Weather show — luciemacgregor

Weather show, 2025
Paper pulped tiles, switches to control ‘the weather’
Camden Arts Centre

Plastic guttering, foam, bungee chords, string, plastic bottle, tape
Photos: Hydar Dewachi

Installation view

An exhibition showcasing a year-long project from artists Lucie Macgregor, Tom James and Declan Leslie working in collaboration with pupils from Swiss Cottage School and The Village School.

Exploring the unpredictable weather through the seasons the team have worked in a variety of experimental mediums through performance, upcycling and kinetic sculpture. Focusing on the process of making rather than on a defined outcome the group have embraced the uncontrollable powers of sun, wind, earth and rain and to influence, activate and guide their artworks. The exhibition features a DIY rain machine, handcrafted clay pots and illuminated sun sculptures produced through the year in an interactive display inspired by the programme’s iterative, sensory and exploratory exchanges.

Following a year of questioning, Weather Showasks visitors to consider our place within the grand meteorological systems that swirl around us and “What is going on with this weather?”

This programme is delivered in partnership with ActionSpace.

LED lighting, plastic tubing, metal pipe, bungee chords, rope

Water machine

Carts made to move by the wind

Clay pots to capture any leaks from the pipes above

An insight into the year of workshops at Camden Arts Centre with the two SEN schools, filmed
and edited by Patrick Young.