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Cathy Mager

@cathymager.bsky.social
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Art & Heritage. Consultant curator Wellcome Trust. Founder of Spectroscope. #Bristol #Deaf, BSL, Wild swims & Muddy walks. spectroscope.co.uk network of #Deaf & #Disabled imagineers

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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Thank you Plymouth Culture for this interview! tinyurl.com/3pedeckk
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Night Bloom: Deaf-Led 360° Immersive Art Blooms in Plymouth’s Market Hall Dome — Plymouth Culture
Discover Night Bloom, a deaf-led 360° immersive artwork in Plymouth’s Market Hall Dome. Cathy Mager shares the story behind this groundbreaking piece.
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Very proud of our new sculpture for Elmfield School for Dear Children limpingchicken.com/2025/09/11/a...
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Artist Cathy Mager launches new sculpture etched with BSL at Bristol deaf schools
A new artwork by Cathy Mager called Hand in Hand was launched in the reception area of two deaf schools in Bristol yesterday, featuring a pair of towering trees etched with British Sign Language. H…
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Deaf Heritage takes centre stage in @cathymager.bsky.social’s work, Finger Talk at Wellcome Collection. Read @criticismism.bsky.social's review ↓ disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...
Three people stand within the centre of an 180-degree screen-based installation which has the projected image of three deaf performers on it
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Happy to share my new installation Finger Talk is now open at the Wellcome Collection until 17 October 2025! wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
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Finger Talk
'Finger Talk' is a new British Sign Language (BSL) artwork by Cathy Mager that invites you to enter a space shaped by deaf perspectives.
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Oh thank you Laura! 😍
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Earlier this year I was invited by @thespacearts to talk about what inspires me to make projection artworks. Here’s a sneak preview! Happy #deafawarenessweek
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Shanghai, one week ago today, we staged Night Bloom a project by deaf & disabled Chinese/UK artists, a night of light, music and sign language. We are so proud of our team of pioneers @weareunlimited.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social @spectroscopestudio.bsky.social 🎥 Film by Walker Studio.
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Unlimited @weareunlimited.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
You've got just over a month to go catch @cathymager.bsky.social @spectroscopestudio.bsky.social beautiful Night Bloom as part of a free exhibition - Vital Signs @scigallerylon.bsky.social running until Sat 17 May! Read more👇🏾
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
More photos and the story behind our big night in Liverpool! limpingchicken.com/2025/03/12/c...
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Cathy Mager: Lighting up Liverpool with the world’s largest sign language projection (BSL)
On a recent memorable night in Liverpool, my company Spectroscope staged the world’s largest sign language projection. The monumental projection illuminated the Cunard Building for Dada Fest Intern…
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
We did it! Spectroscope lit up Liverpool with a giant sign language projection on International Women’s Day. Thank you Dada Fest! So proud of the team. 📸 by Charlie Swinbourne Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
So proud to share Leaf Glow - Spectroscope’s beautiful new building projection. A climate change and cancer informed artwork using cellular plant imagery from Ham Green House gardens, North Somerset. Thank you to Penny Brohn UK, a cancer wellbeing charity for partnering with us on this #leafglow
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Thank you to Mark Sheeran @criticismism.bsky.social for this beautifully written and thoughtful piece, which gets to the heart of the story we’re seeking to tell
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
When art gets binned is a subject I wrote about a few years ago www.cathymager.com/whatever-hap... #art #sustainability #recycling
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Whatever happened to the giant Fox? | CathyMager.com
Cathy Mager reflects on the sustainability in the production of temporary art, the creation of the Urban Fox at the South Bank complex, and its subsequent journey to a new home.
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The arts industry’s dirty secret. Creative waste ending up in landfill needs to be talked about more. Good to see the recycling efforts here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC drama Wolf Hall sets put to new use in green initiative
The sets, weighing more than 23 tonnes, are passed on to local performing arts organisations.
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
More info on exhibition london.sciencegallery.com/vital-signs
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VITAL SIGNS: another world is possible, new exhibition and events from 13 November 2024 — Science Gallery London
Coming soon to Science Gallery London, 13 November 2024 – 17 May 2025, Science Gallery London’s new exhibition, Vital Signs: Another world is possible brings together artists, designers and researcher...
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A quick hello & first post! (and shameless plug). I’m a curator and artist. Founder of Bristol-based Spectroscope, disabled/deaf led creators of digital dreamscapes. We have an installation at Vital Signs, Science Gallery, London Bridge on until 15 May 2025 so go see! 📷 by George Torode
Woman in black suit with shoulder length hair stands in front of projection screen with yellow sun, birds and two dancers in the background
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Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Loved catching up with everyone thank you for making it happen!
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