Kelvin Hall

Glasgow International: Screen Bodies

Glasgow International: Screen Bodies
Tickets
Free - Drop-in - no ticket required
Dates and times
Friday 5th - Sunday 21st Jun 2026
10:00am
Age
All ages

An exhibition by Kate Cooper as part of Glasgow International.

The crises we are living through are deeply tied to the politics of the body: who has the right to exist, where a body is from, how it may change, and which bodies are confined, erased, or rendered illegible. Certain structures normalise a lack of empathy and even promote cruelty. The complexities of embodied life urgently demand new spaces for creative engagement and speculative thinking.

Kate Cooper's, explores the relationship between bodily affect and the ways ideas of fascism have found form in the everyday and the mundane. Drawing on her position as a “foreign artist” who has lived in the Netherlands for over a decade and is raising a Dutch child, Kate examines the intersections between parenthood, embodied knowledge, and emerging technologies.

This new immersive installation and moving image work reflects these conditions and uses them as a testing ground for new artistic methodologies, image-making strategies, and forms of encounter. It considers new connections across bodies while probing how new technologies reconfigure intimacy, perception, and political imagination in the present.

Incorporating her ongoing, day-to-day conversations with her daughter and other children, Kate works through co-dependence to consider intergenerational ways of thinking through creativity and politics.

Exhibition runs Friday 5th - Sundy 21st June, 10am-5pm daily. This exhibition is in the Black Box Exhibition space at Kelving Hall.

Accessibility guides

The AccessAble guide can be found here

The Kelvin Hall Visual Story can be found here.

A floor plan for the venue is available here.

Other accessibility information

Please note that only assistance dogs are permitted within the building. 

Kelvin Hall has a dedicated quiet room that can be used for prayer or for those needing a calm space. It is located on the ground floor beside the Sports Hall, please ask staff for directions. 

Sensory bags which include ear defenders are available for visitors to use during their time in Kelvin Hall. These can be collected from reception. 

Accessible toilets

The accessible toilet is located off the main corridor. There is changing places toilet. 

Assistance dogs

Guide and assistance dogs are welcome.

Hearing loop

There is a fixed loop hearing assistance system. 

If you use British Sign Language, you can watch our  British Sign Language introduction to Kelvin Hall.

Wheelchair access

There is wheelchair and pram access to all public areas using the lifts and there are free wheelchairs available to hire at reception.

Baby changing

There is a dedicated baby changing room near reception, please ask staff for directions. The Play n' Climb has its own toilets with additional baby changing facilities. 

Baby feeding

Cafe or restaurant

The Café at Kelvin Hall is a bright open space, located on the left hand side as you enter the building. There is a combination of booth seating and tables. It's a great space to meet friends, catch up before a class or grab a takeaway coffee before a walk through the West end. 

See the menu here.

The Kelvin Hall café serves breakfast, lunch, kid's meals, cakes, coffee and cold drinks. 

Opening Hours:

Monday - Friday: 8am-5pm

Saturday & Sunday: 8.30am-5pm

Borrow Cup


As part of our commitment to reducing our use of disposable drinks cups, the Kelvin Hall Café is now participating in the Borrow Cup scheme. For a £1 deposit, customers are served their drinks in a reusable Borrow Cup, this cup can then be returned to the café or another participating venue where the £1 deposit will be returned. 

Parking

Paid parking is available at the Bunhouse Road car park. The car park is managed by City Parking.

There are spaces reserved for blue badge holders close to the entrance of Kelvin Hall on Bunhouse Road as well as on street parking, where standard charges apply.

Bunhouse Road Car park has facilities for electric car charging as part of the ChargePlace Scotland public network.

Parking costs:

Up to 1 hour £3.00
• 1-2 hours £5.00
• 2-3 hours £7.50
• 3-4 hours £10.00
• 4-5 hours £10.00
• 5-6 hours £10.00
• 6-7 hours £10.00
• 7-8 hours £10.00
• 8-9 hours £10.00
• 9-10 hours £10.00

• Overnight Flat rate 6pm - 8am £3.00


Please note these machines take coins only and no change can be given.


Maximum stay 10 hours


Cashless parking is available as a payment method via RingGo at our surface pay! We advise downloading or registering for RingGo prior to your visit. To register or find out more please visit https://myringgo.co.uk/.

This car park is operated by Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for more information please visit https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/carparks

 

Photography and video recording

Please follow this link to read guidelines on photography, filming and sketching in all Glasgow Life Museums.

Free wifi

Location Map

We encourage visitors to use public transport or active travel to access Kelvin Hall where possible.

Use Traveline Scotland to plan your trip

By train

Kelvin Hall is around 20 minutes walk from Partick Station

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kelvinhall.

By bus

First Bus services 2, 3 and 77 all stop outside the museum.

By Bike:

Kelvingrove Park forms part of the Kelvin Walkway, which links with the Glasgow Loch Lomond Clydeway and the West Highland Way.  The venue can be easily reached by bicycle and bicycle parking is available to the front of the building.

There is secure, covered short term bike storage provided by Cyclehoop located at the front of the building. This can be accessed and paid for via the Cyclehoop app, this can be downloaded here.

By Car 

Kelvin Hall is situated on Argyle Street, around 6 minutes from the M8.


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