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Almost A Score, Christine Sun Kim 2014
Exhibition
Christine Sun Kim
20 Mar 2015 – 5 May 2015
Regular hours
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Address
- 16 Narrow Quay
- Bristol, BS1 4QA
- Bristol
England - BS1 4QA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Most city centre bus services stop within walking distance of Arnolfini. The nearest stops are at The Centre and Queen Square.
- Arnolfini is a 15 minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads railway station. A taxi rank can be found outside the station.
Artist Christine Sun Kim has been awarded a residency at Arnolfini as part of a joint commission in partnership with DASH as part of the IN (Disability Arts IN the Mainstream) project.
About
Christine Sun Kim is a visual artist who works with concepts around sound and visual language. Deaf from birth, Kim deals with sound as a medium that can be physically expressive, communicative, and experienced viscerally.
Working across conventions of American Sign Language (ASL), Kim investigates the identity of her own voice and her associations of sound as a deaf person. She asks audiences to consider the role that sound and listening have in building an experience of both inner and outer worlds and the way that touch can inform listening and language.
A new collection of her drawings, created for the exhibition at Arnolfini, will be on show in Gallery 5.
During her residency in Bristol, Kim will create a new film installation work in Arnolfini’s intimate Dark Studio that explores the themes of language, sound and silence. This will be the first time that the artist has created a film work of this size and in a residency setting.
The residency and exhibition will be complimented by a performance lecture with the artist and a specialist panel discussion, focused on the relationships between language, sound and listening, followed by an evening showcase of performative works that have been inspired by the themes discussed.
Exhibition of drawings
Friday 20 March to Tuesday 5 May, 11am – 6pm, Gallery 5
Exhibition of film installation
Friday 24 April to Tuesday 5 May, 11am - 6pm, Dark Studio
Public programme
Friday 24 April, 7pm: Artist Talk with Christine Sun Kim - Spatial Listening in music and gestural languages
Saturday 25 April, 1pm: Panel Discussion: Sound, Listening, Silence
Saturday 25 April, 4.30pm: Evening showcase of performative works
