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Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, 2018 -  2019 | photos Roland Paschhoff
The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, 2019 | photos  Paul McCarthy,
The LAB, Dublin, 2019 | photos  Louis Haugh
West Cork Arts Centre, 2019  | photos  Jed Niezgoda

A multi-media exhibition, THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY, reconfigured for each venue, included the following elements;
PROLONGED BY A HUNDRED SHADOWS (2018/19), twigs, paper, paint, twine, dimensions variable; THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY (2018), 20 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 400x300x300cm; MOMENTS (2018), 5 channel video installation, dimensions variable, each text, translated by Razan Ibraheem, Syrian journalist, was written on the wall by local school children; NEST (2018), single channel video; FUGUE (2016) HD single channel looped video; BLINK (2016) HD single channel looped video, and a series of drawings.
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 20 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 400x300x300cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 20 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 400x300x300cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 20 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 400x300x300cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 20 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 400x300x300cm
The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon | 2019 - photos Paul McCarthy
Entrance
Entrance
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 18 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 300x500x200cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 18 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 300x500x200cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 18 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 300x500x200cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 18 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 300x500x200cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 18 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 300x500x200cm
The Past is a Foreign Country (2018), 18 birch trees, twine, paper, paint, 300x500x200cm
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Prolonged by a Hundred Shadows (2019), twigs, paper, paint, twine, 240cm diameter
Moments (2018), 5 channel video installation, dimensions variable
Moments (2018), 5 channel video installation, dimensions variable
Installation shot of drawings
Installation shot of drawings
Installation shot of drawings
Installation shot of drawings
                                                                                                       The Lab, Dublin | 2019
29x42cm. United (2019), twigs, paper, paint, dimensions variable.
29x42cm. United (2019), twigs, paper, paint, dimensions variable.
Uillin WCAC, Skibbereen | 2019 - photos Jed Niezgoda