What’s happening up there?

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A blue-haired woman is reading by the staircase when she’s suddenly interrupted. A strange, mysterious noise. Should she go check? Of course, she should.

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But before she even starts climbing the stairs, the source of the commotion reveals itself: a hybrid bunny-girl, part woman, part rabbit, comes sliding down the staircase railing. She has the body of a woman, a rabbit’s head, she’s wearing tiny black shorts, knee-length socks, ballerina shoes, a nude torso, and her thighs spread wide. She isn’t alone. A panicked frog tries to stop her from descending, from leaving the Room Upstairs. At the centre of it all: a red balloon, an abstract oversized bouquet, and an all-seeing eye...

Could this creature have escaped from the book the blue-haired woman was reading? Books can be dangerously fun, and this one seems to contain more than just aloof stories.

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The inspiration for this exhibition comes from Liliana Fleri Soler’s own writings of memories from her childhood, especially those rooted in her grandmother’s house.

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When we finally venture upstairs, we encounter a cast of curious elongated characters and animals, all rendered in Fleri Soler’s distinctive style. Every detail counts. Much of the fabric used in these mixed-media sculptures is deeply personal. The artist sourced them from a cherished chest filled with handmade textiles collected over the years, from her own childhood and even from her mother's and grandmother’s. These fragments from different generations are precious, like the stories that echo upstairs.