Catherine Bertola British, b. 1976
If walls could talk…, 2002
Found wallpaper, in empty now demolished tower block, Liverpool, UK
If walls could talk... 2002 Found wallpaper Dimensions variable Commissioned as part of the project Further Up in The Air, Liverpool Budget: £5000 If walls could talk... was created in...
If walls could talk...
2002
Found wallpaper
Dimensions variable
Commissioned as part of the project Further Up in The Air, Liverpool
Budget: £5000
If walls could talk... was created in 56 Linosa Close, Liverpool as part of the Further Up in the Air project, a series of month long residencies in a soon to be demolished tower block. The piece was created by carefully cutting and peeling back the leaves of the embossed wallpaper that decorated the flat, revealing the original bare surface of the architecture. The work mimicked the way damp spreads across a room, appeared as if the wallpaper was coming to life.
2002
Found wallpaper
Dimensions variable
Commissioned as part of the project Further Up in The Air, Liverpool
Budget: £5000
If walls could talk... was created in 56 Linosa Close, Liverpool as part of the Further Up in the Air project, a series of month long residencies in a soon to be demolished tower block. The piece was created by carefully cutting and peeling back the leaves of the embossed wallpaper that decorated the flat, revealing the original bare surface of the architecture. The work mimicked the way damp spreads across a room, appeared as if the wallpaper was coming to life.
Exhibitions
Unraveling the Manor House, Preston Manor, Brighton, UK,2010,Selected artists: Gavin Fry, James Hunting, Maria Rivans, Matt Smith, Louise Batchelor, Laura Splan, Kira O'Reilly, Penny Green, Catherine Bertola, Ingrid Plum, Emma Moloney and Caitlin Heffernan
