Kitchen Table Series

Carrie Mae Weems

Radically simple, Carrie Mae Weems’ portraits, known as the Kitchen Table Series, offer a picture of universality. In 1989, Weems began setting up her camera at the end of the kitchen table, a single hanging light and a door frame behind her the only other decoration. Over the next year, she took portraits of a fictional life, a romance leading to a break-up, sadness leading to contentment. Within her four walls, it is hard not to see our own. The minutiae and mundanity of everyday existence becomes something profound and palpable in Weems’ images. As she says, ‘This woman can stand in for me and for you; she can stand in for the audience, she leads you into history. She’s a witness and a guide.’

Saturday 25th July

The Moon deepens into the constellation of Scorpio today, bringing a strong atmosphere of transformation, renewal and hidden growth. During the afternoon, the Moon reaches apogee, the point in its orbit where it is furthest from the Earth. Within biodynamic gardening, apogee is associated with an intensification of light forces. This temporarily overrides the influence of the constellation through which the Moon is passing and creates a flower period from the afternoon into the early evening. This offers a favourable window for tending flowers, caring for ornamental plants and harvesting blooms. As the evening continues, the apogee influence gradually subsides and the deeper, more transformative qualities of Scorpio return to the foreground.