Bobbie Rivers is a London based artist. Their practice explores the material mundane of their domestic sphere, questioning how value is placed on the everyday. Rivers’ practice maps the boundaries of transitional space – thresholds often passed through unconsciously- while blurring the lines between past and present, through residual stains, fleeting moments of light, and translocational memories held within tropes of personal objects.

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Rivers’ work considers the architecture of the home as a constant, between occupiers, while personal belongings become temporal markers – ghost like signifiers of memory and movement. 

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Their textile-based practice mirrors these transitional boundaries, through simplistic documentation of lines – signifiers of boundaries. Colour becoming temporary- a proxy of personal belongings —while calico stands as a constant, a blankness reflective of structural permanence. Forms becoming quiet witnesses to the domestic. Fabric becomes both medium and memory, where personal objects are embedded, obscured, or hidden—allowing ephemeral moments to unravel beyond the frame. The sheer fabric acts as a signifier of the threshold between blurred transitional boundaries.

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The shift from wall-based works to installations invites the audience to observe the domestic rather than inhabit it. This creates a performative tension between public and private, where the viewer becomes a voyeur to Rivers reimagined archival domestic sphere.