Beth Kettel works with a range of media including costume, video, text, sculpture, print and performance. With an interest in language and meaning-making through all semiotic systems: linguistic, visual, aural, gestural and spatial. Kettel explores translations between the psychological & physical experience, including perception, communication and the mental health of humans, plants & animals with research spanning philosophy, psychology, ecology and personal experience. Recent exhibitions & commissions include The Sound of Somebody Changing Their Mind, Phoenix (solo); Baseline Drift, Art Night, London; A Bang, Art & Screen Network, ICA, London; A Mutual Influence, Green Man Festival, Wales; GIBCA, Sweden. Kettel was Writer-In-Residence at Nottingham Contemporary 2023 and UK Associate at Delfina Foundation 2022.
Photography credit: Reece Straw.
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Noose Too Loose, Primary, 2023. Ink on fabric.
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The Mist of a Pessimist, Invites London, 2017. Performance detail.Photography: Tim Bowditch
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Mantel, Copperfield Gallery, 2018. Detail. Image courtesy: Beth Kettel
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The Sound of Somebody Changing Their Mind, Art & Screen Network ICA & Phoenix, 2021. Installation view. Photography: Reece Straw. Supported by Arts Council England
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A Tree Root Tapping on a Concrete Coffin, TCJ, Nottingham Contemporary, 2023. Video still. Image courtesy: Beth Kettel
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A Tree Root Tapping on a Concrete Coffin, TCJ, Nottingham Contemporary, 2023. Video still. Image courtesy: Beth Kettel
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A Mutual Influence, Green Man Festival, 2021. Installation view. Photography: Anna Arca. Produced by Forma, Supported by Arts Council Wales & Green Man Trust
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Bruise Prelude, The Lowry Galleries, 2023. Performance detail. Photography: Sonya Smith
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Bruise Prelude, The Lowry Galleries, 2023. Photography: Sonya Smith