The Lost Children
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| Artist Name(s) | Marie Brett |
| Artwork title | The Lost Children |
| Context/Background | St Finbarr's Hospital laundry and Ireland's social history informed the artwork The Lost Children which was created by Marie Brett during a visual arts in health project called Memory Dress. Inspired after a meeting with the hospital's seamstress and seeing her sewn dresses for the still-born babies, Brett initiated the Memory Dress project which ran over an eight month period, and was part of Triskel Art Centre's artistic programme based at St Finbarr's Hospital. |
| Description | 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. |
| Mediation | The Irish Examiner, review, 30 March, 2007 |
| Biographies | Marie Brett is based in County Cork. Her practice spans video, sculpture and installation, as well as participatory public art and in-context projects. Her work has been presented in exhibitions and events nationally and internationally and her sculpture is held in numerous public collections throughout Ireland and the UK. She holds an MA and a 1st class BA honours from Goldsmith's College, London University. |
| Commission Type | Other |
| Commissioner Name | Health Service Executive, Southern Region and Triskel Arts Centre |
| Project commission dates | July 31, 2006 - March 1, 2007 |
| Public Presentation dates | March 28, 2007 - March 25, 2007 |
| Partners | Triskel Arts Centre Health Service Executive, Southern Region |
| Artform | Visual Arts |
| Art Practice | Arts and health |
| Funded By | The Arts Council,Other |
| Budget Range | 0 - 10000 euro |
| Project commission start date | 31/07/2006 |
| Project commission end date | 01/03/2007 |
| Location | St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork (installation) Triskel Arts Centre (exhibition) |
| County | Cork |
| Town | Cork |
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| Content contributor(s) | Marie Brett |
| Relationship to project | Artist |
| Public engagement | Patients, staff and visitors to St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork |
| Associated professionals / Specialists involved | Marie Brett, Artist |
