Mind The Gap Exhibition

Mind the Gap explores the experience of overwhelm from neurodivergent perspectives, highlighting the often invisible emotional and practical labour of the everyday. Since 2015, Alison has been working with neurodivergent participants to reframe overwhelm as a space of resilience instead of a purely negative experience.

Mind the Gap sheds light on hidden experiences of the home, thinking of home not just as a physical space but as a feeling, a negotiation and an experience shaped by identity and circumstance. Drawing on symbols around doors and windows, Mind the Gap considers the thresholds where calm meets chaos and where home can feel both protective and confining.

Alison Lam shaped the visuals created in workshops into new artworks navigating the ‘gap’ between the calm and chaos of overwhelm. Both shared and personal experiences are concealed across calligraphy on textile and paper scrolls, and within petals of lotus flowers made of porcelain, bronze and paper, inviting the visitors to reflect on their own moments of vulnerability.

Co-curated with Celina Loh of In Transit Space CIC, this exhibition is part of the ESEA Programme at Museum of the Home, collaborating with Lara Baclig.

Funded by Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants (@aceagrams)

✨ Mind the Gap

📅 Tuesday 19 August - Sunday 19 October 2025 | Free

📍 Museum of the Home - 136 Kingsland Road, E2 8EA

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