The teenagers were introduced to creative writing in two ways: firstly, through exploring the concept of creative texting using mobile phones; secondly, facilitating workshops in which the teenagers researched and wrote their own short stories, written in the first person. These short stories wer...

In response to the regeneration of Ballymun in Dublin, over a two-year period, Rhona developed a project called Home working closely with the Ballymun racing pigeon club and the residents of the tower blocks to be demolished.

Speaking about the project the artist stated "The homing ...

Here in Paradise was an outdoor exhibition installed in the North and South Squares of Sneem’s Sculpture Gardens (31 May-18 September 2014). The exhibition presented documentation of Gerz’ socially engaged project involving 40 of Sneem’s inhabitants. 40 portraits of inhabitants and their 40...

Hello-Hello arose out of Danny McCarthy’s experience of working on the intergenerational performance project Moment, in collaboration with four other artists and the staff and residents of O’Connell Court sheltered housing unit in Cork.

In the course of his work with...

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...

Gracelands Circling the Square took place on 2 August, 2012, from 6-11pm. The site-specific programme included live performance, sculpture and screenings by Irish and international artists, transforming the site into a temporary exhibition platform.

Circling the Square considered the ‘squareâ...

In celebration of two non-events… - James L Hayes
Hayes’ two part installation utilises a range of found materials from the Fort Camden site. Most significantly is the use (or re use) of collected cast iron. The work in each room responds and reflects upon the previous func...

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...

Folly takes the form of acts of foolishness, both premeditated and unforeseen. Stage One sets out to explore the way in which the nonhuman world resists our intentions and thwarts human mastery. A 3.3m tower constructed from steel and scrap wood was erected and anchor...

A relief sculpture made of handmade glass, bronze and plaster commissioned as part of the construction of the new county hall in Swords, County Dublin. The architecturally ambitious building demanded artworks to match its unique presence and so it was agreed that artists would be invited to the ...