The Ark of Tides (2003) was a sculptural, photographic and socially engaged art commission which was temporarily located at Pollan Beach, Ballyliffin, Co. Donegal, Ireland.

The project was inspired by the life of Fr. John Colgan, O.F.M. (1592-1658) – a hagiographer whose family came from the ...

A piublic art project for Gaelscoil Lios na nÓg where a series of mechanical and clockwork artworks play out an action at various points of the day

The work Ludique is sited in the historical Georgian building which is home to Gaelscoil Lios na nÓg is based in Cullenswood House in Rane...

Heteratopic Glitch is a performance work by artists Anne Ffrench and Aideen Barry originally commissioned for Kinsale Arts Week 2008. The brief was to create a performance work that would be publicly viewable, taking into account the historical coastal town of Kinsale in its presentat...

A series of four individually engineered and cast terrazzo sculptures situated on a newly completed walkway adjacent to the River Dargle in Bray, County Wicklow. The sculptures or reflectors are sonic works that focus on the amplification of the existing ambient soundscapes of the river along the...

The Arbour Hill Memorial comprises of three paved terraces framed by curved wall of Wicklow Ardbraccan limestone. Sculptor Michael Biggs made the work, hand carving the entire text of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence into the wall. 

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This Per Cent for Art project arose out of the Leitrim Towns and Villages Sewerage Infrastructure Scheme which provided for upgrading of sewerage facilities in eleven communities in county Leitrim. The multiplicity and the rural nature of the locations affected by the capital works programme prov...

The Helicopter is made up of four bronze sycamore seeds placed on a circular base which emphasises the pyramidal form. The sculpture conjures up the pastime of throwing helicopters (or sycamore seeds) into the air and celebrates the extraordinary natural mechanics all around us.
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The artwork The Lost Children responds to a particular hospital's landscape with its embedded social memory and intimate recollections relating to the site's laundry.
Over time, staff, patients and visitors revealed memories of unmarried pregnant girls brought to the laundry by shamed...

An artwork about health and austerity shaped by fitness choreography. It explores the health impacts of austerity on the individual and social body, the politics of resilience, and considers the gym or leisure centre as a space where these bodies are trained, transformed and cared for. Early rese...

An extensive research process was undertaken by Mary Jo Gilligan in the development of her project, including establishing a research body called Dublin City Agency for the Sensory ...