666 777 888
Artist Name(s) | Stephen Rennicks |
Artwork title | 666 777 888 |
Context/Background | 666 777 888 (2006-2008) was a land art project which involved the construction of two permanent markers and one temporary intervention in the landscape of counties Leitrim and Roscommon to build a physical 10 mile timeline (Past, Present, Future) in the rural landscape. |
Description | The first part to be completed denotes the present and is physically represented by an already existing ancient site of stone mounds of which an additional one was constructed by the artist on 6/6/2006. This is located on Kilronan mountain, over looking the town of Keadue in Co. Roscommon. Stone does not betray its age in this context so the ‘new’ mound could therefore have been built today or at anytime in the past. |
Biographies | Stephen Rennicks (b. 1972) is an artist now based in Co. Leitrim, Ireland. Some pieces to date include the year long Junk out of Context (2004 - 2005) which explored the audio and video stock of Dublin charity shops; Trains for the Blind (2004), a sound piece released in conjunction with the ESB Dublin Fringe festival; a six month Secret Residency at Dublin Airport during 2005; Imagine Black Lough (2006) installation at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim; his debut solo show With & Without Context at Mantua Project, Co. Roscommon in 2007; his three year in the making land art piece 666777888 completed in 2008; the moment concerned Deeper into Nothing (2009) and How to Disappear (2010) which was shown during the Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon in July 2010. For this latter project he was supported with an artist bursary by Leitrim County Council. He took part in the TRADE 2011 residency programme, run jointly by Leitrim and Roscommon County Council Arts Offices, led that year by the artist David Michalek. One of the projects to emerge from this was One Minute Residency. |
Commission Type | Other |
Commissioning process | Artist led |
Public Presentation dates | June 5, 2006 - January 1, 1970 |
Artform | Visual Arts |
Funded By | Private |
Budget Range | 0 - 10000 euro |
Location | 10 mile strip of rural Leitrim and Roscommon. |
County | Leitrim |
Website | 666777888.webs.com |
Content contributor(s) | Stephen Rennicks |
Relationship to project | Artist |
Public engagement | Hill walkers or other members of the public in Counties Leitrim and Roscommon. |