Fractured Space

Still from the live fracturing on the opening night of In the Making: 10 Years of Ormond Art Studios

28th Nov - 1st Dec
Projection Installation
Exhibiting at the Dublin Civic Trust Building, 18 Ormond Quay, as part of the Ormond Art Studios’s exhibition In the Making: Celebrating 10 Years at Ormond Art Studios.

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Fractured Space is a site specific, projection piece. The space we are exhibiting in is a beautifully restored house, brought back from ruin and into the past, frozen as it once was. Because of this, it’s not possible to interact with the space as I normally would - a gallery space is made to be a canvas that an artist can manipulate to show their ideas and creations to their desired effect. 18 Ormond Quay is a space all of its own. 

Exhibiting in a space that I couldn’t interact with in the typical way lead me to want to create a piece that would change the space without touching it. Previously, I created Fractured Landscapes, a series where I manipulated images to create new places, reflecting on the strange pressures I had placed on the landscape to provide me with a sense of place and connection. Evolving this fracturing to create a new space within the exhibition space felt like a way I could combine this place that I couldn’t change with my work. 

For the opening night this will be a live piece, changing as people interact with it, allowing them to mould the artwork and the space. For the remainder of the exhibition it will be a fractured video I filmed during our time installing our work for the exhibition.

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As it says at the top, this exhibition is open until December 1st, from 12:00 - 17:00 each day. For more information about it, check out the Ormond Art Studios website.

Joining Ormond Art Studios

This weekend I’m conducting some slightly awkward bus shuffles through Dublin city, carrying bulky bags of books and cutting boards. There can only be one reason - I’ve joined an artist studio!

Ormond Art Studios lives in a building with a grey-blue door on the quays in Dublin city centre, and it is where I’m going to be sharing a space with a wonderful group of artists for the foreseeable future. We each have our desks to fill with things, and white walls to flick ideas at. Have I ever been this excited to stare at a white wall? Possibly not.

I’ve spent the last three years on the move - part-time in the city, part-time walking around this small Irish island. Now I’m back in Dublin, about to launch into the second year of my masters. I have found for my creativity (and my sanity) I need to be able to bounce ideas off of other people, and be inspired by what they’re making. I also want to learn how artist-led spaces work and grow - and as artists’ presences become online, as more creatives promote and share their processes digitally, I believe that the importance of having a physical space and place to share and discuss work is vital.

Here’s my little about page on the Ormond Art Studio website, and here’s a link to the Ormond Art Studio Instagram. Below is a couple of shots of my empty space. I can’t wait to make things here.