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Description
Scanned slides documenting Karen Spencer's exhibition bread-bed The exhibition was a performative installation that was displayed in the New Gallery's location at 516d 9th Avenue S.W., Calgary. It ran from April 9 to April 22, 2002. bread-bed began at a bakery outlet, where artist Karen Spencer would purchase 25 loaves of bread. Returning to the gallery on public transport, she would systematically construct a bed out of the bread slices. She would lie on the bed for a period of time before leaving the gallery, and then repeat the process the next day. She constructed several different beds, and allowed them to dry out over the course of the exhibition. Spencer describes bread-bed in her own words: "It's about transgression, from food for nourishment, to wasted food, from something to be taken into the body, to something the body lays down 'into'. Different ways of gaining comfort. It's about time and repetition, the ritual of making a space for one's own body and occupying this space." You can learn more about Spencer and her work here, hhttp://likewritingwithwater.wordpress.com/ Or here, http://dreamlistener.wordpress.com/
Description Sources
Karen Spencer artist statement, 2002
Id number
2002.04.01
Classification
exhibition image > slide
Year 2002
Coverage (yyyy-mm-dd) April 09 to April 22 2002
Credit line Image from the collection of The New Gallery
Permissions Image reproduced with the artist's permission. This image is displayed for reference purposes only. Read more about our copyright policy
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Related entities
Karen Spencer, corporation (was created by) Rebecca Rowley, individual (was photographed by) |
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