Emily Speed and Mishka Henner - Energy House 2.0 at Castlefield Gallery

In spring 2025, Castlefield Gallery launched an ambitious exhibition of new work by artists Mishka Henner and Emily Speed, in partnership with the University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery and Energy House Labs. The exhibition is the culmination of 18-month Artist Residencies with Energy House 2.0 at the University of Salford, a period in which the artists have immersed themselves in this world-leading energy performance facility, its cutting-edge research, and the facilities and research of the wider university.

Speed considers the houses in Energy House 2.0 as 1:1 models, and in addition to testing materials and energy use, has engaged with the facility’s spaces as sites ripe for challenging ideas and exploring new possibilities. Speed’s work seeks to question how the minimal space requirements and heteronormative family-based design of many new-build houses affect the way we interact and cohabit.

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