Produced by Lyndon Jones & Bella Kerr for BBC Wales. Broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Saturday November 27th 2021. Listen here Taking his cue from this year’s Turner Prize shortlist of five artists’ collectives, James Fox tells the untold story of community and socially-engaged art in post-war Britain. Concrete cows. First World War soldiers…
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Revealing Wales: series 2 continues RSAW’s celebration of the nation’s great buildings and structures. The intention of this second series of four short films is to introduce new voices and promote greater awareness and understanding of buildings that enable and support learning, wellbeing, community and sustainability in Wales. Maggie’s Swansea & Maggie’s Cardiff Safety, security,…
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“It is time for a complete redefinition of how we do all that happens around visual practice”. Bella Kerr Q&A with R&J Projects in March 2021 R&J: What are you working on at the moment? BK:With Lyndon Jones, I have started work on a second series of short films about architecture in Wales for the…
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During early February, Bella Kerr took over the R&J Instagram page for a week posting updates on current work alongside selections from past projects. DAY ONE: Monday 8th February Red Ball is a project which began in 2011 and remains ongoing. I started it in a hurry – I was offered the project space at…
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This summer saw the launch of Revealing Wales, a set of short films Bella Kerr co-produced with Lyndon Jones Media. Commissioned by the RSAW, this first series of films celebrates the richness, quality and diversity of Welsh architecture, from the historical to the contemporary. They feature five distinguished figures each writing about a structure they love. Architect and Richard Parnaby discussing…
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Red Ball
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Introduction to the exhibition The idea of Keeper had been with me for some years – that I would perform a piece for which I would manage a space full of objects over a period of time. When Mission Gallery offered this opportunity, the work developed in discussion with Amanda Roderick and other gallery staff, and…
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I have been teaching in art and design for 30 years, was Programme Director of the Foundation Art & Design course at Swansea from 2004 – 2016, and have otherwise taught into a number of fine art and photography courses at undergraduate and post-graduate level. I have also worked with school- age children from 10…
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Reading Rooms: Manifestations of Domestic Space in Visual Art and Literature, MPhil 2008 The completion of my MPhil through written and practice-based research in December 2008, marked a return to large-scale installations and the moving image, means used in undergraduate and postgraduate work and in early commissions, but abandoned for a long period of practice…
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A three-part programme of events, generated by the staff of the Foundation Art & Design courses at UWTSD, examining the ethos of the Foundation course and the art school, and the current condition of art education in Wales and the UK. Arts in education is the best instrument we (potentially) possess for a small nation’s…
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