Kevin Gaffney
MA work
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The Unnameable, Kevin Gaffney
Video stillThe Unnameable, Kevin Gaffney
Video still
The Unnameable is a film collaboration between artists Kevin Gaffney (Royal College of Art) and Sally-Anne Kelly (Central Saint Martins), who have been working as a duo since 2009. The work is a hybridisation of the artists’ individual practices of performance, photography, video, writing and sculpture. The Unnameable tells the story of a boy who grows up feeding an invisible elephant in his room. His psyche splits as he attempts to imagine life without the elephant, and we follow him through his imagination, in and out of his consciousness.
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Photography, 2011
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Contact
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+44 (0)7866 906 962
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The Unnameable is a film collaboration between artists Kevin Gaffney (Royal College of Art) and Sally-Anne Kelly (Central Saint Martins), who have been working as a duo since 2009. The work is a hybridisation of the artists’ individual practices of performance, photography, video, writing and sculpture. The Unnameable tells the story of a boy who grows up feeding an invisible elephant in his room. His psyche splits as he attempts to imagine life without the elephant, and we follow him through his imagination, in and out of his consciousness.
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Degrees
- BA (Hons), Fine Art (First class), Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, 2008
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Experience
- Editor-at-large (www.artist.org), ARTISIT? Blog, 2009-present; Artist's assistant (photography & video), Ronan McCrea, Dublin, Ireland, 2008-9
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Exhibitions
- Battle of Ideas, Royal College of Art, 2010; Album (Liverpool Biennial), Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool; Mainland, 126 @ Event Gallery, London, 2010
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Awards
- Winner, Arts Council Ireland Travel & Training Award, 2010; First prize, South Dublin County Council’s Bursary, 2009; Shortlisted, Red Mansion Awards, 2011