No 67: Keelan O'Sullivan on Casey Joiner’s HOUSEKEEPING at Institute 193

About this episode

Keelan O’Sullivan discusses Casey Joiner’s exhibition 'Housekeeping,' exploring themes of family, grief, and memory through photography.

Keelan O’Sullivan, writer, curator, and executive director of Institute 193, joins host Kate Savage to discuss Casey Joiner’s exhibition "Housekeeping," a dreamlike photographic meditation on family, grief, and the architecture of memory. Keelan explains how Casey’s images—rooted in the experience of losing her father and inheriting the family home—balance personal specificity with universal resonance, offering moments of beauty within the landscape of loss. The conversation pivots to the sto...

People in this episode

Host: Kate Savage

Guest: Keelan O'Sullivan

Topics covered

• photography
• family
• grief
• memory
• art exhibition

Keywords

• photographic meditation
• family home
• loss
• beauty
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute 193

Books & works: Housekeeping

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