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WORK OF THE WEEK 7 VIAPORI BELL VIVIENNE ROCHE
Vivienne Roche, Viapori Bell, 1991:
This WORK OF THE WEEK is the first artwork that visitors encounter – sometimes even ring! – on visiting the gallery.
The distinctive form and sound of Viapori Bell (1991) by Vivienne Roche transports us in time and place.
The title refers to the eighteenth-century sea fortress of Viapori (Suomenlinna or Sveaborg), which is located southeast of the Finnish capital of Helsinki. While the smooth, narrow form of the bell's housing echoes this defensive architecture, the bell itself appears more organic and rougher hewn.
Viapori Bell (1991) is a product of Roche's travels in Scandinavia and consciously rekindles earlier, medieval contact between Ireland and the Nordic countries. Although it is itself an earlier work in the artist's career, it holds a strong resonance with her more recent series of Climate Bells inspired by President Michael D. Higgins' address at the Summit of Conscience for Climate in 2015.
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