Whiteroom: Waiting Rooms of Youth and Age in Visual Art and Literature

peer reviewed paper presented at Occupation; Negotiation with Constructed Space Conference, Brighton University, July 2009 Abstract: The whiteroom, the sparse and solitary ‘waiting room’ of youth or later life will be examined through a consideration of two of Rachel Whiteread’s works, with reference to literary examples by Charlotte Brontë, Willa Cather, and Margaret Atwood. The paper is…

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Q-Art

Q-Art organise symposia and produce books and videos that feature interviews with further and higher education art staff from across a range of art schools and universities.  Download two Bella Kerr interviews with Q-Art here: Q-Art interview with Bella Kerr  |   Bella Kerr & Amanda Roderick Q-art Interview ABOUTQ-Art are an events and publishing organisation…

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touchstone: Architecture in Wales

PUPAL SOUP(originally published for touchstone | Architecture in Wales, 2016) Last summer a cocoon appeared in Bute Park, spun between the trees in the shaded area near the Waterbus stop. TAPE was commissioned from Croatian artists’ collective Numen, through a collaboration between the RSPB and Migrations, who develop innovative arts projects in Wales and elsewhere.…

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Downloads

Downloads are available of much of the material from Keeper(s). These are primarily for educational use. If you have any questions regarding the usage of these materials, please contact studio@bellakerr.com  Essays Bella KerrJane RendellKaren InghamKathryn FaulknerCiara HealyDenise KwanOwen GriffithsAlicia MillerAmanda Roderick Keeper(s) IntroJane Rendell visual essay PostcardsBella Kerr postcardsKathryn Faulkner postcardsKaren Ingham postcardsJane Rendell postcards…

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CIVIC Dogs

Bella Kerr: Civic Dog (Walks) I commissioned Matthew Otten, designer, to make 100 laser-cut slate dogs. The dogs were displayed at the Civic base – the glass porch of the old library building – until they were ‘distributed’ by participants on city walks, to be found (or lost) over future days, weeks or years. The…

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Bed and Table

Oriel Davies, Newtown: 04 July 2009 – 05 September 2009 The research identified a series of spaces including redrooms – the parental bedroom and the dining room. Bedrooms are private, the site of confidences, negotiations, plans, dreams, love, hate, sex, birth, illness and death. The dining table is public, the site of rituals that display and support…

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