Bunker Down: Survival of the Fittest III
Sally Kidall
Bunker Down: Survival of the Fittest III 2025
Printed real estate sign, and plywood bunker escape hatch
Estimated dimensions of components:
- real estate sign: 160 x 180 cm
- bunker escape hatch: 90 x 20 cm
- subterranean bunker (fictional): 1200 x 2000 x 2500 cm
- Property website
About the Work
Luxury Subterranean Family Residence: Protect your loved ones from climate-related disasters, civil unrest and potential future pandemics within this luxurious underground bunker. This architecturally designed sanctuary is discreetly located and fortified with cutting-edge subterranean survival technology, providing modern comforts and ultimate security for you and your family. Enjoy peace of mind and tranquillity in this safe haven.
This site-responsive stage set creates a surreal narrative, reflecting the evolving symptoms of fear and dispossession as humanity grapples with and yearns to escape the impacts of our changing world. “Architecture of dread” is the term coined by urban geographer Dr Bradley Garrett to describe contemporary bunkers. They are as much a metaphorical space as an architectural one, embodying our 21st-century anxieties and insecurities, mirroring how we view the world and each other.
About the Artist
Sally Kidall travels internationally, creating vast site-responsive interventions within challenging sites and buildings of interest, showing artworks beyond the restraints of the gallery. She explores metaphorical spaces and environments that engage with the anxieties and insecurities of our contemporary society. She endeavours to inspire and challenge audiences, evoking thoughts, questions and discussion. Her works are temporary, often incorporating virtual and fictional narratives. With a background in sculpture (MA, Portsmouth University, UK), Sally has a practice spanning over 35 years. She has exhibited extensively throughout the UK, Australia, India, Spain, Italy, Germany, USA, Senegal, Ukraine, South Korea, France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Andorra, Canada, Finland, and Croatia.
Recent projects include Arte Laguna 2024, Finalist Exhibition, Venice; Dakar OFF 22, Dakar Biennale, Senegal; RespirArt-22, Italy; Secret Rooms, Nykarleby, Finland; Site-Responsive Biennale, I-Park, USA; Andorra L’and Art Biennale; Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat; and CAFKA Biennale 23, Canada. Sally also regularly exhibits in Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.