Part of Brighton Photo Fringe, 2022. This collaborative exhibition is a culmination of the experimental photographic and moving image work of Thomas & Maloney. It responds in part to the artists’ joint interest in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ (1890). This gothic tale recounts the experience of a woman struggling with her mental health after being locked away in a attic room following the birth of her child. In the confines of the room she begins to unravel psychologically, becoming obsessed with the idea of another woman trapped and creeping within the layers of the paper. These ideas of ‘creeping’ and layers, and of a claustrophobic repetition in a suffocating domestic space, will resonate with many in the aftermath of the pandemic. During successive lockdowns, everyone had to adapt how they worked, lived, socialised, and related to each other – it was a time when in one way or another everyone had to face their demons. It became almost impossible to make work, without access to darkrooms and other facilities, yet the pandemic forced them to be more introspective, to push boundaries and adapt their working methods. This work is both an exorcism and a celebration of the lockdown experience, reflecting upon multilayer narratives, such as the domestic space, mental health, and women as ghosts in the history of art.