Installation from movement and poloroid camera stills

Bog Lining i,

An embodied response to our bogs as sites of contention, this piece was shown live in the Courthouse Gallery for Anois/Aris gallery exhibition of artists who had studios there over the years. 16 minutes long, this live multi-media performance involved bags of turf, a polaroid camera that was used during the performance and a red dress that was worn and stitched during this once off performance which was witnessed by the gallery audience.

The polaroid image taken during the performance and the position of the turf were left as an installation for the duration of the exhibition.

Urban Artistic Interventions - project management

Finding Portlaoise - Urban Artistic  Interventions was a very interesting project that I managed for the Arts Office in Laois in October, 2007. Working with Arts Officer Muireann Ni Domhaill we curated 11 performance artists to artistically intervene in the day to day lives of the people of Portlaoise. The Space Shuttle was brought from Ground Up in Clare to a public meeting park in the centre of Portlaoise and used a performance space, art gallery and art classroom.

On of the exciting participatory projects was run by Jake an international hair stylist. She kindly volunteered to work with the travelling community offering them the opportunity to train with her.

After the event there was a day seminar discussing what we as artists found in Portlaoise and questioning the notion of interventionist performance art and its role in our culture.