Eight Rooms

Kristen Kreider, James O'Leary (Photographer)

Research output: Non-textual formExhibition

Abstract

Commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre as part of the Cork European Capital of Culture 2005, Eight Rooms is an installation work relating to the site of a derelict wing of the Cork City Gaol, known locally as the ‘Cork Women’s Prison.' The work comprises 6-channel video & audio, 6 concrete beds with aluminium armature, photographic time-lapse and sound recording. This integration of voice performance, moving image and architectural objects evokes an imagined inhabitation of the site concomitant with a kinesthetic experience communicating, through the body, the cold, the damp and the ruin of it all. The project also involved the production of a limited edition artists’ book of poetry and drawings as well as the organisation and running of a creative workshop for inmates at the Limerick City Prison.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2005

Keywords

  • Eight Rooms
  • Kreider + O'Leary
  • Kreider
  • O'Leary
  • Project X

    Kristen Kreider (Speaker)

    Oct 2007

    Activity: OtherPublic engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar

  • Triskel Arts Centre

    Kristen Kreider (Participant)

    Sept 2005Oct 2005

    Activity: OtherPublic engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Festival/exhibition

  • Artist in Residence at Limerick Prison

    Kristen Kreider (Participant)

    Jul 2005Aug 2005

    Activity: OtherPublic engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Other

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