Liquid Trust 2026
Chisenhale Gallery
64 Chisenhale Road
Bow
London
E3 5QZ
16.04.2026 - 14.06.2026
Liquid Trust is the first institutional exhibition by London-based artist Racheal Crowther. Through the interplay of architecture, scent, and colour, Crowther’s new commission explores how bodies are processed, manipulated, and soothed within institutional spaces and systems. Comprising three interconnected works, the installation moves between military infrastructure, neurochemical signalling, and histories of psychological design.
At the centre of this exhibition is a US-manufactured mobile health unit previously used by the British Armed Forces. With its operational history only partially legible, the unit is a liminal space where bodies were once assessed and categorised. Residual markings, paperwork, and signage imply a site of triage or quarantine, while its portability signals situations in which care and control occur beyond conventional frameworks.
Chemical and organic compounds are diffused into the gallery’s airspace, operating at the threshold of human perception. Substances associated with the scent of powdered milk – an ultra-processed life-sustaining substance – trace its transformation from surplus dairy by-product to military provision and ubiquitous industrial filler, reflecting how lactation and nurturing have become abstracted through manufacture and distribution. Also circulating is hexadecanal, a molecule emitted by all human bodies, particularly newborns, and believed to trigger neurological and behavioural responses. These materials are linked to Crowther’s interest in oxytocin, the hormone that stimulates lactation and social bonding, connecting histories of care-giving and military pharmacological use.
The entire gallery is transformed through the application of Baker-Miller pink, a colour historically used across carceral, medical, and military environments in attempts to reduce aggression. Its presence underscores the enduring belief in psychological control through design.
Moving from object to atmosphere to total enclosure, Liquid Trust draws attention to the material, chemical, and psychological infrastructures that quietly organise civic life. It continues Crowther’s long-term examination of how governance, surveillance, and institutional power are entangled with systems of care.
List of Works:
NSN 5411-99-219-4744
Mobile health unit
6090 × 6710 × 2420cm
Hex Code #FF91AF
Baker-Miller Pink paint
Dimensions variable
HS Code 04022911
DILUENTS (Dipropylene Glycol, Aqua (water)), LACTONES (Delta-hexalactone, Delta-decalactone, Delta-undecalactone, Cis-6-dodecen-4-olide, Delta-dodecalactone, Gamma-dodecalactone, Delta-tetradecalactone), KETONES (Pentan-2-one, Oct-1-en-3-one, Octan-2-one, Undecan-2-one), ALDEHYDES (5-Methylfurfural, Hexanal, Heptanal, Nonanal, (E)-2-Nonenal, 12-Methyltridecanal, Hexadecanal), ACIDS (Butanoic acid, Octanoic acid, 4-Methylnonanoic acid, Decanoic acid), ESTERS (Ethyl acetate, Ethyl lactate, Methyl isobutyrate, Ethyl isobutyrate, Isobutyl acetate, Propyl propionate, Ethyl hexanoate, Ethyl octanoate, Butyl butyryllactate, Decyl acetate, Ethyl decanoate, Ethyl tetradecanoate, Methyl linoleate, Ethyl linolenate), NITROGENOUS & SULFUROUS compounds (Dimethyl sulfide, 2-Methoxypyrazine, 2-Ethyl pyrazine, 2-Propionyl-2-thiazoline, Indole), MISCELLANEOUS (Maltol, Hexan-1-ol, 2-Ethylhexan-1-ol, Oryza sativa pericarp [bran] extract, Juniperus virginiana wood oil)
All works 2026