Breathing Room 1

Breathing Room 1 

2020 / 2024 

Limited Edition Giclee print (pigment inks on archival velvet paper) 

Paper size (including border): 21 x 29.7 cm / 8.3 x 11.7 inches (A4) 

Border: 1.7 x 1.6 cm

Edition of 50
Hand-signed and numbered by the Artist
Unframed

Breathing Room is a large-scale kinetic installation by UK artist Anna Berry. It combines organic and machine elements to create a unique multi-sensory experience. 

Framed by its mechanical exterior skeleton, which contrasts sharply with the soft, enveloping interior, the beguiling, illuminated tunnel invites audiences to travel through its gently undulating environment. Every element of the structure is bespoke and hand-made. Tens of thousands of paper-like cones, a recurring motif in Anna’s work, line the tunnel. The cones move as if the structure is breathing, creating an uncanny and otherworldly experience. 

As a neuro-divergent artist, Anna’s personal experience is the starting point for much of her creative output, which seeks to explore how we experience reality and the world around us. Although most of her work is conceptual in nature, her pieces are typically experiential, visceral, and emotionally charged, affecting the viewer in deeply personal ways. In her words, she is ‘trying to make the viewer feel concepts’. Through her large-scale installations and sculptures Anna demonstrates her unwavering commitment to honesty, authenticity, and to genuine truth-seeking. 

This series of three limited edition prints have been taken from photographs captured by the artist which document the first time that the work was built in its entirety.