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SUMMARY:Looping and Linking installation
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DESCRIPTION:If you take a closer look at the tree outside the entrance to
  the Museum\, you will discover a soundscape and installation of weaved 
 local grasses telling a tale of illness and lost traditions. Part of the
  Looping and Linking project\, this installation has been inspired by ou
 r herbarium collections and the grass-weaving work of Scottish crofter a
 nd 'outsider artist' Angus McPhee.\n\nLooping and Linking is a community
  project by Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery. The project has
  evolved from Close Knit\, a monthly knitting programme inspired by the 
 patterns discovered in the archives of the Gallery of Costume\, Platt Ha
 ll. Developing themes of knitting and weaving\, Looping and Linking is a
  project targeted at men and their wellbeing\, drawing its inspiration f
 rom the life and work of Angus McPhee.\n\nThe Story of Angus McPhee:\nAn
 gus McPhee (1916-1997) grew up in a remote crofting community on the isl
 and of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. After World War II\, Angus’ dev
 eloping mental illness saw him committed to a psychiatric hospital – a p
 lace where he would stay for the next fifty years.\n\nDuring his time at
  the hospital\, Angus chose not to speak.  He preferred to spend his tim
 e outdoors creating woven grass work. Angus would weave the grass compul
 sively\, hanging his designs from trees in the hospital grounds. The pro
 cess of making that was the most important thing to Angus. The objects h
 e created were often extraordinary pieces of clothing\, intricate and st
 urdy\, twisted and looped.\n\nAngus' unique creative skills came to the 
 attention of Art Therapist and Curator Joyce Laing during the 1970s. She
  saw how special Angus' work was and exhibited it in Scottish galleries 
 as well as internationally.\n\nFollowing changes to mental health policy
  and the structured closure of psychiatric hospitals\, Angus was dischar
 ged to live near his sister on South Uist in 1996.  Returning home fifty
  years later\, and despite being almost blind\, Angus continued to weave
  grass until his death in 1997.\n\n#LoopingAndLinking
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Near The Museum Allotment\, Manchester Museum\, Oxford Road\, Ma
 nchester\, Phone: 0161-2752648\, Email: museum@manchester.ac.uk
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