Silvana Metallo, Adrian's Room, 2001, C. Print
the bedroom
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by Thomas Clayton and Jennifer Long May 2001 Ryerson Gallery 80 Spadina Ave, Suite 305 Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2J4 |
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Silvana Metallo, Adrian's Room, 2001, C. Print |
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bedroom is a place of dreams, intimacy, freedom and despair. This exhibition explores what a bedroom is and how individuals interact within it. For the purpose of this exhibition, a bedroom is defined as an environment used for sleeping. The significance of the bedroom changes as we age. For a child, it is often filled with midnight monsters and secret hideaways. As we mature, the bedroom becomes the room we can express ourselves both verbally and visually. It provides us with privacy to learn more about ourselves without intervention from the outside world. As we become aware of our own bodies and sexuality,the bedroom becomes a place of physical intimacy, openness and experimentation, a place of love and lust. The bedroom is the room, in which we dress and undress. It is where we prepare ourselves for the daily grind of life. The bedroom gives us a space to develop our own identity and decide who and what we want to become. |
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