweaving of text based, written, spoken and visual works all jumping off from, colliding with or unearthing The Myth Eaters.

Artist and Writer Kate Howe will be in residence at RuptureXIBIT 1 Dec - 1 March, producing work in response to their research on contemporary implications of ancient myths, especially as they relate to the sticking power of belief around gendered roles in society, and the origins, outlines, and implications of "expected rules regarding the expression of gender in society" from private performance to public. 

Up to twenty authors are in the process of being selected to present written and text-based works in response to Howe's theme, The Myth Eaters, and these works will be shown throughout the entire studios complex for the duration of the four day exhibition 26 Feb - 1 Mar 2026 12-6pm Reserve your spot at the exhibition here.

Join us at the PV on the 27th of February, from 6-9 pm, featuring Butoh dancer Yumino Seki responding to Howe's installation in the front galleries and working in collaboration with Howe's written work and soundscape artist Nick Parkin. Additionally five authors will be selected to perform live readings of their texts during the evening. 
Book your spot at the Performance & Reading Evening here.

The Myth Eaters

I will be building a new installation The Myth Eaters in my favorite blacked-out installation space in my converted shed in Rupture's back garden for our Open Studios on the 29th. This space has hosted numerous performances and installations through the years and is always exciting to build. The piece is a return to textiles for me. I am working with a delicious, diaphenous dusty rose chiffon fabric, indicating the 'red scarf of passion' which is often carried by putto or by the main figure, for instance, it is clutched by Europa in Titian's Rape of Europa, and this mark, of her fist and the trailing scarf, is embedded across my paintings. Bringing the 'red scarf of passion' into my shed, and rouching and pouching and pocketing and rending and staining and forming it, I am meditating on the nature of myth, what it teaches us about our roles in life, especially what these myths and their depictions teach us about our gender roles, the purpose of gender, and how to perform it correctly. 

This work is the first sketch of an impulse which I will expand for my annual winter residency in the front exhibition space at Rupture. The work can be observed being built from 1 Dec, and will be available for viewing by appointment and through the shop front window for the month of January.