Isla Blue
(2019)
(2019)
A Commission with Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
Isla Blue was commissioned for Active Archive – Slow Institution – The Long Goodbye a research project by Lívia Paldi, Curator of Visual Arts, Project Arts Centre, Dublin. This initiative was devised as an exploration of the art centre's history of programming. Between 1998 and 1999, Valerie Connor had curated an Off Site visual arts programme produced by Project Arts Centre during the redevelopment of the building at its current address. Valerie Connor was invited by Lívia Paldi to reflect on the purpose of Off Site, and in-turn, Valerie invited me to consider the nature of this programme through a present-day prism.
During my time working on this commission, I visited the locations in Dublin city centre where much of the Off Site programme had transpired and responded to those places as they are now. Inspired by the spirit of Off Site and its ability as a programme to unfold in both a nomadic and structured manner, I engaged with these places, those events, that history and the city through a contemporary lens. In early 2019, the gallery at Project Arts Centre was transformed into a workspace, where documents relating to its archives and history were shared and examined, giving cause to new conversations and connections to emerge. Isla Blue formed part of this exhibition, along with contributions of film and video material by Brian Hand, sculptural works by Tanad Williams and and field recordings made in Dublin by Fergus Kelly.
Works which informed Isla Blue were presented in 5 individual folios and released at 3 different stages throughout the shows duration.
Release Dates: (Folio 1 - 14/02/2019) (Folios' 2 & 3 - 28/02/2019) (Folios' 4 & 5 - 14/03/2019)
Further Information + Curators' texts at 'Active Archive – Slow Institution – The Long Goodbye'.
Isla Blue was commissioned for Active Archive – Slow Institution – The Long Goodbye a research project by Lívia Paldi, Curator of Visual Arts, Project Arts Centre, Dublin. This initiative was devised as an exploration of the art centre's history of programming. Between 1998 and 1999, Valerie Connor had curated an Off Site visual arts programme produced by Project Arts Centre during the redevelopment of the building at its current address. Valerie Connor was invited by Lívia Paldi to reflect on the purpose of Off Site, and in-turn, Valerie invited me to consider the nature of this programme through a present-day prism.
During my time working on this commission, I visited the locations in Dublin city centre where much of the Off Site programme had transpired and responded to those places as they are now. Inspired by the spirit of Off Site and its ability as a programme to unfold in both a nomadic and structured manner, I engaged with these places, those events, that history and the city through a contemporary lens. In early 2019, the gallery at Project Arts Centre was transformed into a workspace, where documents relating to its archives and history were shared and examined, giving cause to new conversations and connections to emerge. Isla Blue formed part of this exhibition, along with contributions of film and video material by Brian Hand, sculptural works by Tanad Williams and and field recordings made in Dublin by Fergus Kelly.
Works which informed Isla Blue were presented in 5 individual folios and released at 3 different stages throughout the shows duration.
Release Dates: (Folio 1 - 14/02/2019) (Folios' 2 & 3 - 28/02/2019) (Folios' 4 & 5 - 14/03/2019)
Further Information + Curators' texts at 'Active Archive – Slow Institution – The Long Goodbye'.
