A Soft Inheritance

Adoption isn’t a fairytale: artists come together to rethink the stories we tell about making a family. A new exhibition and events programme in Stockport puts identity, belonging and family in the spotlight, asking: who gets to tell the story of adoption? About This autumn, adoption takes centre stage in Stockport as a collective of artists, curators and creative practitioners come together for Our Adoption Project , a new exhibition and programme of talks and workshops exploring the messy, complicated and ultimately human realities of adoption. From November, the project will take over PINK, Stockport’s independent gallery and events space, bringing together artists whose work and lives have been shaped by adoption. The project has two strands: a multi-disciplinary exhibition and a programme of talks and workshops exploring adoption today. At the heart of the project is A Soft Inheritance , an exhibition bringing together work by adoptees, first parents, adoptive parents and others whose lives have been shaped by adoption. Through a multi-disciplinary selection of artworks, the exhibition explores what is created, what is lost and what endures through the adoption process. Works range from video pieces to sculpture to textiles and 2D works. Rather than reducing stories of adoption to misery memoirs, or presenting them as feel-good tales with a happy ending, A Soft Inheritance makes room for the contradictions in every individual’s life. Read more Toggle Multi-disciplinary Mixed media Film / Video Painting Photography Audio / Sound