Under Swim
Artist Name(s) | Laura Gannon |
Artwork title | Under Swim |
Description | Underswim is a film work commissioned by Sligo Corporation. The piece is the end result of a year-long process. This involved working with members of the Sligo Living History and Heritage Group (now the Irish History Company) to develop ideas through a series of workshops exploring how women inhabit space through bodily movement. It also involved finding an apt film location for realising these through film. |
Mediation | Placing Art Catalogue, published in 2000 by Sligo County Council |
Biographies | Laura Gannon, based in Dublin and Limerick, received a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the University of Ulster in Belfast in 1994. She attended the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts Cergy Pontoise, Paris, France in 1993. She participated in the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s residency and artists’ work programme between 1996 and 1997. She was commissioned in 1997 by the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland for a Video Symposium and has received awards from the Irish Arts Council’s Macauley Fellowship (1997) and Film and Video Award (1998). |
Commission Type | Local Authority |
Commissioner Name | Sligo County Council |
Commissioning process | Selected from open competition to join a panel of artists and invited to submit a proposal |
Project commission dates | June 30, 1999 - March 31, 2000 |
Artform | Visual Arts |
Funded By | Sligo County Council |
Percent for art | Yes |
Budget Range | 10000 - 30000 euro |
Project commission start date | 30/06/1999 |
Project commission end date | 31/03/2000 |
County | Sligo |
Content contributor(s) | Mary McDonagh |
Relationship to project | Public Art Officer, Sligo County Council |
Public engagement | The film was made with members of the Sligo Living History Project following a series of workshops led by Laura Gannon. |
Associated professionals / Specialists involved | Ronan Coleman - composer |