Kerry Langsdale - The Art of Time Project
Langsdale blends their background in academic philosophy with art as a method of philosophical and metaphilosophical inquiry, posing questions or inviting speculation that may be difficult to articulate or that lie beyond the scope of traditional discourse.
Langsdale's practice is philosophically rigorous while maintaining accessibility, producing works that are both conceptually rich and widely engaging. Through live performance, interactive installations, and workshops, they create environments that invite audiences to engage directly with philosophical ideas.
Time is a recurring theme throughout Langsdale’s work. By creating spaces where time can be felt, measured, or disrupted, their practice encourages shared reflection on the nature of time, and how we experience and understand temporality. Positioned between contemporary art and philosophy, the work brings thinking, making, and collective temporal experience into close conversation.
Selected Exhibitions
“Thief of Time”, ¾ Humours, Broadway Gallery, Nottingham, July 2025.
“Existence in a Non-Dead World”, Perennial, Haarlem Art Space Open, Wirksworth, June -July 2025
Current and Ongoing Projects
‘Making Time’, 2022 – present. UK wide interdisciplinary public engagement workshop, exploring the folk intuition of time through the lens of contemporary art.
Delivering 121 and Mentoring
‘Time and Memory’, for artist Jess Timmis, June 2025.
‘Time: Intuition, Existence and Experience’, for artist Mark Walker, Oct 2023.
‘Fire and Flux: The Philosophy of Heraclitus’, for artist Billie Ireland, July 2023.
‘Presentism and Relativity’, for artist Pauline Wooley, Oct 2022.
‘On Philosophy and Time’, for artist Shelley Perkins, Oct 2022.
Public Engagement and Workshops
A Very Brief History of the Philosophy of Time, June 2025, Festival Of Ideas, York,
MArKING Time, May 2024. In Conversation with the Artists Andrew Bracey and Kate Buckley. General Practice, Lincoln.
Making Time, May 2024, Alpha Pro Creative, Derby.
Making Time, Sept 2023. The Pod, Coventry.
Making Time, Mar 2023. Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester.
Making Time, Jan 2023. Tiger Community, Nottingham.
Making Time, Oct 2022. Primary Gallery, Nottingham.
Critical Engagement with Art, May 2022. Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
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