Shrine of Capes - Watercolour study of a studio Installation December 2019 I identified in my previous blog post [https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/susanfarrelly/2020/01/04/an-opportunity-with-new-audience-the-challenge/] that I would be working with Mothers and Babies. Some of whom are due to be born in February (wow), the delivery date for this project...
In November I explored ways of honoring the work of the Drawn Mantle Makers - the children who filled the white cape with their drawn response . See blog post [https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/susanfarrelly/2019/12/07/response-1-a-drawn-mantle/] Inspired by previously looking at Katharina Grosse and her draped installations in Nov ( https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/susanfarrelly/2019/11/19/the-homework-i-never-did/...
I had a date with myself on Friday 17th, headed off to Drogheda Highlanes Gallery to see an exhibition I was rather excited about seeing. Four decades of Irish women's art, work that has informed me over the years, women that have inspired and taught...
All quotes and references below from Nicolas Bourriaud's book Relational Aesthetics. Read it once, nothing really registered. Read again, underlined and made note margins. Read again to create this synopsis and to gather thoughts. Some people are happy 'drawing up and inventory of yesterday's concerns' instead...
I was first introduced to Derek via Chroma, his book on colour and I was hooked. His writing style, so visual and poetic brought me great joy. So when his retrospective opened at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, a visit was a must. Derek Jarman,...
During the time the 'Cloaked' ( see previous post dated 3.12.19) installation was live I spoke at length with an artist, Jennifer Slater who has since invited us (myself & Caoimhe O'Dwyer) to collaborate with her on a idea she was brewing. She saw the...
I gradually digested a few of these VLE videos in between the many festive meals of Christmas. As I am a greedy girl I watched more than two as the video smorgasbord was rather tempting. I decided to take three bullet points observations from...
I have enjoyed absorbing all the cohort perspectives over the last few days and took time to reflect on how I situate within this sandwich of discussion. I have always had a 'ground up' existence with the 'art world'. Financially there are no artists,that I...
A communal, collaborative drawing by the following participants :Bonny MullenHazel CampbellLily CampbellAoife DrumgooleAilbhe McArdleFarron McArdleIseult McArdleLochlann McArdleOdhran McArdleRian McArdleMia McMahonEve MooreJahaar NebunEoghan O'ReillyDaire O'ReillySophie Quinn Communal drawing is a performative act. Mark making is an ancient way of recording something seen, a gesture expressing feelings, emotions...
As a group we set ourselves the challenge of designing and producing a catalogue of the show. We wanted to preserve the show and have a shared object to represent our project and the group. This was our first time producing printed matter as...