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 concerned with the idea of time and how we cannot hold it, or stop things from changing or moving on. The artist created a video from the intervention, which was screened in Institute for Art Design and Technology in November 2008. Click here for more information

Southside People Newspaper, 10 September 2008

Gazette Newspaper, 16 November 2008

Lyric Notes, Lyric FM, 6/7 November, 2008

link to project page on the commissioners website

Patricia Mc Kenna is an irish artist working in multi-media and installation. Her work includes the installations The Grey House and Soil which were part of the series Marking the Land. Her work is generally process and timebased, it often takes place in site specific non art spaces and endeavours to involve the public in the creation of the work.

McKenna has exhibited widely in Ireland, USA, England and Europe. She has been awarded a number of Arts Council Awards and Travel Grants and has been a Rockefeller scholar in Bellagio, Italy. Her work has been documented in several publications, including Sculpture magazine (USA). She has also been a nominee for the IMMA/Glen Dimplex award.