Less is more, more or Less
Round two: Cork was the first in the current series. The process of documentation during this ‘round’ was done mostly in transit, on buses and walking through the city. The elements married together in this piece are darker than other works in the series to date, both physically and thematically. The crushed pigeon at the center of the composition becomes the red sea at the center of the piece holding a variety of textures, feathers and small bones.
The male portrait on the right of the picture was an unsuspecting bus passenger, whose expression seems to have a forlorn sadness. This combined with the female figure spitting water to the left of the piece creates another narrative thread running through the work. The four seemingly ancient pier legs at the bottom of the piece support the composition on a platform, which give the above elements a stage.
'Dalsten: Round Round 9'
Round four: Galway continues with the theme of ambivalence seen in Round six: London. The circumstances of which the figures sit together are unclear. The mood of the pieces is uncertain, combining potentially comical elements with a central female figure whose emotional state is undefined.
The mood is once again unclear asking the viewer to look further and establish a narrative. This comes back to the projects central thread and how compiling those moments resulted in a distortion of the recorded event. The white background common to all of the pieces supplies an exposed, unforgiving backdrop.
Le chéile i ngruaig is a piece to commemorate the women of the 1916 Easter Rising.
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