Respire (Liverpool), 2023 Keep On Keepin’ On (for Nile), 2023 – Works – Sammlung Online

Advanced Search

Respire (Liverpool) (2023) und Keep On Keepin' On (for Nile) (2023)

Belvedere 21
Favorite
Share
Permalinkhttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/106165/respire-liverpool-2023-und-keep-on-keepin-on-for-nile
IIIF
Expand

Images(3)

Respire (Liverpool), 2023 Keep On Keepin’ On (for Nile), 2023
Date2023

Artist Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński (geboren 1980 in Wien)

Object typeVideo
MediumVideo, Farbe, kein Ton, 16:9 (Respire) und 4-Kanal-Sound-Installation (Keep On Keepin' On)
Dimensions
Film/Video-Dauer (Loop): 16 Min.
Inventory number12259
Location Belvedere 21
Credit LineSchenkung von Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art
In Respire (Liverpool), people breathe into red balloons across three video projections that are facing one another. As the balloons expand, an otherwise invisible bodily process becomes visible, while the sound of Keep On Keepin’ On (for Nile) moves in waves through the installation, establishing a persistent rhythm throughout the room. The protagonists are all Black, and breathing here is more than just a bodily act. Against the backdrop of the precarity of Black existence, it becomes a gesture of individual and collective self-assertion, of reclaiming space, and ultimately of liberation—a symbolic sigh of relief and the ability to continue breathing. The immersive video-and-sound installation was created for the 2023 Liverpool Biennial. It exemplifies Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński’s interdisciplinary, researchbased practice, which is rooted in postcolonial and Black feminist thought and has collaborative working methods at its core.

Inventory access

2025 Schenkung Phileas – A Fund for Contemporary Art, Wien

Contact Provenance Research

Browse & Scroll