T H E P A S T I S A F O R E I G N C O U N T R Y
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, was reconfigured for each venue and 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 Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland | 2019

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

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

Installation shot of drawings

Installation shot of drawings
The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland | 2019
The handwritten titles accompanying each animation in 'Moments', were written on the wall by local school children.



29x42cm. United (2019), twigs, paper, paint, dimensions variable.






Uillin WCAC, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland | 2019
The handwritten titles accompanying each animation in 'Moments', were written on the wall by local school children.











