Cecilia Vicuña: Foraging Quipu

The material in this room was collected by local people. For the London version, Cecilia Vicuña put out an open call for dry plant matter and lightweight debris gathered from everyday surroundings, then wove the contributions into one suspended quipu, after the Andean system of knotted cords used to keep records.

You walk into Gallery 4 at the end of Living Threads, her ticketed survey, but this room is free. Branches, seeds, roots, fungi, textiles, scraps of wood and plastic hang together in it. The piece was first made at IMMA in Dublin in 2025, where The Liberty found twigs, feathers and pinecones on wire so thin they seemed to float. Plastics are on the materials list, so for once the debris Londoners step over is the art.

It is one installation in one room, a free coda to Living Threads or a short stop on its own. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 6pm, until 9pm on Thursdays.