© Kate McDonnell 2024
Date: Starts 20th – 24th November, 2024
Location: 44AD, 4 Abbey St, Bath BA1 1NN
This autumn, 44AD hosts Nocturne, an art installation exhibition by contemporary artist Kate McDonnell. Experience an immersive exploration of our relationship to sleep and insomnia which opens on November 20th, 2024.
Nocturne explores the uncomfortable, liminal state between sleeping and waking. It’s a place of restlessness, irrational thoughts and whispered prayers, night after night – an incessant vigil for our anxieties. McDonnell embodies these uncomfortable feelings using bedlinens and bedding, weaving disordered words into the installation. The bed – a place of rest – becomes tangled and fraught with intrusive thoughts.
Kate McDonnell says “Insomnia can be such an overwhelming experience, and I hope to embody that, provoking feelings first and then thoughts”.
Events
Private View
Celebrate the opening of the exhibition with refreshments:
Thurs, 21st Nov, 6-8pm
Ask the Artist
Join the artist in an informal conversation about the show:
Wed 20th Nov, 5-6pm
Quiet hours
For those who prefer a quieter experience with no conversation:
Wed, 20th Nov,12-12.30pm
Fri, 22nd Nov,12-12.30pm
Noisy hours
For those who like to make a bit of noise. Little ones are very welcome:
Thurs, 21st Nov, 12-12.30pm
Sat, 23rd Nov, 12-12.30pm
© Kate McDonnell 2024
Directions
From Bath Spa train station:
With the main doors of the station behind you walk over the road and along Manvers Street. Turn left onto North Parade and left again onto York Street. Walk to the second street on your left. 44AD is on the corner of York St and Abbey Street.
From Bath Abbey:
Facing the main door of the Abbey turn right and walk down the right-hand side of Abbey Church Yard on to York Street. 44AD is on the corner of York St and Abbey Street on the other side of the road and slightly to your right.
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Accessibility
One low step to enter the building
No disabled toilets