The Exhibition

‘Long Exposures’ is Kim Coleman's new expanded photography installation for R-Space Gallery which was developed from interviews the artist conducted with women in their late seventies who had experienced a major European blackout in 2025.

The installation presents light and sound alongside new large-scale photograms made in the artist's flat, where photographic paper was placed beneath elements of the home that connect to wider infrastructures (internet cabling, routers, power cords, radiator pipes) and exposed to available domestic light (LEDs in sockets and routers, a mobile phone torch); in some instances, the subject exposing its own image.

About the Artist

Kim Coleman is a multidisciplinary artist originally from NI and based in London, working in the UK and internationally. Her projects – solo or co-authored, span expanded moving image, photographic processes, intelligent lighting and live performance. Recent works include her series of climate activist projections with Greenpeace (2023), and a major urban project for Richmond Council (2025).

Support

This exhibition is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation.