The Irish edition of Changing Tracks was launched in Westport, Co. Mayo, on 12 July 2014. [Launches also took place in Tortosa (30 May), Girona & Olot (14 June) and Northamptonshire (15 August)]. The three participating artists created the following projects for the County Mayo context:

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For Dublin (1997) was a site-specific, temporary neon public artwork which presented a series of pink fluorescent quotations, extracted from Molly Bloom’s monologues in the last chapter of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The neon works were installed on buildings in nine prominent sites throughout Dub...

Jeffry’s House (2014) is a folly-style structure which was created by architect Thomas O Brien and artist Emily Mannion. The piece is named after Jeffry’s Lough - a nearby lake which appears on older maps but has now disappeared. Standing at the edge of the forest, Jeffry’s House offer...

Granby Park (2013) was a temporary ‘pop-up’ park in a vacant site in Dublin’s inner-city. It was devised and constructed by over 500 volunteers, from recycled, up-cycled, reclaimed, borrowed, donated and found materials, to make “a place of creativity, nature, imagination, play and bea...

Smithfield Art Tunnel (2012-2014) aimed to bring artworks into the public realm, by making them visible to passing pedestrians, and the 40,000+ passengers who use the Luas every day. Supported by local businesses and Dublin City Council, the venture aimed to provide a community park, garden and c...

Sun Bounce & Solar Seats is a permanent sculptural work for St. Kevin's Community College, in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Sun Bounce comprises six circular mirrors mounted on an upturned stainless steel dial (sextant) that reflect the sun onto a target situated in the shade. The six mirrors denote...

A participatory public art project commissioned by Galway City Council’s Arts Office. The project had two primary strands of inquiry: to engage directly with the residents of the Sliabh Bán Estate Ballybane where the commission was located, and to initiate a city-wide dialogue on public art in...

Paul Gregg’s Per Cent for Art commission for St Mary’s CBS comprised four distinct but interrelated strands which activated the interior of the building as well as the expansive school grounds.

‘Ancient Ecology Pavilion’ is a viewing area set into a grass embankment on the schoo...

Artist and curator Stephen Brandes and Curator Brigid Harte were commissioned by Breaking Ground to make a work which in some way commented on the move some families were making from the old flats and houses into newer, better homes. 

Superbia was a temporary exhibition which was prese...

Five short operas that capture forgotten ‘thrown away’ moments from the streets of Dublin by composer Brian Irvine and writer John McIlduff, The series was produced by Wide Open Opera as part of the Dublin City Public Art Programme, and the operas were performed in public places around Dublin...