The poetic line “…for peace comes dropping slow” taken from the poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, was inscribed in light across the Sligo landscape at stunning locations and filmed to record its inscription. Various forms of light from natural to LED torches and mobile phones were used by �...

Public Arena is a triptych using three distinct medium which explore, animate and celebrate the socio-political journey of Tallaght Stadium. These include:

• A video film (33 min.), made in collaboration with students of Tallaght Community School and produced by Ali Curran. The script for ...

Lines/Plane: Larus/Cygnus is a work by Donald Urquhart, supported by Sligo County Council and commissioned under a water supply capital scheme. It is a permanent environmental work which is sited in the Garavogue River. Considering the source of funding for this project, it was appropriate...

The Irish Sky Garden is a giant earth and stone crater embedded into the landscape of the Liss Ard Estate gardens. The artwork consists of an archway, a long megalithic-like passage, and stairs leading to an oval shaped, grass-lined crater, which measures 50 x 25 metres. In the centre of the...

Internationally acclaimed, New York-based contemporary visual artist Spencer Tunick was commissioned by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to photograph 2,500 nude participants on Dublin's South Wall. 

This work is part of a series of installations that have previously taken place i...

Dominic Thorpe was one of a number of artists invited to meet with people who suffer from the chronic physical pain disorder called neuropathic pain, and in response create art work that visualises pain. The project investigated the potential for artwork to assist in describing and diagnosin...

A promenade performance in Dún Laoghaire Ferry Terminal, created by Ciarán Taylor with Carpet Theatre. It explored themes of departure, return and our complex relations with Britain and featured character movement with a specially devised live score performed on electric guitar, cello, v...

Director/devisor Ciarán Taylor collaborated with sound artist and composer Rachel Ní Chuinn to work with blind and visually impaired participants to explore, devise, perform, record and present new radio drama. The aim was to create work which came from the aural experience of blind people and,...

A physical site-specific sound artwork based on formalised army drill movements and the musical repetoire of the Irish Defence Forces

At the initial site visit to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, attention was drawn to the dynamic acoustics and the architecture of Clarke Square ...

A sound/movement-based artwork with an aerobics class in the University of Limerick Sports Arena.

The STEPS evolved from a desire to interact with the 6pm-7pm aerobics class at the University of Limerick Sports Arena, which is a group that I have been observing for some time. Every p...