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THEN comprising of 4 parts including M-Path, Around, Meeting, Garden

Shoe exchange - Photograph - THEN public art project,
Around (quasi sci-fi film) Adam Chodzko  2006-2007 Breaking Ground
Adam Chodzko

THEN is a project by acclaimed British artist Adam Chodzko, curated by Aisling Prior. It was commissioned by Breaking Ground, the Per Cent for Art programme for Ballymun Regeneration Limited, from 2006-2007, in various locations across Dublin. It comprised of four works which fantasise future cha...

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Saoi

Light sculptures - boulders - Saoi public art project, Saoi (installation view) - Seamus Kennedy - 2006
Seamus Kennedy

Saoi (the Irish word for wisdom) is a work by artist Seamus Kennedy, commissioned by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in 2005 under the Lumens project.

The Lumens project invited artists to make proposals considering ideas of light / illumination for the town of Dun Laoghaire,...

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Lines/Plane: Larus/Cygnus

Stainless steel rods - Garavogue river - Lines/Plane public art project,
Donald Urquhart

Lines/Plane: Larus/Cygnus is a work by Donald Urquhart, supported by Sligo County Council and commissioned under a water supply capital scheme. It is a permanent environmental work which is sited in the Garavogue River. Considering the source of funding for this project, it was appropriate...

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Home: Portraits from Clocha' Rince - paintings of the residents from Ard Carraig, Clocha' Rince

Paintings - portraits of residents - Home project, Home (installation view) Christopher Banahan 2005-2007
Christopher Banahan

Clocha' Rince is a small rural village in North Kildare, mainly consisting of a National School and a Church. It is a hidden, leafy, quiet and secluded hamlet with a very small but established community - a consideration when a new community was arriving. Sixteen houses were built in a small esta...

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Imagining Silvermines: A Psychogeography

 Space Shuttle - Imagining Silvermines project, Imagining Silvermines A Psychogeography - Fiona Woods - 2007
Fiona Woods

Due to the distinctive rural context of North Tipperary, the Arts Office expressed a particular interest in artists developing work and exploring arts in rural contexts, arts in the context of regeneration, arts and ecology/arts and the environment and land art. The artists comments:

"In re...

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Portrayals

 Framed drawings - Portrayals project, Portrayals - Jeanette Doyle - 2005-2006
Jeanette Doyle

Jeannette worked with women from The Star Project in Ballymun. The Star Project is a group of women who have stabilised their drug use and meet up on a daily basis. There were three strands of activity involved in the work, loosely connected by the notion of portrayal.

From the b...

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Second Generation

 cobblestones - porcelain cobblestones - Second Generation project , Second Generation (installation view) - Kathleen Moroney - 2008
Kathleen Moroney

Kathleen Moroney used old cobblestones from the site in recognition of its former function as horse stables. Over a number of weeks she re-created them in porcelain clay and fired them in the kiln to create a bone-like white ceram...

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Sea Change

 photograph - jelly and seaweed in the sea - Sea Change project, Sea Change - Patricia McKenna - 2008
Patricia McKenna

For this work, McKenna created brightly coloured gelatine pieces, loosely based on fish and other forms, that were placed on Sandycove Beach at low tide on 3 September 2008. Over the course of the day, they gradually dissolved and drifted out to sea, leaving no trace of the work. McKenna is conce...

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The Umbrella Project

 photograph - group of people on street - yellow umbrellas - The Umbrella Project, The Umbrella Project (aerial view) - Rhona Byrne - 2006
Rhona Byrne

The event took place on Saturday the 11 March 2006, inviting people to take part in one of six walking tours. The six walking tours were led by key local figures and specialists in their field. The tours included an Urban Wildlife Tour, Historical Tour, Architectural Tour, Docklands Area Tour, Mu...

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Carlisle Pier

 drawing - Carlisle Pier project, Terminal: building to be demolished (Carlisle Pier) - Julie Merriman - 2006-2010
Julie Merriman

The residency began at the Carlisle Pier in 2006, initially focusing on the exterior of the main building as viewed from the road. The artist began studying its interior, in particular the 'shed', where the trains would have terminated. The history of the building was central as she wanted to ack...

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'Harbouring'

Commissioned in 2008, Harbouring by composer Ian Wilson, was the fifth Per Cent for Art music commission undertaken by Wexford County Council since its inaugural project in 2004.

Wilson's Harbouring is a choral work based on nine poems by both Irish and international writers.

The performances were conducted by Fergus Sheil and featured the Irish Chamber Orchestra, accordian player Dermot Dunne, choristers from Wexford Festival SingersGorey Choral GroupEnniscorthy Choral Society and sean nós singers from the traditional singing group, Whisht! 

Read more about this project in the Public Art Directory section of this website.

 

 

 

 

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